Example 6.3. Double Pipe Lube Oil-Crude Oil Exchanger.
6,900 lb/hr of a 26o API lube oil
must be cooled from 450 to 350oF by 72,500 lb/hr of 34o API mid –continent crude oil. The crude oil will be heated from 300 to 310oF. A fouling factor of 0.003 should be provided for each stream, and the allowable pressure drop on each stream will be 10 psi. A number of 20-ft hairpins of 3- by 2-in. IPS pipe are available. How many must be used, and how shall they be arranged? The viscosity of the crude oil may be obtained from Fig. 14. For the lube oil, viscosities are 1.4 centipoises at 500oF, 3.0 at 400oF, and 7.7 at 300oF. These viscosities are great enough to introduce an error if (µ/µw)0.14 = 1 is assumed.
Diketahui : m lube oil = 6,900 lb/hr
m crude oil = 72,500 lb/hr T1 = 450 o F T2 = 350 o F t1 = 300 o F t2 = 310 o F Rd = 0.003 µlube oil pada 500o F = 1.4 cp µlube oil pada 400o F = 3 cp µlube oil pada 300 o F = 7.7 cp Δ Pa = 10 psi Ditanya : Berapa banyak hairpin yang perlu digunakan dan bagaimana penyusunannya. Penyelesaian : (1) Heat Balance : Cp lube oil = 0.62 (Fig. 4) Cp crude oil = 0.585 (Fig. 4) Q lube oil = 427,800 btu/hr Q crude oil = 424,125 btu/hr (2) Δt : Hot Fluid Cold Fluid Diff. 450 Higher temp 310 140 350 Lower temp 300 50 90 (3) Caloric Temp : tc 50 0.357 = th 140 Kc = 0.43 (Fig. 17) Fc = 0.395 (Fig. 17) Tc = 389.5 o F tc = 303.95 o F Δt₂ Δt₁ Δt₂-Δt₁ = Lube oil = Crude oil
Cp lube oil = 0.62
Cp crude oil = 0.585 Soal & Penyelesaian = Nilai Kc lube oil = Nilai Fc lube oil