Preliminary Heat Exchanger Design (U.S.

units) (pages 1 & 2)

Estimation of Heat Transfer Area Needed
Inputs Calculations
Fluid
1
mass flow
Heat Transfer Rate, Q = 925,000 Btu/hr
rate, m
1
=
25,000 lb/hr
Log Mean Temp 79.6
o
F
Fluid
1
temp. in, T
1in
=
190
o
F
Diff, DT
lm
=
Fluid
1
temp. out, T
1out
=
140
o
F Heat Transfer Area, A =
96.9
ft
2
Fluid
1
sp. heat, C
p1
=
0.74
Btu/lb-
o
F
Fluid
2
mass flow
rate, m
2
=
13,214 lb/hr
Fluid
2
temp. in, T
2in
=
50
o
F
Fluid
2
temp. out, T
2out
=
120
o
F
Fluid
2
sp. heat, C
p2
=
1.0
Btu/lb-
o
F
Overall heat transf.
coeff. estim., U =
120
Btu/lhr-ft
2
-
o
F
Equations used for calculations:
Q = + (m
1
)(C
p1
)(T
1in
- T
1out
)
Q = + (m
2
)(C
p2
)(T
2in
- T
2out
)
DT
lm
= [(T
1in
- T
2out
) - (T
1out
- T
2in
)]/ln[(T
1in
- T
2out
)/(T
1out
- T
2in
)]
Q = U A DT
lm
Preliminary Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Design
Determination of pipe length needed (for known heat transfer area)
Inputs Calculations
Heat Transfer Area, A =
96.9
ft
2
Pipe Diam. in ft, D =
0.5000 ft
(from calculations above)
Pipe length needed, L = 61.7 ft
pipe Diameter, D
in
= 6 in
(in inches)
Equations used for calculations:
D = D
in
/12
A = pDL