Empirical Corelation

For Vacuum Column

See
Table 6-4 d 2 ft
Gi 401 lb/h
pg 3
Li 300 lb/h
A 1 ft²
Check#1 Passed
Check#2 Failed
Design Possible NO

Overall
Volumetric
Heat
Transfer
Coefficient Uv 0.27869912473552 Btu/(hr.ft³.F)

diameter column(section) 9.5 ft

LMTD(Pump Around Heat Exchanger) 7.63 F
Q(Heat Exchanged) 1.38E+07 Btu/hr
Packing Depth(Z) 91780.5247976798 ft

Actual Depth y = 1.6986x - 3.0772 ft

Actual Depth(Section) 155895.322221339 ft
Actual Depth(Section) via 15% Oversizing 105547.603517332 ft
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Effective Depth Actual Depth
Actu
4.01 4
16
4.65 5
5.6 6.1 14
f(x) = 1.69859437557746 x −
6 7 12 R² = 0.996381205787941
6.5 8
10
7.25 9
7.7 10 8
8.38 11 6
8.8 12
4
9.48 13
9.9 14 2

0
3 4 5 6

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 Actual Depth

f(x) = 1.69859437557746 x − 3.07718016149523

R² = 0.996381205787941

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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