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E-01 calculations

Steam Boiler

Fluid allocation
Tube side Hot Fluid
Shell side Cold Fluid
Shell side data
mass flow rate 331 lb/hr 150.139253 kg/hr
Temperature in 100 Deg. F 37.7777778 Deg. C
Pressure 300 psig 2068.428 kPa
Cp 0.537 Btu/lb.F 2248.31776 J/kg.C
Viscosity 0.0222 cP 0.0000222 Pa.s
k 0.0298 Btu/hr.ft.F 0.0515761 W/m.C
Temperature out 420 Deg. F 215.555556 Deg. C
Tube side data
mass flow rate 747 lb/hr 338.833903 kg/hr
Temperature in 662 Deg. F 350 Deg. C
Pressure 300 psig 2068.428 kPa
Cp 0.436 Btu/lb.F 1825.4498 J/kg.C
Viscosity 0.0247 cP 0.0000247 Pa.s
k 0.0547 Btu/hr.ft.F 0.09467156 W/m.C
Temperature out 542 Deg. F 283.333333 Deg. C

Tube Shell
Tin 350 37.7777777778 C
Tout 283.333333 215.555555556 C

DT1 245.555556
DT2 134.444444

LMTD 184.455922 C
Heat Transfer calculation
Q 41234952 Watt 41234.95 kW 140.699496 MMBtu/hr

Assume

Ud 1350 kJ/hr.m2.K 375 W/m2.K

Heat transfer area 596.13088909 m2

Tube side Specifications


Consider 1(1/2)" 18BWG tubes
OD 1.498 in 0.038049 m
ID 1.4 in 0.03556 m
Pitch 2 in 0.0508 m
L 18 ft 5.4864 m
Tube passes 2
Nt 200
Visc. Tube si 0.0000247 Pa.s 0.08892 Pa.h

Flow area of one tube Af 0.000993 m2


Total flow area 0.099315 m2

mass velocity 3411.724 kg/h.m2

Re 53715.85 (turbulent flow)

ht 159.946548 W/m2.K

Shell side specifications

Flowrate on shell side 150.14 kg/hr


Viscosity 0.0222 cP 0.07992 Pa.h
Shell diameter 24 in 0.6096 m
Baffle spacing 14 in 0.3556 m
Clearance 0.25 in 0.00635 m
Deq 1.49580655829 m

Flow area 0.02709672 m2

Mass velocity 5,540.86 kg/h.m2


Re 42,263.65 Turbulent

hs 133.36 W/m2.K

Check:
Uc 72.7235081554 W/m2.K
0.00088
Ud 68.3493746098 W/m2.K

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