FIRED HEATER DESIGN USING

EDR TOOL(ASPEN).
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ABOUT EDR

EDR tool for Fired heater Design is thermal rating

method for pre-designed fired heater.

You will specify details of the firebox geometry, the

fuel, the combustion air, the convection section
geometry and the process fluids. The program
calculates the heat transfer, temperature of the
streams, tubes and flue gasses. It also calculates and
pressure drop distributions in the heater.

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INFO NEEDS

1. Heater process data sheet

2. Mechanical data sheet for heater (API data

sheet)

3. Coils radiation/convection GA.

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MODEL INTERFACE

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1. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

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1. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
SET APPLICATION OPTIONS

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1. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
PROCESS STREAM INPUT

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2. PHYSICAL PROPERTY DATA
Component
package like HYSYS

This option will

require entering
Heating table.

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2. PHYSICAL PROPERTY DATA
Option 1 Option 2

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3. FUEL GAS INPUT

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3. FUEL GAS INPUT
FUEL TYPE IDENTIFIER
Fuel already
identified in EDR
TOOL.

If you select “CHONS” fuel, you

will also have to input the lower
calorific value, specific heat and
the amount of the various
elements (C, H, O, N, S {and
ash]) in the fuel

If you select Gaseous Fuel you will also need to specify

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3. FUEL GAS INPUT
FUEL TYPE IDENTIFIER

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3. FUEL GAS INPUT
OXIDANT IDENTIFIER

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3. FIRED BOX : LAYOUT

The Firebox Layout screen contains the following inputs:

•Fired Heater Type
•Tube Row Layout
•Height
•Length
•Width
•Inner Diameter (cylindrical firebox)
•Number of Cells in Multi-cell Firebox
•Elevation of Floor of Firebox
•Elevation of Top of Firebox
•Burner Location
•Type of Burner
•Number of Burners
•Burner Diameter

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3. FIRED BOX : LAYOUT

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3. FIRED HEATER: LAYOUT
MAIN TUBE ROWS

The Firebox Main Tube Rows screen contains the

following inputs:
•Process Stream in Firebox Tubes
•Number of Types of Main Tube (Tube Groups)
•Fired Heater: Tube Passes
•Tube Pass Layout (if >1 pass in a firebox tube line)
•Orientation of Main Tubes in Firebox
•Number of Tube Lines in Multi-cell Firebox
•Tube Straight Length
•Height of Lowest Tube above Firebox Floor
•Tube to Wall Clearance
•Tube U-bend Location
•Tube Layout Angle
•Helical Coil Diameter
•Flow Direction in First Tube or Overall
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3. FIRED BOX : LAYOUT
MAIN TUBE ROWS
For the tube pass layout of a Cabin firebox with multiple passes per tube line, or
a Cylindrical firebox with multiple passes you may select:
1. Interspersed (inter-weaved) layout
2. Separated layout

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3. FIRED BOX : LAYOUT
MAIN TUBE ROWS

For multi-cell furnaces you must enter the number of tube-lines (in addition
to the number of cells) which allows you to adjust for various multi-cell
configurations.
The default number of tube lines, Ntline = Ncell + 1 (where Ncell is the
number of furnace cells). This corresponds to a single tube line on each
cell boundary including furnace walls.
The permitted range for Ntline is Ncell – 1 (no wall tubes) to 2xNcell
(double tube lines).
In all multi-cell cases the calculations assumes of identical cells with planes
of symmetry in the plane of each tube-line. The flow in each tube-line is
adjusted to give the required total flow-rate.

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3. FIRED BOX: LAYOUT
MAIN TUBE ROWS

Enter the length of the straight section of a firebox tube.

All main tubes are assumed to be the same length. By default the length is
set from the firebox length(depth) for horizontal tubes, while for vertical
tubes the firebox height is used, together with the height of the first tube
to set the default length, assuming that the tube extends to the top of the
firebox.

Note that you can also specify whether the U-bends are within the firebox
or outside it. If outside, it implies the tube straight length must match the
corresponding firebox dimension.

It is important that the length of tubes be set correctly for all calculations.
The location of the tubes within the firebox is important for zone
calculations.
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3. FIRED BOX: LAYOUT

The Firebox Tube Details screen contains the following

inputs:
•Tube Location (main/roof)
•Number of this Size in Series
•Tube Material Identifier
•Tube Wall Thermal Conductivity
•Tube Nominal Bore (inches)
•Tube Pipe Schedule
•Tube Outside Diameter
•Tube Wall Thickness
•Tube Spacing
•Tube Side Fouling Resistance
•Gas Side Fouling Resistance
•Number of Paths in a Firebox Tube Line
•Total Number of Main Tubes per Firebox
•Total Number of Roof Tubes per Firebox

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 3. CONVECTION: LAYOUT
The Convection Banks Layout screen contains the following
inputs:
•Tube surface enhancement type
•Process Stream Number in Bank
•Stream inflow from
•Stream outflow to
•Tube number used in Bank
•Number of Rows of Tubes
•Number of Tubes in a Row
•Tube Orientation in Bank
•Flue Gas flow direction
•Tube Length
•Row Arrangement
•Stream overall flow direction
•Flow direction in first Tube
•Number of parallel Paths/Row
•Number of Tubes/Path/Row
•Duct Width (transverse to tubes) and Duct other side (parallel to
tubes)
•Adjoins preceding Bank
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 CASE NOW IS READY
FOR CALCULATION

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RESULTS INCLUDE

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