Heat Transfer and Process Integration

2016 - 2017
Semester 2
Problem Solving Session 2

Problem 1. Design of a Heat Recovery Network

The stream data for the following chemical process is given below:

CON
60°C 1

80°C Cool 180°C

C1 CP=20
R2

120°C
REB
Heat 3
130°C CP=80 R1
Cool
100°C
2 CP=40 120°C
Heat
CP=36 4
40°C
30°C

Stream Number Supply Target Heat Capacity Required heat

and Type temperature temperature Flowrate transfer duty
(°C) (°C) (kW/K) (kW)
1 180 80 20
2 130 40 40
3 60 100 80
4 30 120 36

Steam is available at 200°C, and cooing water at 25-30°C.

Design several networks of steam heaters, coolers, and process-to-process heat exchangers,
using a ∆Tmin of 10°C. It is preferable to use process-to-process heat exchangers in preference
to utility heaters and coolers (but you may incur a consequence of doing so – what is it?)
Which is the best design?

Express your answers using diagrams and tables as follows, using circles to indicate process-
to-process heat exchangers, and adding H and C to indicate usage of Hot utility (steam) or
Cold utility (cooling water), respectively. Indicate the amount of heat transfer occurring
within a given heat exchanger, and calculate the exit temperatures of the streams from each
heat exchanger. What is the largest amount of heating by steam and heat rejected to cooling
water that could possibly be needed (i.e. using no process-to-process heat transfer)? What are
the minimum amounts? How many heat exchangers are needed in each case?

100O 120O

O
80O
Q = 2000 1 180

Q = 3600 2 130
O 40O

60O 30O
3 4
Q = 3200 Q = 3240

Heat provided by steam Heat rejected to cooling Number of heat exchangers

(kW) water (kW)
 100O 120O

O
80O
Q = 2000 1 180

Q = 3600 2 130
O 40O

60O 30O
3 4
Q = 3200 Q = 3240

Heat provided by steam Heat rejected to cooling Number of heat exchangers

(kW) water (kW)

100O 120O

O
80O
Q = 2000 1 180

Q = 3600 2 130
O 40O

60O 30O
3 4
Q = 3200 Q = 3240
Heat provided by steam Heat rejected to cooling Number of heat exchangers
(kW) water (kW)