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Preliminary Design for Heat Exchanger

This document provides requirements for a final project to design a shell and tube heat exchanger to cool 70,000 lbs/hr of an organic liquid using countercurrent flow of water. It lists process parameters such as temperatures, flow rates, and material properties for both the shell and tube sides. The design strategy involves estimating the required heat transfer area, selecting tube dimensions, calculating heat transfer coefficients and the overall heat transfer coefficient, and iterating the design to achieve less than 20% excess area.

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Preliminary Design for Heat Exchanger

This document provides requirements for a final project to design a shell and tube heat exchanger to cool 70,000 lbs/hr of an organic liquid using countercurrent flow of water. It lists process parameters such as temperatures, flow rates, and material properties for both the shell and tube sides. The design strategy involves estimating the required heat transfer area, selecting tube dimensions, calculating heat transfer coefficients and the overall heat transfer coefficient, and iterating the design to achieve less than 20% excess area.

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Heat Transfer        Final Project         2017 

Perform a preliminary design to cool 70,000 lbs/h of an organic liquid by countercurrent flow of water in 
a shell and tube exchanger.  Available data is listed below: 

  Shell Side  Tube Side 
 
Fluid circulated  Water  Organic 
Total liquid, lb/h  198,330  70,000 
Temperature in, °F  85  200 
Temperature out, °F  100  115 
Specific Gravity  1 @ 92 °F  1.5 @ 158 °F 
Viscosity, cP  1.0 @ 92 °F  2.0 @ 158 °F 
Specific heat, Btu/lb‐°F  1 @ 92 °F  0.5 @ 158 °F 
Thermal Cond. Btu/h‐ft‐°F  0.36 @ 92 °F  0.1 @ 158 °F 
Fouling factor, h‐ft2‐°F/Btu  0.002  0.002 
Material of Construction  Carbon steel  Carbon steel 
 
Design assumptions to be used: 
‐ Tube‐side velocity of 5 ft/s 
‐ Initial assumed tube length of 20 ft 
‐ Tube passes must be even number 
‐ Shell must be 1 pass 
‐ Tube pitch to be 15/16 triangular 
‐ Baffle spacing 
o Minimum spacing = 1/5 shell OD 
o Maximum spacing = shell OD 
o Spacing interval must be multiple of 6” 
o Shell‐side velocity must be close to tube‐side velocity 
‐ Maximum percent excess area of 20% as calculated by: 
o A (required) = Q / (Uo * ΔTLM) 
o % excess area = 100%* (actual area – required area)/(required area) 
o If % excess area exceeds 20%, repeat calculations with 18 ft tube length, 16, etc. 
until % excess is between 0 and 20%. 

Design strategy: 
‐ Estimate a preliminary area from the heat balance 
‐ Choose a tube diameter 
‐ Calculate the required number of tubes 
‐ Calculate the number of tube passes 
‐ Calculate the tube‐side coefficient, hi 
‐ Calculate the shell‐side coefficient, ho 
‐ Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient, Uo 
‐ Calculate the % excess area 
‐ If excess area is above 20%, decrease tube length by 2 ft and recalculate 
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEET
Item No: E-101
DESCRIPTION SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER

DUTY BTU/HR Multi Tube Single Tube Finned Tube

SHELL SIDE TUBE SIDE


FLUID
TOTAL FLOW LBS/HR

INLET OUTLET INLET OUTLET


LIQUID LBS/HR

Specific Gravity
VAPOR LBS/HR

OPERATING TEMPERATURES °F

PRESSURES PSIA

VELOCITIES FT/SEC

BULK TEMPERATURE °F

VISCOSITY cP

SPECIFIC HEAT BTU/LB-F

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY BTU/H-FT-°F

PRESSURE DROP PSI

MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL K BTU/H-FT-°F

FOULING FACTOR H-FT2-°F/BTU

INDIV HEAT TRANSFER COEF BTU/FT2-H-F

OVERALL COEFFICIENT BTU/FT2-H-F

NUMBER OF SECTIONS SHELL DIAMETER INCHES

AREA PER SECTION FT2 SCHEDULE

TOTAL AREA FT2 SHELL LENGTH FT

LMTD
TUBE DIAMETER INCH

BAFFLE TYPE SCHEDULE OR GAUGE BWG

BAFFLE SPACING IN TUBE LENGTH FT

TUBES/PASS

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