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Units Case 1
Hot Stream
Flow Kg/h 120000
Inlet Temperature °C 104
Outlet Temperature °C 85.11
Density Kg/m³ 578
Viscosity cP 0.16
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.63
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.08
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.16
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.5
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0004

Cold Stream
Flow Kg/h 140000
Inlet Temperature °C 40
Outlet Temperature °C 60.00
Density Kg/m³ 716
Viscosity cP 0.62
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.51
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.11
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.59
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.5
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0005

Select Tube Side Hot Fluid

Mechanical Data
Tube Side Data
Number of Passes Tube_Pass 2
Number of Tubes Nt 414
Tube Length Tube_L m 4.267
Tube Outside Diameter do mm 19.05
Tube Thickness thick BWG 14
mm 2.108
Tube Inside Diameter di mm 14.834
Tube Pitch Layout 30
Tube Pitch Ratio 1.25
Tube Pitch mm 23.81
Tube Material Carbon Steel

Shell Side Data

Number of Passes Shell_Pass 1
Shell Inside Diameter Ds mm 609
Bundle-Shell Diameteral Clear. ΔB mm 15.55
Shell Outer Tube Limit DOTL mm 593.46
Central Baffle Spacing LBC mm 234
Inlet Baffle Spacing LBIN mm 234
Outlet Baffle Spacing LBOUT mm 234
Segemental Baffle Cut Bc % 25
Height of Baffle Cut Lc mm 152.25
Diametral Shell-Baffle Clearance DSB mm 5.54
Number of Sealing Strips Nss 2
Diametral Tube-Baffle Clearance LTB mm 0.4
Tube Sheet Thickness LS mm 60.9

Result Summary
Log Mean Temperature Difference LMTD °C 44.55
LMTD Correction Factor Ft 0.9674
Corrected LMTD °C 43.10
Heat Duty Q Kcal/h 1428000
Temperature Wall TWall °C 77.66
Heat Exchanger Area Required A_Required m² 73.99
Heat Exchanger Area Available A_Available m² 102.70
Heat Transfer Coefficient U_Clean Kcal/m².h.°C 750.06
U_Dirty Kcal/m².h.°C 447.78
U_Required Kcal/m².h.°C 322.58
Over Surface % 132.518
Over Design % 38.812
Detailed Calculation
Tube Side
Flow Kg/h 120000
Inlet Temperature t_inlet °C 104.00
Outlet Temperature t_outlet °C 85.11
Density Kg/m³ 578.00
Viscosity cP 0.16
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.63
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.08
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.16
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.50
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0004

Shell Side
Flow Kg/h 140000
Inlet Temperature T_inlet °C 40.00
Outlet Temperature T_outlet °C 60.00
Density Kg/m³ 716.00
Viscosity cP 0.62
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.51
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.11
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.59
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.50
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0005

Shell Side Heat Transfer Coefficient

Effective Pitch PT,eff mm 23.81
Cross Flow area Sm m² 0.0305
Mass Velocity GS Kg/m².s 1274.2
Reynold's Number ReS 39152
Prandtl Number PrS 10.35
j-Ideal Factor Coefficients a1 0.321
a2 -0.388
a3 1.45
a4 0.519
a 0.0416
j-ideal Factor j 5.3E-03
Ideal heat transfer coefficient h_Ideal Kcal/m².h.°C 2637.5
Correction factor for Baffle Window Flow
Intermediate θ_CTL 2.024
 Fw 0.179
Fraction of tubes in crossflow Fc 0.642
Baffle Cut Correction Factor Jc 1.012

Correction factor for Baffle Leakage

Baffle window angle θ_DS 2.094
Shell to baffle leakage area SSB m² 0.007
Tube to baffle leakage area STB m² 0.004
Ratio of leakage area to cross flow rL 0.366
Ratio of shell-baffle to total area rS 0.632
Baffle leakage correction Factor JL 0.536

