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Hot Oil Expansion Tank Sizing Guide

This document provides guidelines for sizing an expansion tank for a hot oil system. It details the volumes and properties of the piping, exchangers, heater, and total system volume of 7.87 cubic meters. An expansion tank with a diameter of 1.35 meters and length of 3.37 meters is required, providing a minimum volume of 0.54 cubic meters and able to hold up to 70% of the maximum expanded volume of 3.26 cubic meters. The expansion tank allows the system to safely accommodate the increased volume as the thermal fluid is heated from 30 to 350 degrees Celsius.

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Hot Oil Expansion Tank Sizing Guide

This document provides guidelines for sizing an expansion tank for a hot oil system. It details the volumes and properties of the piping, exchangers, heater, and total system volume of 7.87 cubic meters. An expansion tank with a diameter of 1.35 meters and length of 3.37 meters is required, providing a minimum volume of 0.54 cubic meters and able to hold up to 70% of the maximum expanded volume of 3.26 cubic meters. The expansion tank allows the system to safely accommodate the increased volume as the thermal fluid is heated from 30 to 350 degrees Celsius.

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Hot Oil Expansion Tank Sizing

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Chemical Engineer's Guide

Thermal Fluid used Therminol VP1


Cold Oil Density at 30 Deg C 1056 Kg/m³
Hot Oil Density at 350 Deg C 761 Kg/m³
Expansion Tank

Volume of the System


Piping 1 ID 150 mm 5.30 m³
Length 300 meter
Exchangers
Piping 2 ID 100 mm 1.57 m³
Length 200 meter
Exchanger 1 0.3 m³
Exchanger 2 0.2 m³
Thermic Fluid Heater 0.5 m³
Hot Oil
Other Volume m³ Circulation
Total Volume of System 7.87 m³ Pump

Expansion Tank Sizing (2:1 Elliptical Head - Horizontal Tank)


L/D Selected 2.5
Minimum volume at cold conditions 10 % of vessel volume
Maximum volume after expansion 70 % of vessel volume
Volume of the Vessel Required 5.44 m³
Diameter 1.35 m
Length 3.37 m

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Volume of the Vessel 5.44 m³
Minimum Volume 0.54 m³
Hot Oil Inventory at Startup 8.42 m³
Hot Oil Mass at Startup 8887 Kg Click on
Hot Oil Volume on Heating 11.7 m³
Expansion Volume 3.26 m³
Volume Filled in Expansion Tank 70 %
Date 14-Dec-15
By CheGuide

Expansion Tank

Exchangers

Thermic Fluid
Hot Oil Heater
Circulation
Pump

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