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Heat Exchanger Rating
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Cold Stream
Flow Kg/h 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000
Inlet Temperature °C 40 40 40 40 40
Outlet Temperature °C 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
Density Kg/m³ 716 716 716 716 716
Viscosity cP 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005
Select Tube Side Hot Fluid Hot Fluid Hot Fluid Hot Fluid Hot Fluid
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
User Input By CheGuide
Mechanical Data
Tube Side Data
Number of Passes Tube_Pass 2 2 2 2 2
Number of Tubes Nt 414 414 414 414 414
Tube Length Tube_L m 4.267 4 4.1 4.2 5
Tube Outside Diameter do mm 19.05 19.05 19.05 19.05 19.05
Tube Thickness thick BWG 14 14 14 14 14
mm 2.1080 2.1080 2.1080 2.1080 2.1080
Tube Inside Diameter di mm 14.83400 14.83400 14.83400 14.83400 14.83400
Tube Pitch Layout 30 30 30 30 30
Tube Pitch Ratio 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
Tube Pitch mm 23.81 23.81 23.81 23.81 23.81
Tube Material Carbon Steel Carbon Steel Carbon Steel Carbon Steel Carbon Steel
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
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Result Summary
Log Mean Temperature Difference LMTD °C 44.55 44.55 44.55 44.55 44.55
LMTD Correction Factor Ft 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674
Corrected LMTD °C 43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10
Heat Duty Q Kcal/h 1428000 1428000 1428000 1428000 1428000
Temperature Wall TWall °C 77.66 77.66 77.66 77.66 77.66
Heat Exchanger Area Required ARequired m² 73.99 73.99 73.99 73.99 73.99
Heat Exchanger Area Available AAvailable m² 102.70 96.09 98.57 101.04 120.87
Heat Transfer Coefficient UClean Kcal/m².h.°C 750.06 750.06 750.06 750.06 750.06
UDirty Kcal/m².h.°C 447.78 447.78 447.78 447.78 447.78
URequired Kcal/m².h.°C 322.58 344.79 336.12 327.88 274.11
Over Surface % 132.518 117.541 123.150 128.759 173.634
Over Design % 38.812 29.871 33.220 36.569 63.359
Detailed Calculation
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
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Tube Side
Flow Kg/h 120000 120000 120000 120000 120000
Inlet Temperature t_inlet °C 104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00
Outlet Temperature t_outlet °C 85.11 85.11 85.11 85.11 85.11
Density Kg/m³ 578.00 578.00 578.00 578.00 578.00
Viscosity cP 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004
Shell Side
Flow Kg/h 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000
Inlet Temperature T_inlet °C 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00
Outlet Temperature T_outlet °C 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
Density Kg/m³ 716.00 716.00 716.00 716.00 716.00
Viscosity cP 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
User Input By CheGuide
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
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Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
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Shell Side heat transfer coefficient hS Kcal/m².h.°C 1403.3 1403.3 1403.3 1403.3 1403.3
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
User Input By CheGuide
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
User Input By CheGuide
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
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Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
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Tube Side Pressure Drop ΔPT,Total bar 0.1403 0.1353 0.1371 0.1390 0.1541
LMTD Calculation
Temperature Difference 1 : T_inlet - t_outlet -45.1 -45.1 -45.1 -45.1 -45.1
Temperature Difference 2: T_outlet - t_inlet -44.0 -44.0 -44.0 -44.0 -44.0
LMTD 44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6
R 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06
S 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
Factor 1.46 1.46 1.46 1.46 1.46
LMTD Correction Factor 1 Shell - 2 Tube Passes Ft 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674
LMTD Corrected 43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10
Area Calculation
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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating
CheGuide.com Project E-101
Chemical Engineer's Guide Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
User Input By CheGuide
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