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Preliminary Heat Exchanger Sizing: These Calculations Are Provided For Educational Use Only - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

This document provides a preliminary heat exchanger sizing tool that calculates the heat transfer area and utility requirements for shell and tube heat exchangers based on input process and utility stream parameters. The tool outputs the log mean temperature difference, overall heat transfer coefficient, preliminary heat transfer area, number of tubes, shell diameter, and utility flow rate for a given process stream duty of 4.00E+06 BTU/hr involving a process stream boiling from 500°F to 600°F in a countercurrent arrangement with steam as the utility fluid.

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Preliminary Heat Exchanger Sizing: These Calculations Are Provided For Educational Use Only - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

This document provides a preliminary heat exchanger sizing tool that calculates the heat transfer area and utility requirements for shell and tube heat exchangers based on input process and utility stream parameters. The tool outputs the log mean temperature difference, overall heat transfer coefficient, preliminary heat transfer area, number of tubes, shell diameter, and utility flow rate for a given process stream duty of 4.00E+06 BTU/hr involving a process stream boiling from 500°F to 600°F in a countercurrent arrangement with steam as the utility fluid.

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Preliminary Heat Exchanger Sizing


This tool calculates the preliminary heat transfer area and utility requirements for shell and tube heat exchangers.

Process Side E-101


Process Description (choose from list) boiling
Tin Process Inlet Temperature (oF) 500
Tout Process Outlet Temperature (oF) 600
Q Duty (BTU/hr) 4.00E+06
Utility Side
Type of Fluid (choose from list) Steam
tin Utility Inlet Temperature (oF) 400
tout Utility Outlet Temperature (oF) 398

do Tube Outside Diameter (choose from list) (inches) 1.00


L Tube Length (ft) 16.00

RESULTS
DTlmtd Log Mean temperature Difference (oF) 146
2
U Overall Heat Transfer coefficient (Btu/hr-ft -°F) 120
A PRELIMINARY Heat Transfer Area (ft2) 229
Number of tubes 55
D Shell diameter (ID) (in) 12.000
Utility Flow Rate (lb/hr) 4,501

Yellow fields are input


Red fields are results
* These calculations are provided for educational use only - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Assumptions
1. 1 tube pass countercurrent flow arrangement
2. 1.25 triangular pitch layout
3. Glycol properties are based on 50% (wt) Ethylene Glycol at 0 oC
4. Refrigerant properties based on R-134a at -10oC
5. Steam properties based on steam at 100 psia
6. Hot oil properties based on Dowtherm Q at 200 C

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