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This progress report summarizes the preliminary design of a shell and tube cooler to reduce the temperature of a reactor effluent from 240°C to 130°C using river water at 23°C. Key specifications and assumptions are provided for the fluid properties and geometry. An energy balance was used to determine the required river water flowrate. The log mean temperature difference and heat transfer coefficients were calculated to obtain an overall heat transfer coefficient. While the calculated coefficient is higher than assumed, further optimization of the design is still needed to determine the pressure drop.

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This progress report summarizes the preliminary design of a shell and tube cooler to reduce the temperature of a reactor effluent from 240°C to 130°C using river water at 23°C. Key specifications and assumptions are provided for the fluid properties and geometry. An energy balance was used to determine the required river water flowrate. The log mean temperature difference and heat transfer coefficients were calculated to obtain an overall heat transfer coefficient. While the calculated coefficient is higher than assumed, further optimization of the design is still needed to determine the pressure drop.

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SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

ENCH3EC Chemical Engineering Design

PROGRESS REPORT OF COOLER DESIGN

Supervisors : Mr. M.G. Ntunka & Dr David Lokhat

Author Name: Sanveer Krishna Student Number: 210511783

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRESS REPORT OF AN EFFLUENT COOLER by Sanveer Krishna

I hereby declare that this preliminary design and the associated reports are my own work (except where formally acknowledged in the section headed Acknowledgements).

Student Number: 210511783 Date : 09 September 2013

Signature: .

Process Sketch:

Shell and Tube Exchanger

130C T2

River Water 23C, t1

53C t2

Gas Mixture 240C T1

Fluid Allcoations: River water allocated to tubes and reactor effluent allocated to shell. Fluid Properties:
Physical Property Data from Aspen Reactor Effluent Evaluated at hot mean temp. of 185C RHOMX (kg/cum) 10.8604 Water RHO (kg/cum) 989.649 CPMX (J/kg.K) KMX (W/m.k) 2803.732 0.1043099 Evaluated at cold mean temp. of 35C CP (J/kg.K) 3921.62 K (W/m.k) 0.6234836 MUMX (Pa.s) 1.47E-05

MU (Pa.s) 0.000697432

Energy balance and determination of water flowrate:


2803.732 J/kg.K * (240K 130K)

LMTD and LMTD correction factor, FT:

= 3.667 = 0.138 0.972 (from 1 shell-2 tube pass chart)

Exchanger area estimate: Uo,assumed = 800 W/m^2K

Number of tubes and Shell diameter:

3/4 tubes were used with a length of 4 m

Tube side heat transfer coefficient, hi: 93 inch tubes BWG 14 were used with 2 tube passes

di = 0.0254m 2(0.0021082m) = 0.021184 m

= 51483.76

= 225.3563
8725.128 W/m^2.K

Shell side heat transfer coefficient, ho:

= 0.022 m^2

= 359.622 kg/s.m^2

= 467105.636 JH = 0.002 (from chart) Ideal Cross-flow coefficient(hoc) = 3750.779 W/m^2.K Correction factors: Fn = 0.97 Fb = 0.93 Fw = 0.93 Fl = 0.75 (1 sealing strip for every 5 tube rows used)

= 0.97*0.93*0.93*0.75*3750.779 W/m^2.K = 2360.045 W/m^2.K

Overall heat transfer coefficient, Uo: hid = 3000 W/m^2.K hod = 5000 W/m^2.K kw = 11.7 W/m^2.K (Stainless Steel)

Pressure drop yet to be determined. Since the calculated U value is higher than assumed the design will be further optimised.

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