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 wi
tubeside. transfer coefficients to this point (i.e., not includin
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 p
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 8,61,007 Q, Btu/h 7,17,769
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
o
Uncorrected MTD 143.6 F
o
Corrected MTD 108.3 F

Step 2. Input tubing OD, BWG and Tube OD 0.7500 in. Equivalent Diameter, de (see
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. vs

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, nu
Nusselt number, Nr = 9.09 baffle spacing. Remember to reset shell diamete
Inside Film Coefficient, hi = 168 required.
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STBE for Establishment
SETH Date/Time 28-Sep-21 12:21 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
2 o
On that basis, assumed Uo = 20 Btu/h·ft · F 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 = ( T1 - T2 ) / ( t2 - t1 ) = 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.