Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design Spreadsheet

Project Light Base Oil Feed Exchanger Project No. STBE for Establishment
Item No. E-101 Service Light Base Oil Feed Exchanger By

Step 1. Input flows, conditions and properties data for shellside and Step 4. Start configuring the exchanger. Begin w
tubeside. transfer coefficients to this point (i.e., not includi
Tube Side Shell
Used Lube Oil Fluid Name Light Base Oil
14,925.1 Flow (M), lb/h 4,854.5
68 Temp. in, oF 392
163.4 Temp. out, oF 150.8 Reset tubes/pass (Step 3), then no. of
Av. Density 54.765 r, lb/ft3 51.3158
Av. Viscosity 92.989 m, cP 8.767
Av. Heat Capacity 0.605 cp, Btu/lb·oF 0.613
Heat Exchanged 861,007 Q, Btu/h 717,769
Av. Thermal Conductivity 0.095 k, Btu/h·ft·oF 0.1098
Fouling Resistance 0.004 R, ft2·h·oF/Btu 0.004 Step 5. Select tube arrangement
Prandtl No. 1426.38 cpm/k 118.44 and estimate shell diameter
Uncorrected MTD 143.6 o
F
Corrected MTD 108.3 o
F

Step 2. Input tubing OD, BWG and Tube OD 0.7500 in. Equivalent Diameter, de (se
length (can be trial and error). BWG 16
Tube ID, d = 0.620 in.
Tube Length, L = 8 ft.
Flow area per tube, at = 0.302 in.2
Effective transfer area per tube = 1.571 ft2

Step 3. Estimate the number of Tubes/pass = 129 Check: % difference, Ucalc. v

tubes per tube pass. lb/h per tube = 116
Av. velocity, fps = 0.28
Tubeside Reynolds No., NRe = 13
Tubeside Friction Factor, f = 0.219 Step 6. Check tubeside velocity and DP, shellside
DP per pass, psi = 0.02 adjust tube length, number of tubes per pass, n
Nusselt number, Nr = 9.09 baffle spacing. Remember to reset shell diame
Inside Film Coefficient, hi = 168 required.
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STBE for Establishment
SETH Date/Time 26-Jan-18 21:10 BWG/Tube Wall Thicknesses
8 0.165
Start configuring the exchanger. Begin with the total calculated 9 0.148 0.017
r coefficients to this point (i.e., not including shellside h): 10 0.134 0.014
Ustart = 72 Btu/h·ft2·oF 11 0.120 0.014
On that basis, assumed Uo = 20 Btu/h·ft · F
2 o
12 0.109 0.011
Then the required transfer A = 398 ft2 13 0.095 0.014
Number of tubes required = 253 14 0.083 0.012
Reset tubes/pass (Step 3), then no. of passes = 2 15 0.072 0.011
Total tube count = 258 16 0.065 0.007
Tubeside DP (incl. returns) = 0.036 psi
Actual effective transfer area, A = 405 ft2 MTD Correction Factors

R = ( T 1 - T2 ) / ( t 2 - t 1 ) = 2.528
Select tube arrangement Tube Pitch 1 in.
imate shell diameter Pattern Sqr S = ( t2 - t1 ) / ( T1 - t1 ) = 0.294
Shell ID from Tube Count Tables 21 in.
Select Baffle Spacing 5 in. ( R2 + 1 ) ½ = 2.719
Number of Baffles = 18 18.20
Flow Area across Bundle, as = 0.182 ft2 ( 1 - S ) / ( 1 - RS ) = 2.761
Equivalent Diameter, de (see table) = 0.9476 in.
Mass Velocity, Gs = 26,631 lb/h·ft2 2 - S ( R + 1 - ( R2 + 1 ) ½ ) = 1.762
Shellside Reynolds No., NRe = 240
Shellside Friction Factor = 0.00421 2 - S ( R + 1 + ( R2 + 1 ) ½ ) = 0.161
Shellside DP = 0.027 psi
Outside Transfer Factor, jh = 8.1 FT = 0.754
Outside Film Coefficient, ho = 55
Calculated Uo = 31.2
Check: % difference, Ucalc. vs Uassum. = 35.9%
Uclean = 41.6

Check tubeside velocity and DP, shellside DP. If too high or too low,
ube length, number of tubes per pass, number of passes, and/or shell
pacing. Remember to reset shell diameter from tube count tables, as
d.