Getting Started - Aspen Shell and Tube Mechanical

Getting Started Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical
A Brief Tutorial
(and supplement to training and online documentation)
Tom Ralston, Product Manager, Aspen Technology, Inc.

Steve Noe, Marketing Manager, Aspen Technology, Inc.
2012 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech, aspenONE, the aspenONE logo, the Aspen leaf logo, and OPTIMIZE are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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About AspenTech
AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturingfor energy, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, engineering and construction, power & utilities, mining, pulp and paper, and other mill
products industries that manufacture and produce products from a chemical process. With integrated
aspenONE solutions, process manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their
engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain operations. As a result, AspenTech customers are better
able to increase capacity, improve margins, reduce costs, and become more energy efficient. To see how
the worlds leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their operational excellence
goals, visit www.aspentech.com.
Business Background
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical is a complete mechanical design package that greatly improves engineering efficiency in
exchanger design. It provides a two-way interface to AspenTechs thermal design program, automating transfer of
information and minimizing costly rework. It is the only program that optimizes the design of all mechanical components,
producing detailed code calculations, customized cost estimates, a detailed drawing package, and complete bill of
materials.
When used with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger, Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical ensures consistency between thermal
and mechanical designs. This enables engineers to both optimize and efficiently validate the thermal and mechanical
designs of shell and tube heat exchangers. When used as a standalone program in design mode, Aspen Shell & Tube
Mechanical can optimize the design of a full shell and tube exchanger with minimal input calculating flanges, tubesheets,
expansion joints, supports, shell, and nozzle reinforcement.
Scope of this Document

This document serves as a simple getting started guide, taking you through the most common progression of how the
equipment designer would use this standalone equipment design tool. This guide is not meant to be used as the only
reference source for documentation. We recommend that a range of other resources be called upon to give the new user a
comprehensive view of how to use this capability. This may include:
Online documentation which can be accessed through the Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) software user
screens.
AspenTech support website (http://support.aspentech.com), which contains a wide range of knowledgebase items and
provides answers to frequently asked questions.
AspenTech courseware available in classroom and on-line versions, which provide formal training on process modeling
and heat transfer technology.
AspenTech business consultants.
This document covers standalone use of the Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating program. This guide assumes that the user
has Aspen EDR V7.0 or newer installed.
Problem Overview
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical can be used to perform the mechanical design of shell and tube heat exchangers, either in
isolation or integrated with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (for thermal design). The purpose of this guide is to take you
through the process of performing a mechanical design in isolation. This is often the case if another company has already
performed the thermal design and provided details of the required shell and tube heat exchanger on a TEMA specification
sheet.
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The Step-by-Step Guide

Launch the Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical program from Programs | AspenTech | Exchanger Design & Rating accessed
from the Start button on the Windows Task bar. Select Shell & Tube Mechanical from the New tab and click OK (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Creating a New File
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical will open with its navigator tree shown on the left hand portion of the display. This serves
as a table of contents for both the input, and once the program is run, the output or results from the program calculations.
Categories marked with a red (X) contain input specifications which must be completed before the program will run
(Figure 2).
Figure 2. Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) User Interface
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Input screens can be selected by clicking directly on the navigator folders or by using the navigation buttons Next Form,
. This button opens the input screen containing the next required input. Required input
Previous Form and Next,
fields are identified by the blue-green background shading. The first required input is on the Input | Problem Definition |
Description screen. Here you can specify whether you are going to design a simple pressure vessel or a heat exchanger.
Select Heat Exchanger.
Figure 3. Description Heat Exchanger
On the Input | Problem Definition | Design Specifications screen you can specify the Design Pressures and Design
Temperatures for both the Shell Side and the Tube Side.
Table 1. Design Temperatures and Pressures

Shell Side
Tube Side
Design Pressure
500 psig
300 psig
Design Temperature
300 F
290 F
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Figure 4. Design Temperatures and Pressures
On the Input | Exchanger Geometry | Shell screen select the orientation of the exchanger as Horizontal and enter the
Shell Cylinders Inside Diameter as 40 inches.
Figure 5. Exchanger Position and Size
Next, Tube and Baffle data needs to be specified:

