Design of Shell and Tube heat exchanger

mass flowrate of hot stream=3280.919 ton/hr = 911kg/sec = 2.59×10 5 kmol/hr

Compsition:
mass fraction
ethylene 0.871
hydrogen 0.096
1-Hexene 0.034

For cooling media water was used from 25 to 40 ᵒC .

Thermophysical properties

Hot Fluid
.76273kg/
Density ρ( Kg/m3)
m3
Viscosity μ (Kg/Ms) 0.0152219

Thermal
k (W/Mk) 0.1502
Conductivity

Specific Cp(Kj/Kmol
39.35
Heat K)
Fouling
Rd 0.00035
Factor
Inlet Temp ᵒC 126
Outlet Temp ᵒC 70

Cold Fluid
Density ρ( Kg/m3) 1000
Viscosity μ (Kg/Ms) 0.8904
Thermal
k (W/Mk) 0.611
Conductivity
Specific Heat Cp(Kj/Kmol K) 72.84
Fouling Factor Rd 0.0002
Inlet Temp ᵒC 25
Outlet Temp ᵒC 40
Duty of heat exchanger

Qh = mh cp ∆ T
Qh = 570732400 kJ/hr = 158536.778 kW
Qh =QC
QC =mC Cp ∆ T
QC
mC =
Cp ∆T
mC = 522361.706 kmol/hr

Calculations

T 1 −T 2
R=
t 1 −t 2
R=¿3.7333
t 2− t 1
S=
T 1 −t 1
S=¿.1486
ft =.96
∆T 1−∆T 2
∆ Tm=
∆T1
ln
∆T2
∆ Tm=¿ 63.3
Corrected ∆ Tm=¿ 60.7

Heat Transfer Area

Lets asuume U= 200 W/m2 K

Q
AHT =
U ∗ ∆ Tm
AHT =13m2

Design specification:

shell side tube side

0.0190
shell dia Ds (m) 0.3874 outer dia d0(m)
5
tube clearence ct (m) 0.00635 length of tube Lt (m) 4.5
baffle spacing B (m) 0.1 inside dia di (m) 0.0157
tube BWG 0.0016
tube pitch Pt(m) 0.0245
thickness (m) 5
Outer surface area of single tube

aST = π doL
aST =.269m2

Theorattical number of plates

Aht
Nt=
ast
Nt=¿93

Number of passes
NP= 4
Nt
n=
Np
n=23

Equivalent diameter
2
2 do
4(Pt − π )
4
D h=
π do
DH=.021m
Shell side Tube Side

 Flow Area
aS =ct B DS/PT aT =n π di2/4
aS =.00968m2
aT= .00445 m2
 Mass Velocity
GS= ms/as GT= mT/aT
GS= 26913.88 kg/sec GT=204806 kg/sec

 Linear Velocity
uS= qs /as ut= qt /at
qs = 2.16 m3/sec qt = 1194.9 m3 / sec
uS= 223 m/s ut = 268516.5 m/ sec

 Reynold’s Number
Res =DH GS/ μS ReT =ρt ut di / μt
Res = 6365 Ret =210173

 Prandtl’s Number
Prs = cps μS / ks   Prt = cpt μt / kt
Prs = 106 Prt =5.73

 Nusselt’s Number
Nus= .36 Res.55Prs.33 Nut= .027Ret.8Prt.3
Nus = 207. Nut =825.88

 Film Coefficient

hOS=NuS ks /DH hOT=NuT kT /di

hOS=603.7 W/m2 K hOT = 552 W/m2 k

 Overall Heat transfer Co-efficiet

1
Udo=
1 di di
+ Ros+ Rot +
hos do do hot

Udo= 282.2 W/m2 K

 Pressure Drop Calculation

Friction factor from D K Q Kern

fS = .00029 (Fig 29 page # 839) fT = .00038 (Fig 26 page #836)

2 2
fs Gs Ds( Nb+1)
∆ Ps = ∆ PT ¿ f t ¿ L Np
2 g ρ s Dℎ 2 g ρ t di

∆ Ps = 8946.81 kgf / m2 ∆ PT = 12655.229kgf / m2

∆ Ps = 13 psi ∆ PT = 18 pisa
∆ Ps = .89 bar ∆ PT = 1.24 bar