Correction factor for Bundle Bypass

Tube row distance in flow direction PP mm 20.622
Number of tube rows between baffle N_TCC 15
Ratio of sealing strips to tube rows rSS 0.135
Bundle bypass flow area SB m² 0.001
Correlation Constant CJ 1.25
Bundle bypass correction factor JB 0.980

Correction factor for adverse temperature gradient

Number of tube rows crosses N_TCW 5.235
Number of Baffles NB 2
Tube rows crossed in entire exchanger NC 60.00
Correction factor for Laminar Flow JRL 0.72
Correction factor JR 1.000

Correction factor for unequal baffle spacing

Factor used for equation n1 0.6
Correction factor JS 1.000

Shell Side heat transfer coefficient hS Kcal/m².h.°C 1403.3

Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient

Flow area aTube m² 0.0358
Velocity through a tube v m/s 1.612
Reynold's Number ReT 86385
Prandtl Number PrT 4.536
Effective Tube Length L_Effective m 4.145
Nusselt Number Calculation
Laminar Flow, Sieder -Tate Equation Nu_Laminar 20.82
Turbulent Flow, Petukhov-Kirillov f 0.0046
Nu_Turb 425.95
Transition Flow Nu_Re=2300 6.22
f_Re=10000 0.0079
Nu_Re=10000 73
Nu_Trans. 731.84
Selected Nusslet's Number Nu_Tube 425.95
Tube side heat transfer coefficient ht Kcal/m².h.°C 2297.2

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

Wall Temperature T_Wall °C 77.66
Tube wall conductivity k_tube Kcal/m.h.°C 38.69
Wall Resistance Rw m².h.°C/Kcal 0.000062
Overall H.T.C Clean U_Clean Kcal/m².h.°C 750.06
Overall H.T.C Dirty U_Dirty Kcal/m².h.°C 447.78

Shell Side Pressure Drop

Ideal Tube Band friction factor
f-Ideal Factor Coefficients b1 0.372
b2 -0.123
b3 7
b4 0.5
b 0.244
f-ideal Factor f 0.1029
Ideal tube bank pressure drop ΔP_ideal bar 0.0684

Correction factor for Baffle Leakage

Factor p 0.555
Correction factor RL 0.2887

Pressure drop for an ideal window section

Gross window area SWG m² 0.0569
Window area occupied with tubes SWT m² 0.0211
Net Cross flow area SW m² 0.0358
Mass velocity baffle window GW Kg/m².s 1176.22
Hydraulic diameter baffle window Dw m 0.0251
For Re >= 100 ΔP_W, Turb. bar 0.0287
For Re < 100 ΔP_W, Lam. bar 0.0579
Pressure Drop in Baffle Windows ΔP_W bar 0.0287

Correction factor for Bundle Bypass effect

Constant CR 3.7
Correction factor RB 0.9415

Correction for unequal baffle spacing inlet/ outlet

Slope of friction factor curve n 0.2
Correction factor RS 2

Shell Side Pressure Drop (Excluding nozzles)

Pressure Drop in Central Baffle Spaces ΔP_C bar 0.0186
Pressure Drop in Baffle Windows ΔP_W bar 0.0287
Pressure Drop in Entrance/ Exit Baffles ΔP_E bar 0.1745
Total Pressure Drop ΔP_S,Total bar 0.2217

Tube Side Pressure Drop ΔP_T,Total bar 0.1403

LMTD Calculation
Temperature Difference 1 : T_inlet - t_outlet -45.1
Temperature Difference 2: T_outlet - t_inlet -44.0
LMTD 44.6
R 1.06
S 0.30
Factor 1.46
LMTD Correction Factor 1 Shell - 2 Tube Passes Ft 0.9674
LMTD Corrected 43.10

Area Calculation
Heat Duty Kcal/h 1428000
Area Required m² 73.99
Area Available m² 102.70
U Required Kcal/m².h.°C 322.58
Over Surface % 132.518
Over Design % 38.812
Heat Exchanger Dropdown List Options (Do not change this section, it will effect the drop down menu o

