Design of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers using ACOL, ‘Simulate @ Condenser ~ Example 2 OL — ————— Simulate a Condenser — Example 2 RspenTech_ AITRighs Reserved 77 Aspen esloayEIne!Design of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers using ACOL Simulate a Condenser — Example 2 Workshop The purpose of this module is to simulate a condenser to determine the tube side outlet temperature for a forced-draught air-cooled heat exchanger that is operating at an altitude of 330 feet. On the tube side, 360,000 Ib/hr of vapour is being condensed. The vapour enters at 155 F and the liquid leaves at approximately 122 F. Both the vapour and the liquid are assumed to be saturated; that means zo desuperheating or sub cooling is accounted for. The exchanger ‘modelled here is a 4-bay unit with 2 bundles per bay. The tube bundle contains 6 rows and has 3 tube side passes. In total, 408 tubes are used ata length of 354 inches, ACOL is used to find the tube outlet temperature after we input the required geometrical and process data. Learning Objectives After completing this section you will be able to do the following: + Enter Row and Pass data on the Bundle Specifications tab for a symmetric bundle + Enter Property Data for a two-phase stream using the Direct Input method * Look at output results graphically (©2005 AspenTech. All Rights Reserved. 7 ‘Aspen Technology, IneDesign of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers using ACOL. Simulate a Condenser ~ Example 2 Process and Geometry Overview Details of the process data as well as the geometry and physical properties are given in the table below. SI Units Process Side xside ‘Waler Dry Air Flow rate. 162393, 2585477 Temperature 8.3760, In/Out 33/ Kai c Inlet Pressure 161 Bar (abs) ‘Allowable pressure 0.276 drop Bar Fou Resistance 2TATSEA mak British Units [PRES SHEL side Flow rate 360000 5700000, ‘Temperature 755 / 122 In/Out 91.47 oe Inlet Pressure 23.35 ‘Allowable pressure 4 drop _ Fouling Resistance 0.00156 Geometry Si Header: Number of iniet nozzies 2 Inlet nozzle diameter 203.2 mm ‘Number of outlet nozzles 1 ‘Oulet nozzio diameter 1524 mi Type of Header Plug ‘Bundle: Number of passes 3 Number of rows 6 Number of tubes 408 Type of bundle: Staggered — evens row to left Tube: Total tube length e091 Effective length of tube 8915.4 ‘Traverse pitch 61.976 Longitudinal pitch 53.59 Tube Inner diameter 19.456 Tube Outer diameter 2 ©2005 AspenTech. All Rights Reserved. 73 ‘Aspen Technology, Ine