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PDP Lecture 1 4

The document describes a shell and tube heat exchanger problem involving cooling shell side liquid from 75°C to 55°C using tube side liquid. Key parameters like flow rates, temperatures, physical properties, heat exchanger geometry and design considerations are provided. The problem is to determine the shell side heat transfer coefficient based on these conditions. Additional data on geometry calculations and correlations for pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients are also provided to solve the problem.

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PDP Lecture 1 4

The document describes a shell and tube heat exchanger problem involving cooling shell side liquid from 75°C to 55°C using tube side liquid. Key parameters like flow rates, temperatures, physical properties, heat exchanger geometry and design considerations are provided. The problem is to determine the shell side heat transfer coefficient based on these conditions. Additional data on geometry calculations and correlations for pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients are also provided to solve the problem.

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Process Design of Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger-

Problem- Revisit
A process engineer found a 1-4 heat exchanger designed as per the following conditions:-

 The shell side liquid flow rate = 300 litre/min, needs to be cooled from 75°C to 55°C
with a tube side liquid. Assume countercurrent flow with no phase change. Tube wall
temperature impact on viscosity to be neglected.
 density of shell side liquid = 879 kg/m3
 specific heat of shell side liquid = 2.141 kJ/(kg°C) and specific heat of tube side liquid
= 4.2 kJ/(kg°C)
 thermal conductivity of shell side liquid = 0.15 W/(m°C)
 viscosity of shell side liquid = 15 cp
 tube side liquid inlet temperature= 30°C
 tube side liquid outlet temperature= 40°C
 assume baffle spacing= 20% of shell ID and clearance between shell ID (larger) and
tube bundle diameter= 20 mm
 Temperature Correction Factor= 0.96 with the given conditions
 density, viscosity, thermal conductivity of tube side liquid at the given conditions are
990 kg/m3, 0.73 cp and 0.65 W/(m°C) respectively.
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Problem

 choose dO= 30 mm, dI= 20 mm, L= tube length= 7 ft


 assume both shell side liquid and tube side liquid as viscous (allocation to be
considered feasible)
 constant (viscous liquid) for Dittus-Bolter equation (if required) = 0.027
 assume triangular pitch arrangement (Pt= 1.25 dO) with 25% baffle cut.
 thermal conductivity of tube wall material= 55 W/(m°C)
 fouling coefficient for tube side liquid= 500 W/(m2°C) and for shell side liquid= 300
W/(m2°C)
 Assume UO in W/(m2°C) for actual heat transfer area calculations = Z
 Assume shell side pressure drop = 45 Pa (Jf = 80 under these conditions)
 1 ft = 0.3048 m
Determine the following (upto 1 decimal) :-

The shell side heat transfer coefficient in W/(m2°C)


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Problem- Additional Data
For Pt/dO= 1.25, for triangular pitch, refer following table:-

No of tube 1 2 4 6 8
side passes
kl 0.319 0.249 0.175 0.0743 0.0365
nl 2.142 2.207 2.285 2.499 2.675

Db= dO (Nt/kl)1/nl where Db= tube bundle diameter, dO= tube OD, Nt= total no of tubes

Tube side flow area = (Nt/Np)(πdI2/4)

Shell side flow area= {(Pt - dO)/Pt}(DSBS)

For triangular pitch arrangement, use:-

1.1[P t 2 - 0.907d O 2 ]
de=
dO
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Problem- Additional Data
Table for Jh factor values (for the given conditions and 25% baffle cut)

Range of (Re)s Jh factor


200  (Re)s < 700 0.028
(Re)s < 200 0.018

Assume that the shell side pressure drop= 8Jf (DS/de)(L/BS)(0.5ρSus2) (neglecting the
effect of wall viscosity) (all symbols given in all equations have their usual meaning)

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