Tube OD BWG Thickness

(mm) inch mm
19.05 10 0.134 3.404
25.40 11 0.12 3.048
31.75 12 0.109 2.769
38.10 13 0.095 2.413
50.80 14 0.083 2.108
15 0.072 1.829
16 0.065 1.651
17 0.058 1.473
18 0.049 1.245
19 0.042 1.067
20 0.035 0.889
21 0.032 0.813
22 0.028 0.711
23 0.025 0.635
24 0.022 0.559

Correlation Coefficients for j-I and f-I

Pitch Layout Nre a1 a2 a3 a4
30 0 1.4 -0.667 1.45 0.519
30 10 1.36 -0.657 1.45 0.519
30 100 0.593 -0.477 1.45 0.519
30 1000 0.321 -0.388 1.45 0.519
30 10000 0.321 -0.388 1.45 0.519
45 0 1.55 -0.667 1.93 0.5
45 10 0.498 -0.656 1.93 0.5
45 100 0.73 -0.5 1.93 0.5
45 1000 0.37 -0.396 1.93 0.5
45 10000 0.37 -0.396 1.93 0.5
90 0 0.97 -0.667 1.187 0.37
90 10 0.9 -0.631 1.187 0.37
90 100 0.408 -0.46 1.187 0.37
90 1000 0.107 -0.266 1.187 0.37
90 10000 0.37 -0.395 1.187 0.37
er Rating (Bell Delaware Method)
Project E-101
Description Feed Heat Exchanger
Date 26-March-2017
By CheGuide

Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5

120000 120000 120000 120000

104 104 104 104
85.11 85.11 85.11 85.11
578 578 578 578
0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63
0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004

140000 140000 140000 140000

40 40 40 40
60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
716 716 716 716
0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62
0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51
0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005

Hot Fluid Hot Fluid Hot Fluid Hot Fluid

2 2 2 2
414 414 414 414
4 4.1 4.2 5
19.05 19.05 19.05 19.05
14 14 14 14
2.108 2.108 2.108 2.108
14.834 14.834 14.834 14.834
 30 30 30 30
1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
23.81 23.81 23.81 23.81
Carbon Steel Carbon Steel Carbon Steel Carbon Steel

1 1 1 1
609 609 609 609
15.55 15.55 15.55 15.55
593.46 593.46 593.46 593.46
234 234 234 234
234 234 234 234
234 234 234 234
25 25 25 25
152.25 152.25 152.25 152.25
5.54 5.54 5.54 5.54
2 2 2 2
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
60.9 60.9 60.9 60.9

44.55 44.55 44.55 44.55

0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674
43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10
1428000 1428000 1428000 1428000
77.66 77.66 77.66 77.66
73.99 73.99 73.99 73.99
96.09 98.57 101.04 120.87
750.06 750.06 750.06 750.06
447.78 447.78 447.78 447.78
344.79 336.12 327.88 274.11
117.541 123.150 128.759 173.634
29.871 33.220 36.569 63.359
120000 120000 120000 120000
104.00 104.00 104.00 104.00
85.11 85.11 85.11 85.11
578.00 578.00 578.00 578.00
0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63
0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004

140000 140000 140000 140000

40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00
60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
716.00 716.00 716.00 716.00
0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62
0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51
0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59
0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005

23.81 23.81 23.81 23.81

0.0305 0.0305 0.0305 0.0305
1274.2 1274.2 1274.2 1274.2
39152 39152 39152 39152
10.35 10.35 10.35 10.35
0.321 0.321 0.321 0.321
-0.388 -0.388 -0.388 -0.388
1.45 1.45 1.45 1.45
0.519 0.519 0.519 0.519
0.0416 0.0416 0.0416 0.0416
5.3E-03 5.3E-03 5.3E-03 5.3E-03
2637.5 2637.5 2637.5 2637.5