Input | Exchanger Geometry | Baffle Details Baffle Number = 12 and Baffle Spacing = 10.
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Figure 6. Baffle Data
Input | Exchanger Geometry | Tubes Tube Length = 144 and Tube Outside Diameter = 0.75
Figure 7. Tube Data
So far we have not specified nozzle dimensions for this exchanger. In order to run an initial design, nozzle data is not a
required input. However, since we do know the details of the nozzles, these can be specified. On the navigator, select
Input | Exchanger Geometry | Nozzles-General then the Nozzles tab.
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Table 2. Nozzle Details

Name
Function
Nominal O.D.
Location
Angle
T1
Inlet
180
T2
Outlet
S1
Inlet
S2
Outlet
180
Figure 8. Nozzle Data
Enough data has now been specified in order for you to run the case. Many program defaults will be used, for example,
flange types, tube-to-tubesheet joint, and most importantly, materials of construction. As you use the program more, you
will become more familiar with these defaults.
Select the Run button or select Run from the menu drop-down box, Calculations + Cost + Drawings. When Run is
selected, the program will design each component in turn and also consider the interactions between adjacent
components. In many cases the component design will be optimized to determine the least cost option. In order to give
the program as much freedom as possible when considering different options, it is better to initially specify as little data as
possible, and then after running the case add more data and re-run.
After the mechanical design has determined the required geometry of each component and the overall exchanger, the
costing calculation is run. This simulates the fabrication process, considering the cost to purchase the materials of
construction and each of the different steps required in the fabrication process. The final stage is the generation of
fabrication drawings. This includes a Setting Plan, Tube Layout and a range of Detail drawings.
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The results can now be reviewed:

Input Summary Listing of all specified inputs
Design Summary Warning Messages, Summary of Design Data and Materials, Overall Dimensions
Vessel Dimensions Detail dimensions of all components
Figure 9. Vessel Dimensions
Price Summary of Cost (materials and labor), Bill of Materials, Breakdown of Labor
Figure 10. Cost Summary
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Drawings Setting Plan, Tube Layout, Summary of Materials
Figure 11. Setting Plan
Code Calculations Detail Calculations of each component, MAWP, MDMT, Hydrotest Pressure, Seismic Analysis,
Weights, etc.
Figure 12. Mechanical Code Calculations
The results can be taken from the program in a number of different ways:
The File drop-down menu allows data to be printed or exported to Word or Excel.
Results tables can be copied to the clipboard.
Drawings can be either copied to the clipboard or saved as a dxf file.
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This mechanical design has been fairly straight-forward. In this example, default materials have been used. When
performing a mechanical design, careful consideration is required of the material types and the product forms that are
selected.
Additional Resources
For further information on this workflow, or any of the individual products or elements covered briefly in this written
tutorial, please consult:
Public website
The following web page provides information on Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating:
http://www.aspentech.com/core/aspen-edr.aspx
Support website
The support website provides an extensive and growing knowledgebase on Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating. The
following knowledgebase article provides a getting-started location:
http://support.aspentech.com/webteamasp/KB.asp?ID=130722
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Worldwide Headquarters
Aspen Technology, Inc.
200 Wheeler Road
Burlington, MA 01803
United States
phone: +17812216400
fax: +17812216410
info@aspentech.com
Regional Headquarters
Houston, TX | USA
phone: +12815841000
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Reading | United Kingdom
phone: +44(0)1189226400
Singapore | Republic of Singapore
phone: +6563953900
Manama | Bahrain
phone: +97317503000
2012 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech, aspenONE, the aspenONE logo, the Aspen leaf logo, and OPTIMIZE are trademarks of Aspen
Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Getting Started Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

Tom Ralston, Product Manager, Aspen Technology, Inc.

Getting Started Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

Scope of this Document

Getting Started Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

The Step-by-Step Guide

Figure 1. Creating a New File

Figure 2. Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) User Interface

Getting Started Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

Figure 3. Description Heat Exchanger

Table 1. Design Temperatures and Pressures

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Figure 4. Design Temperatures and Pressures

Figure 5. Exchanger Position and Size

Next, Tube and Baffle data needs to be specified:

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Figure 6. Baffle Data

Figure 7. Tube Data

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Table 2. Nozzle Details

Figure 8. Nozzle Data

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The results can now be reviewed:

Figure 9. Vessel Dimensions

Figure 10. Cost Summary

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Drawings Setting Plan, Tube Layout, Summary of Materials

Figure 11. Setting Plan

Figure 12. Mechanical Code Calculations

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