The purpose of this Getting Started Guide is to guide a new user through the features of Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger. In this example, the program will determine if there is sufficient area available to cool a process fluid to the required temperature for a forced-draught air-cooled heat exchanger using Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger program in the Rating/Checking mode. Then, the program calculation mode will be changed to “simulation” and determine tube side outlet temperature and duty, ‘Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating offers context sensitive Product Help. You can access Product Help at any time by pressing F1, for selected field, sheet, form, or dialog box. For other kinds of information, use the commands on the Resources tab of the ribbon. Contents: Process Overview In this example, ambient air is used to cool process water in a forced draft air-cooled heat exchanger. We wish to determine if there is sufficient area available to cool the process fluid to the required temperature. The process conditions and geometry attributes are provided in the tables below. You can choose to input data in Units of your preference, but the input and results will be reproduced in SI units Process Conditions - SI Units Parameter Process Side_X-side Water Dry Air Flow rate 30500 177500 kg/h ‘Temperature In/Out 92/56 37/, c Inlet Pressure 1.2 Atmosphere bar (abs/gauge) Estimated pressure drop 0.18 bar Fouling Resistance 0,00002 mk/w Process Conditions - US Units Parameter Process ide Water Dry Air Flow rate 67241 391320 Ib/h ‘Temperature In/Out 197.6 / 132.8 98.6 / F Inlet Pressure 17.4 Atmosphere _psia/psi Estimated pressure drop 2.61 psi Fouling Resistance 0,00011357 hf2 F/Btu Geometry Overview Enter the geometry information from the table below for the unit type you chose. Any data not explicitly specified here may be left to the program defaults.Header: SI us Number of inlet nozzles 4 Inlet nozzle inside diameter 101.2 mm 4 inches Number of outlet nozzles 4 Outlet nozzle inside diameter 101.2 mm 4 inches Type of Header Box Box Bundle: ST us Number of passes 4 4 Number of rows 4 4 Number of tubes 160 160 Type of bundle: Staggered - evens row to left Tube: sI us Effective length of tube 6020 mm ___237_inches Traverse pitch 58.4 mm inches Tube Inner diameter 21.32_ mm inches Tube Outer diameter 25.4 mm 1 inches Layout angle 30 Degree 30 Degree ‘SI us Frequency 433 /m 11__inches Tip diameter 57.16 mm 2.25 _inches Mean fin thickness 0.457 mm___0.018 inches Accept all defaults for any data not specified above. Building the Model Launch the application Launch Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) from the Start menu. The Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating main window appears. Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating allows you to create a new model by clicking File | New or restart from an existing model by navigating to the file using the Open or recently opened cases associated with the Recent command. For a new model, click New, select AirCooled and click Create to start modeling a new exchanger.The Aspen AirCooled Exchanger application will start. You will then need to do the following: Set Units of Measure To change the units used in the program session 1, Use the Set Units option on the Home ribbon Units group. 2. Choose SI from the Set Units drop-down. Note that this can also be set for each unit field. Tip: EDR allows you to set default Ui General Program Settings. 's of Measure. This can be accomplished from File | Options | Set Rating/Checking Mode By default, the program runs in Design with fixed outside flow mode. Change the application mode by clicking Rating/Checking, found on the Home tab, in the Run Mode group, or to set the calculation mode: Navigate to the Process Data form by selecting, Set Process Data in the Model Setup group on the Home ribbon, Enter the process data from the table previously provided. Enter Process Data ‘The process data for this exercise is red in the process overview and below: SI Units Process Side _X-side Water Dry Air Flow rate 30500 177500 kg/h ‘Temperature In/Out 92 / 56 37/ c Inlet Pressure 1.2 Atmosphere _bar (abs/gauge) Estimated pressure drop 0.18 bar Fouling Resistance 0.00002 mk/w US Units Process Side _X-side Water Dry Air Flow rate 67241 391320 Ib/h ‘Temperature In/Out 197.6 / 132.8 98.6 / F Inlet Pressure 17.4 Atmosphere _psia/psi Estimated pressure drop 2.61 psi Fouling Resistance 0.00011357