Fire Tube Boiler Design

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FLUE GAS SIDE

Flow rate kg/hr 45370


Inlet temperature °C 815
Outlet Temperature °C 260
Allowable pressure drop mm WC
Analysis MW %mol %Wt
N2 28.0134 70
O2 31.9988 6
CO2 44.0098 12
H2O 18.0153 12
Ar 39.948 0
SO2 64.0648 0
CO 28.0104 0
Sum Total 100
Molecular Weight 28.972
Flue gas density kg/nm3 1.293
Avarage gas temperature °C 537.5
Flue gas Cp Kcal/kg °C 0.2876
J/kg K 1204.12368
Flue gas thermal conductivity Kcal/m h °C 0.0476
W/m K 0.0553588
Flue gas viscocity Kg/m h 0.1258
Kg/m s 3.49724E-05
STEAM/WATER SIDE
Steam pressure kg/cm2g 10.5
Saturated steam temperature °C 185
Feed water inlet temperature °C 104
Hsat-s 664.23
Hsat-w 187.65
Hfw 104.31
Tube Outside diameter mm 50.8
Tube Thickness mm 2.9
Tube Inside diameter mm 45
Tube Inside area m2 0.00159
Estimated flue gas flow rate/tube kg/hr 75
Estimated No of tubes(75kg/hr/tube) Nos 604.9
Selected No of tubes Nos 600
Tube thermal conductivity kcal/m h °C 37
Btu/ft h °F 24.8
Tube metal Temperature(assumed) °C 188
Flue gas flow rate/tube kg/s 0.0210
C 182.26
Inside heat Transfer coefficient (Hc) W/m2K 61.21
Kcal/m2 h°C 52.63
Btu/ft2 h°F 10.78
Nonluminous Heat Transfer Coefficient
Partial pressure of H2O 0.12
Partial pressure of CO2 0.12
Beam length 0.045
K 1.585
ɛ 0.062
Hn W/m2K 3.88
Hi (Gas side)= Hc + Hn W/m2K 65.09
Kcal/m2 h°C 55.97
Btu/ft2 h°F 11.46
OTHER INPUTS
Heat loss % 1%
Blowdown % 3%
ffi (gas side) fouling factor m2 h °C/kcal 0.0004
ft2 h °F/Btu 0.002
ffo(steam side) fouling factor m2 h °C/kcal 0.0002
ft2 h °F/Btu 0.001

Ui (with 1.00 effectiveness) Kcal/m2 h°C 56.0


Uo Kcal/m2 h°C 49.6
Btu/ft2 h°F 10.15
Average Heat flux (Uo*(Tgavg-Tsat) Kcal/m2 h 17476.5
Ho (1-50 atma, qo=15000-730000 kcal/m2 h) 4530.4
Heat Duty Mkcal/hr 7169450
LMTD 260.77988
Area Required M2 554.51912
Length of tubes required Meter 5.79

FLUE GAS SIDE PRESSURE DROP


Flue gas inlet density kg/m3 0.325
Flue gas outlet density kg/m3 0.662
Flue gas average density kg/m3 0.436
Flue gas inlet velocity m/s 40.7
Flue gas outlet velocity m/s 19.9
Flue gas average velocity m/s 30.3
Friction factor 0.0286
Entrance loss mmWC 13.7
Exit loss mmWC 13.4
Friction loss through tubes mmWC 75.1
Total Flue gas pressure drop mmWC 102.3 4.02585
Note: It does not include ferrules ΔP

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