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Coil in Agitated Vessel Sizing
Coil in Agitated Vessel Sizing
Calculations
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Heat transfer coefficient, cold side, ho 2566.7 W/m .K
Heat transfer rate to batch 97670 kJ/h
Steam Flow Rate 45.15 kg/h
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Heat transfer coefficient, hot side, hi 8517.4 W/m .K
Helix Diameter, DH 0.714 m
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Corrected HTC, hi,corr 9629.9 W/m .K
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Clean Overall HTC, Uclean 2026.5 W/m .K
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Dirty Overall HTC, Udirty 1484.9 W/m .K
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Surface Area of coil, A 0.185 m
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Surface Area including design factor, A 0.185 m
Length of Coil 1.76 m (A/p*Dto)
Note 1
For condensing steam heating application, equation for inside heat transfer equations from coils in
agitated vessels is not applicable and value is directly taken as 1500 Btu/h.ft 2 .F as provided in
example 20.1 of "Process Heat Transfer" by D.Q. Kern
U.S. Customary Units
Coil Sizing for Batch Heating with Isothermal Heating Medium
Input Values
Calculated Values
Inputs
Vessel Internal Diameter, Dj 3.33 ft Type of agitator
Agitator Diameter, L 0.9 ft Turbine
Agitator Speed, N 96 RPM 5760 RPH Paddle
Type of agitator Turbine Propeller
Constant 'a' as per table in sheet 1 1.5
Vessel Cold Liquid
Mass of batch, M 1607 lb
Initial Batch Temperature, t1 64 °F
Final Batch Temperature, t2 122 °F
Batch heat-up time, θ 1 h
Density @avg. temperature, r 62.4 lb/ft3
Thermal conductivity @avg. temp.,k 0.38 Btu/ft.h.°F
Viscosity @avg. temp., m 5 cP 12.1 lb/ft.h
Specific heat @avg. temperature, c 1 Btu/lb.°F
Outside fouling factor, Rdo 0.00050 ft2.h.°F/Btu
Coil Hot Fluid
Fluid Type Steam
Saturation Pressure 30 psig
Saturation Pressure 2.07 bar (gauge)
Saturation Temperature, T1 134.45 °C 274.01 °F
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Inside Fouling Factor, Rdi 0.0005 ft .h.°F/Btu
Latent Heat, l 929 Btu/lb
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HTC for condensing steam, hi 1500 Btu/ft .h.°F Note 1
Coil
Nominal Diameter of coil pipe 1 inch
Pipe Schedule 40
Internal Diameter, Dt 1.049 inch 0.0874 ft
Outside Diameter, Dto 1.32 inch 0.1100 ft
Percentage for Coil Helix diameter 70 %
Design Factor for coil Area 1
Calculations
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Heat transfer coefficient, cold side, ho 452.2 Btu/ft .h.°F
Heat transfer rate to batch 93206 Btu/h
Steam Flow Rate 100.36 lb/h
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Heat transfer coefficient, hot side, hi 1500.0 Btu/ft .h.°F
Helix Diameter, DH 2.331 ft
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Corrected HTC, hi,corr 1696.9 Btu/ft .h.°F
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Clean Overall HTC, Uclean 357.0 Btu/ft .h.°F
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Dirty Overall HTC, Udirty 263.1 Btu/ft .h.°F
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Surface Area of coil, A 1.974 ft
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Surface Area including design factor, A 1.974 ft
Length of Coil 5.71 ft (A/p*Dto)
Note 1
For condensing steam heating application, equation for inside heat transfer equations from coils in
agitated vessels is not applicable and value is directly taken as 1500 Btu/h.ft 2 .F as provided in
example 20.1 of "Process Heat Transfer" by D.Q. Kern
Calculations
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Heat transfer coefficient, hot side, ho 2801.8 W/m .K
Heat transfer rate from batch 45216 kJ/h
Cold Fluid flow rate, wc 1079.4 kg/h
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Mass Velocity, G 2326006.7 kg/h.m
Reynolds no. check 22715.6 (required to be ≥ 10000)
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Heat transfer coefficient, cold side, hi 3022.1 W/m .K
Helix Diameter, DH 0.8 m
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Corrected HTC, hi,corr 3343.4 W/m .K
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Clean Overall HTC, Uclean 1524.4 W/m .K
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Dirty Overall HTC, Udirty 796.2 W/m .K
K2 1.089
Factor (Udirty*3.6 / wc*cc) 0.6339
0.6339*A
e 1.089
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Surface Area of Coil, A 0.134 m
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Surface Area including design factor, A 0.134 m
Length of coil 1.27 m
U.S. Customary Units
Coil Sizing for Batch Cooling with non-isothermal cooling Medium
Input Values
Calculated Values
Inputs
Vessel Internal Diameter, Dj 3.28 ft Type of agitator a
Agitator Diameter, L 0.98 ft Turbine 1.5
Agitator Speed, N 150 RPM 9000 RPH Paddle 0.87
Type of agitator Turbine Propeller 0.83
Constant 'a' as per table in sheet 1 1.5
Vessel Hot Liquid
Mass of batch, M 5291 lb
Initial Batch Temperature, T1 320 °F
Final Batch Temperature, T2 302 °F
Batch Cooling, θ 1 h
Density @avg. temperature, r 104 lb/ft3
Thermal conductivity @avg. temp.,k 0.23 Btu/ft.h.°F
Viscosity @avg. temp., m 6.5 cP 15.73 lb/ft.h
Specific heat @avg. temperature, c 0.45 Btu/lb.°F
Outside fouling factor, Rdo 0.00230 ft2.h.°F/Btu
Coil Cold Fluid
Inlet Temperature, t1 90 °F
Outlet Temperature, t2 108 °F
Specific heat @avg. temperature, cc 1 Btu/lb.°F
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Density @avg. temperature, r 62 lb/ft
Thermal conductivity @avg. temp.,k 0.36 Btu/ft.h.°F
Viscosity @avg. temp., m 0.6914 cP 1.67 lb/ft.h
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Inside fouling factor, Rdi 0.0011 ft .h.°F/Btu
Coil
Nominal Diameter of coil pipe 1 inch
Pipe Schedule 80
Internal Diameter, Dt 0.957 inch 0.0798 ft
Outside Diameter, Dto 1.32 inch 0.1100 ft
Percentage for Coil Helix diameter 80
Design Factor for coil Area 1
Calculations
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Heat transfer coefficient, hot side, ho 489.0 Btu/ft .h.°F
Heat transfer rate from batch 42857 Btu/h
Cold Fluid flow rate, wc 2381.0 lb/h
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Mass Velocity, G 476649.4 lb/h.ft
Reynolds no. check 22718.8 (required to be ≥ 10000)
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Heat transfer coefficient, cold side, hi 529.4 Btu/ft .h.°F
Helix Diameter, DH 2.624 ft
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Corrected HTC, hi,corr 585.8 Btu/ft .h.°F
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Clean Overall HTC, Uclean 266.5 Btu/ft .h.°F
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Dirty Overall HTC, Udirty 139.8 Btu/ft .h.°F
K2 1.089
Factor (Udirty / wc*cc) 0.0587
e0.0.0587*A 1.089
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Surface Area of Coil, A 1.448 ft
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Surface Area including design factor, A 1.448 ft
Length of coil 4.19 ft