Shell and Tube TEMA Type E Heat Exchanger Design

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This spreadsheet helps you design a TEMA Type E heat exchanger with the Bell-Delaware method
Enter parameters only in the pink cells

Process Parameters Tube Side Shell Side

Flowrate 25 69,97 kg s-1
Inlet Temperature 23 97 °C
Outlet Temperature 72 85 °C
Inlet Pressure 2,3 4,3 bara
Density 978 810 kg m-3
Viscosity 0,98 0,76 cp
Specific Heat Capacity 2140 3122 J kg-1 K-1
-1 -1 The tube-
Thermal Conductivity 0,229 0,101 Wm K side and
Viscosity at Wall Temp 0,72 0,29 cp shell-side
heat duty
Thermal Balance must be
Heat Duty in Watts 2621500 2621500 0 equal. Use
Goal Seek
-2 -1 to set
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient #NOME? W m K
Tube-Side Pressure Drop per Shell #NOME? Pa differance
Shell-Side Pressure Drop per Shell 98848 Pa to zero by
varying a
process
Tube side Calculations
parameter
Prandtl Number 9,16
2
Flow Area 0,0790 m
Mass Velocity 316,4 kg m-2 s-1
Reynolds Number 5165
-2 -1
Internal Coefficient #NOME? Wm K
hio #NOME? W m-2 K-1
Friction Factor 0,01141
Pressure drop #NOME? N m-2
Shell side calculations - Bell method
Prandtl Number 23,49
Effective Number of Tube Rows 298
Total Number of Tubes Tows Correction 1
Cross Flow Area 0,0498 m2
Mass Velocity 1403,9 kg s-1 m-2
Rem 33251
Colburn Factor j 5,26E-03
By-Pass Fraction 0,270
alfa 1,35
By-Pass Correction Factor 0,8941
r 0,2417
Sw 0,0327 m2
Window Correction Factor wcf 1,0952
Tube-Baffle Leakage Area 0,0202 m2
 2
Shell Baffle Leakage Area 0,0030 m
Total Leakage Area 0,0232 m2
SL/Sm= 0,4657
(1-hL/hNL)o 0,3095
1-hL/hNL 0,3493
hL/hNL 0,6507
Shell-Side Heat Transfer Coefficient hs 2053,9 W m-2 K-1
Shell-Side Friction Factor 0,1122
Alpha 4
By-Pass Correction for deltap 0,718
(deltap)BP 4108,9 N m-2
vZ 2,14 m s-1
Nw 5,54
-2
(deltap)w 9862 Nm
(1-deltapL/deltapNL)o 0,535
(1-deltapL/deltapNL) 0,604
deltapL/deltapNL 0,396
deltap shell 98848 N m-2

Rem<100
j=a*Rem^b
a b
Array
1 Triangle (30°) Pt/D= 1.25 1,81 -0,72
2 Square Pt/D=1.25 0,97 -0,62
3 Rotated Square Pt/D=1.25 1,81 -0,72
4 Triangle (30°) Pt/D= 1.5 1,34 -0,68
5 Square Pt/D=1.5 0,88 -0,64
2 Selected array 0,97 -0,62

Coefficients for Friction Factor Calculation

Rem<100

a b
Array
1 Triangle (60°) Pt/D= 1.25 4,376 -1,025
2 Square Pt/D=1.25 3,923 -0,984
3 Rotated Square Pt/D=1.25 3,923 -0,984
4 Triangle (60°) Pt/D= 1.5 3,196 -1,176
5 Square Pt/D=1.5 3,04 -1,13
2 Selected Array 3,923 -0,984

a -7,907
b 1,774
c -0,16
d 0,00407
f 0,112189
ger Design
l-Delaware method

Geometric Data
Number of Shells in Series 2
Number of Tubes Per Shell 393
Number of Tubes in Window 95
Number of Tubes in Central Row 22
Number of Tubes Crossing the Baffle 339
Num Tubes Rows Between
Consecutive Baffles Edges 12
Separation Between Rows 0,022 m
Shell Diameter 0,609 m
Baffle Diameter 0,6043 m
Baffle Cut 0,15225 m
Baffle Central Angle in Degrees 120
Tubes External Diameter 0,018 m
Tubes Internal Diameter 0,016 m
Baffle Holes Diameter 0,02 m
Tubes Pitch 0,0254 m
Number of Tube Passes 1
Number of Baffles 16
Number of Sealing Strips Pairs 2
Tube Length 6 m
Baffles Spacing 0,234 m
Internal Fouling Ressistance 0,0007 m2 K W-1
2 -1
External Fouling Ressistance 0,0005 m KW

Heat Transfer Calculations

Total area #NOME? m2
Inlet Shell - Inlet Tube Temp 25
Outlet Shell - Outlet Tube Temp 62
LMTD 40,7 ºC
Q #NOME? W
Ft 1,00
MTD 40,7 ºC
% Overdesign #NOME?

Wall Temperature
Shell Side Mean Temp 91 °C
Tube-Side Mean Temp 47,5 °C
Wall mean temp #NOME? °C

LMTD Correction Factor

T1 97
T2 85,0
t1 23
t2 72,0
R 0,2
S 0,66
Number of Shells 2
Num Tube Passes 1
Correction Factor 1

Coefficients for J calculation

100<Rem<3000 Rem>3000
lnj=a+b*lnRem+c(lnRem)^2 j=aRem^b
a b c a b

1,7 -1,25 0,065 0,275 -0,38

3,29 -1,9 0,121 0,275 -0,38
0,32 -0,76 0,025 0,275 -0,38
0,37 -0,56 0,0087 0,275 -0,38
1,61 -1,34 0,082 0,275 -0,38
3,29 -1,9 0,121 0,275 -0,38

100<Rem<1300 1300<Rem<3000

c d a b c d a b

0 0 5,293 -1,864 0,1584 -0,00472 5,293 -1,864

0 0 3,871 -0,498 -0,2052 0,0221 3,871 -0,498
0 0 6,3 -2,403 0,226 -0,00721 6,3 -2,403
0,0557 0 3,472 -1,547 0,1425 -0,00454 3,472 -1,547
0,031 0 -8,015 5,152 -1,166 0,0771 -6,666 1,152
0 0 3,871 -0,498 -0,2052 0,0221 3,871 -0,498
1300<Rem<3000 Rem>3000

c d a b c d

0,1584 -0,00472 5,293 -1,864 0,1584 -0,00472

-0,2052 0,00221 -7,907 1,774 -0,16 0,00407
0,226 -0,00721 6,3 -2,403 0,226 -0,00721
0,1425 -0,00454 3,472 -1,547 0,1425 -0,00454
-0,0981 0,00237 -6,666 1,152 -0,0981 0,00237
-0,2052 0,00221 -7,907 1,774 -0,16 0,00407