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Heat Transfer Design for Methanol Exchanger

The document provides specifications for designing an exchanger to sub-cool methanol condensate from 95°C to 40°C using brackish water as the coolant. Key details include a methanol flow rate of 100,000 kg/h, inlet/outlet temperatures for both fluids, physical properties, and calculated parameters like heat transfer coefficients, pressure drops, and exchanger dimensions. The design is determined to provide satisfactory heat transfer and pressure drops on both the tube and shell sides.

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Heat Transfer Design for Methanol Exchanger

The document provides specifications for designing an exchanger to sub-cool methanol condensate from 95°C to 40°C using brackish water as the coolant. Key details include a methanol flow rate of 100,000 kg/h, inlet/outlet temperatures for both fluids, physical properties, and calculated parameters like heat transfer coefficients, pressure drops, and exchanger dimensions. The design is determined to provide satisfactory heat transfer and pressure drops on both the tube and shell sides.

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Design an exchanger to sub-cool condensate from methanol condenser from 95*C to 40*C.

Flow rate

Physical properties Units


Heat capacity of Methanol = 2.84 KJ/kg * C
Heat Load = 4338.888889 kW
Heat capacity of water = 4.2 KJ/kg * C
Cooling water flow = 68.8712522 kg/s Methanol density = 750
Log-mean temperature = 30.78301888 *C Viscosity = 0.00034
Density of water = 995 kg/m^3 Heat capacity = 2.84
Correction factor Thermal cond. = 0.19
Value of R (for graph) = 3.666666667 Fouling coeff. (M)= 5000
Value of S (for graph) = 0.214285714 Fouling coeff. (H20)= 3000
From graph Ft = 0.85

Corrected temperature = 26.16556605 *C

Assumed U from Literature 500 W/m^2*C


Provisional area (in m2) 331.6487693

Tube dimensions
Inner Diameter = 16 mm
Outer diameter = 20 mm
Length of tube = 4.88 m
Tube sheet thickness = 5 cm
Net length = 4.83 m
Area of one tube = 0.306464 m2
Number of tubes = 1082.178557
Conductivity of tube alloy = 50 W/m*C

Overall heat transfer coefficient


Uo = 535.8872565 W/m2*C

0.001866

Check whether design is perfect for heat transfer?


Check whether design is perfect for heat transfer?

Pressure Drop Calculations


Viscosity of water = 0.0008 mNs/m2 Thermal cond. Water=
Tube side
Reynolds No. 12667.46

From fig. Jf 0.0043

Pressure Drop 5194.734 N/m2


tube side
5.194734 Kpa

Tube side pressure drop verification

Satisfactory pressure drop


ser from 95*C to 40*C. Flow rate of methanol 100,000 kg/h. Brackish water will be used as the coolant, with a temprature rise from 2

Given Data
3.666666667 Flow rate of methanol (Kg/hr) = 100000
Inlet temperature of condensate (*C) = 95
Temperatur reqired at outlet (*C)= 40
kg/m^3 Inlet temperature of brackish water (*C)= 25
Ns/m2 Outlet temperature of brackish water(*C)= 40
kJ/kg*C
W/m2*C
W/m2*C
W/m2*C Bundle Diameter (Db)
for triangular pitch
K1 = 0.249
n1 = 2.207
Db = 890.157 mm
Bundle Clearance = 68 mm
Shell diameter = 958.157 mm

Tube side coefficient


Mean water temperature = 32.5 *C Number of passes =
Tube cross sectional area = 200.96 mm2
Tube per pass = 541.0893
Tube flow area = 0.108737 m2
Water mass velocity = 633.3728 kg/(m2*s)
water linear velocity = 0.636556 m/s

Tube side coefficient,hi = 3361.432 W/m2*C

Shell side ht coefficient


Baffle spacing = 383.2628 mm Reynolds No.
Tube pitch = 25 mm Prandtl No.
Cross flow area = 0.073445 m2
Mass velocity = 378.211 Kg/s*m2
Equivalent diameter = 14.201 mm
Mean shell diameter = 67.5 *C
From fig. for 25 % baffle cut
Heat transfer factor = 0.0033
Heat transfer coeff. shellside = 1199.142 W/m2*C

erfect for heat transfer? Design is perfect


erfect for heat transfer? Design is perfect

Thermal cond. Water= 0.59 W/m*C Density of water = 995 Kg/m3


Shell side

Linear velocity = 0.504281 m/s


From fig. Jf 0.04

Pressure drop = 25947.49 N/m2


shell side
25.94749 Kpa

Shell Side pressure drop verification


Satisfactory Pressure Drop
ant, with a temprature rise from 25* C to 40*C.
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Prateek A Sarin 2011uch1804
Aayush Agarwal
Vijendra Kumar Gupta

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