2.024 2.024 2.024 2.024

 0.179 0.179 0.179 0.179
0.642 0.642 0.642 0.642
1.012 1.012 1.012 1.012

2.094 2.094 2.094 2.094

0.007 0.007 0.007 0.007
0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004
0.366 0.366 0.366 0.366
0.632 0.632 0.632 0.632
0.536 0.536 0.536 0.536

20.622 20.622 20.622 20.622

15 15 15 15
0.135 0.135 0.135 0.135
0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
0.980 0.980 0.980 0.980

5.235 5.235 5.235 5.235

2 2 2 2
60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000

1403.3 1403.3 1403.3 1403.3

0.0358 0.0358 0.0358 0.0358

1.612 1.612 1.612 1.612
86385 86385 86385 86385
 4.536 4.536 4.536 4.536
3.878 3.978 4.078 4.878

21.29 21.11 20.93 19.72

0.0046 0.0046 0.0046 0.0046
425.95 425.95 425.95 425.95
6.36 6.30 6.25 5.89
0.0079 0.0079 0.0079 0.0079
73 73 73 73
730.46 730.99 731.51 735.10
425.95 425.95 425.95 425.95
2297.2 2297.2 2297.2 2297.2

77.66 77.66 77.66 77.66

38.69 38.69 38.69 38.69
0.000062 0.000062 0.000062 0.000062
750.06 750.06 750.06 750.06
447.78 447.78 447.78 447.78

0.372 0.372 0.372 0.372

-0.123 -0.123 -0.123 -0.123
7 7 7 7
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.244 0.244 0.244 0.244
0.1029 0.1029 0.1029 0.1029
0.0684 0.0684 0.0684 0.0684

0.555 0.555 0.555 0.555

0.2887 0.2887 0.2887 0.2887

0.0569 0.0569 0.0569 0.0569

0.0211 0.0211 0.0211 0.0211
0.0358 0.0358 0.0358 0.0358
1176.22 1176.22 1176.22 1176.22
0.0251 0.0251 0.0251 0.0251
0.0287 0.0287 0.0287 0.0287
0.0579 0.0579 0.0579 0.0579
0.0287 0.0287 0.0287 0.0287

3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

0.9415 0.9415 0.9415 0.9415

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2 2 2 2

0.0186 0.0186 0.0186 0.0186

0.0287 0.0287 0.0287 0.0287
0.1745 0.1745 0.1745 0.1745
0.2217 0.2217 0.2217 0.2217

0.1353 0.1371 0.1390 0.1541

-45.1 -45.1 -45.1 -45.1

-44.0 -44.0 -44.0 -44.0
44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6
1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
1.46 1.46 1.46 1.46
0.9674 0.9674 0.9674 0.9674
43.10 43.10 43.10 43.10

1428000 1428000 1428000 1428000

73.99 73.99 73.99 73.99
96.09 98.57 101.04 120.87
344.79 336.12 327.88 274.11
117.541 123.150 128.759 173.634
29.871 33.220 36.569 63.359
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Tube Pitch Layout Tube Arrangement

Parallel Normal
30 30 0.866 0.500
45 45 0.707 0.707
90 90 1.000 1.000

Thermal Conductivity
Tube Pitch Ratio Carbon Steel 38.69
1.25 Copper 324.42
1.285 Inconel 12.95
1.33 Monel 21.28
1.5 Nickel 52.09
Stainless Steel 13.54

Type of Fluid
Hot Fluid
Cold Fluid

b1 b2 b3 b4
48 -1 7 0.5
45.1 -0.973 7 0.5
4.57 -0.476 7 0.5
0.486 -0.152 7 0.5
0.372 -0.123 7 0.5
32 -1 6.59 0.52
26.2 -0.913 6.59 0.52
3.5 -0.476 6.59 0.52
0.333 -0.136 6.59 0.52
0.303 -0.126 6.59 0.52
35 -1 6.3 0.378
32.1 -0.963 6.3 0.378
6.09 -0.602 6.3 0.378
0.0815 0.022 6.3 0.378
0.391 -0.148 6.3 0.378