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What equa ons are used in the Heat Exchanger model in

Aspen HYSYS to calculate shell side and tube side heat
transfer coefficients?
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Problem Statement
What equations are used in the Heat Exchanger model in Aspen HYSYS to calculate shell side and
tube side heat transfer coefficients?

Solution
When the user does not specify heat transfer coefficients, the simple steady-state rating model uses
different equations depending on certain characteristics of the flow. The equations are given below:

Tube HTC, Single Phase Flow:

Re > 10000: h = 0.023*Re^(-1/5)*Pr^(-2/3)*Cp*massFlux
2100 < Re < 10000: h = 0.116*((Re^(2/3)-125)/Re)*(1+(D/L)^(2/3))*Pr^(-2/3)*Cp*massFlux
Re < 2100: h = 1.86*Re^(-2/3)*Pr^(-2/3)*(L/D)^(-1/3)*Cp*massFlux

Tube HTC, Condensing Flow:

Vertical: h = 1093.28*thermalConductivity*(density^2/viscosity/tubeLoading)^(1/3)
Horizontal: h = 898.2634*thermalConductivity*(density^2/viscosity/tubeLoading)^(1/3)

Tube HTC, Boiling Flow:

h = 1800*(.577789*thermalConductivity)^(0.6)*(0.2388459*Cp)^(0.4)/viscosity^(0.4)/0.04891946

Shell HTC, Single Phase Flow:

Cross flow: h = 0.198*Re^(-0.4)*Pr^(-2/3)*Cp*massFlux
Parallel flow: h = 1.3*0.023*Re^(-0.2)*Pr^(-2/3)*Cp*massFlux

Shell HTC, Condensing Flow:

Vertical: h = 1093.28*thermalConductivity*(density^2/viscosity/tubeLoading)^(1/3)
Horizontal: h = 898.2634*thermalConductivity*(density^2/viscosity/tubeLoading)^(1/3)

Shell HTC, Boiling Flow:

h = 1800*(.577789*thermalConductivity)^(2/3)*(0.2388459*Cp)^(1/3)/viscosity^(0.267)/0.04891946

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Note:
Re = Reynolds number
Pr = Prandtl Number
Cp = Mass heat capacity (kJ/kg*C)
h = heat transfer coefficient (kJ/m2*C*h) D = tube inner diameter L = total tube length viscosity (cP)
thermal conductivity (W/m*C) density (kg/m3) Thermal conductivity/viscosity/heat capacity are for
the liquid phase in multiphase flows

Keywords
Heat Exchanger, Heat Transfer Coefficients

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