Air cooler size estimation

Item: 100-HC-101 comp 1st stage comp 2nd stage

Duty (kcal/h) 3.33E+07 1139259 2077634

Fluid inlet temp T1 (deg c) 150 115 125
Fluid outlet temp T2 (deg c) 55 65 65

Fluid inlet pressure(bara)

6.5 12.3 30
Air ambiant temperature t1 (deg c) 45 45 45
Gas molecular weight NA 40.64 40.55
Average fluid viscosty (cp) 1.1 0.011 0.012
Overall heat transfer coefficient
(kcal/h.m2.deg c) curve 1 295 260 350
Step Calculation
Number of tubes rows N curve 4
1 7 4 4
R=Dtair/Dtm curve 4
2 1.0 0.9 1.0
T1-T2/T1-t1 (deg c)
3 0.9 0.7 0.8

4 Y=Dtair/(t1-T1) curve 5 0.3 0.3 0.3

5 Dtair=Yx(T1-t1) (deg c) 31.5 21.0 24.0
Exit air temperature t2=Dtair+t1
6 (degc) 76.5 66.0 69.0
Average differential temperature
7 Dtm=Dtair/R(deg c) 31.5 23.3 24.0
Bare tube surface area
8 A=Q/(UxDtm) (m2) 3583.5 187.8 247.3

9 Bare tube area per row Fa=A/N (m2) 512 47 62

10 Tube length L (m) 12.0 8.0 8.0

Number of tubes per row
11 TR=Fa/(Lx0.08) 533 73 97
Air cooler width W=TRx0.0635 (m) 34 5 6

13 Total fan power Fp=Fax0.795 (kw) 407 37 49

Number of fans NF
14 (Max fans diameter =4.6m)

Fans diameter FD= (m)

15
Power per fan PF=Fp/NF (kw)
16
Estimated weight
17 4.88(36.4+9.35N)xWxL (kg)