Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating (Bell Delaware Method)

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Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5

Hot Stream
Flow Kg/h 350
Inlet Temperature °C 430
Outlet Temperature °C 280.00
Density Kg/m³ 2.66
Viscosity cP 0.012
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.416
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.01547
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.012
Allowable Pressure Drop bar
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal

Cold Stream
Flow Kg/h 4500
Inlet Temperature °C 30
Outlet Temperature °C 50.14
Density Kg/m³ 1.23
Viscosity cP 0.0179
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.241
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.0208
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.0179
Allowable Pressure Drop bar
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal

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Select Tube Side Cold Fluid

Mechanical Data
Tube Side Data
Number of Passes Tube_Pass 1
Number of Tubes Nt 36
Tube Length Tube_L m 3.081
Tube Outside Diameter do mm 19.05
Tube Thickness thick BWG 14
mm 2.1080
Tube Inside Diameter di mm 14.83400
Tube Pitch Layout 30
Tube Pitch Ratio 1.25
Tube Pitch mm 23.81
Tube Material Carbon Steel

Shell Side Data

Number of Passes Shell_Pass 1
Shell Inside Diameter Ds mm 476
Bundle-Shell Diameteral Clear. ΔB mm 14.88
Shell Outer Tube Limit DOTL mm 461.12
Central Baffle Spacing LBC mm 140

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 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Rating (Bell Delaware Method)
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Inlet Baffle Spacing LBIN mm 140

Outlet Baffle Spacing LBOUT mm 140
Segemental Baffle Cut Bc % 20
Height of Baffle Cut Lc mm 95.2
Diametral Shell-Baffle Clearance DSB mm 5.00
Number of Sealing Strips Nss 2
Diametral Tube-Baffle Clearance LTB mm 0.4
Tube Sheet Thickness LS mm 47.6

Result Summary
Log Mean Temperature Difference LMTD °C 310.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LMTD Correction Factor Ft 0.9947 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Corrected LMTD °C 308.77 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Heat Duty Q Kcal/h 21840 0 0 0 0
Temperature Wall TWall °C 230.13 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Heat Exchanger Area Required ARequired m² 2.37 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Heat Exchanger Area Available AAvailable m² 6.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heat Transfer Coefficient UClean Kcal/m².h.°C 29.88 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
UDirty Kcal/m².h.°C 29.88 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
URequired Kcal/m².h.°C 11.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Over Surface % 171.733 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Over Design % 171.733 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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Detailed Calculation
Tube Side
Flow Kg/h 4500 0 0 0 0
Inlet Temperature t_inlet °C 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Outlet Temperature t_outlet °C 50.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Density Kg/m³ 1.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Viscosity cP 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Shell Side
Flow Kg/h 350 0 0 0 0
Inlet Temperature T_inlet °C 430.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Outlet Temperature T_outlet °C 280.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Density Kg/m³ 2.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Viscosity cP 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Specific Heat Kcal/Kg.°C 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Thermal Conductivity Kcal/m.h.°C 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Viscosity at Wall temperature cP 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Allowable Pressure Drop bar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fouling Factor m².h.°C/Kcal 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Shell Side Heat Transfer Coefficient

Effective Pitch PT,eff mm 23.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cross Flow area Sm m² 0.0145 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Mass Velocity GS Kg/m².s 6.7 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Reynold's Number ReS 10673 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Prandtl Number PrS 1.16 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
j-Ideal Factor Coefficients a1 0.321 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
a2 -0.388 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
a3 1.45 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
a4 0.519 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
a 0.0794 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
j-ideal Factor j 8.8E-03 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Ideal heat transfer coefficient hIdeal Kcal/m².h.°C 80.4 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Correction factor for Baffle Window Flow
Intermediate θCTL 1.737 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Fw 0.119 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Fraction of tubes in crossflow Fc 0.761 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Baffle Cut Correction Factor Jc 1.098 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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Correction factor for Baffle Leakage

Baffle window angle θDS 1.855 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Shell to baffle leakage area SSB m² 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Tube to baffle leakage area STB m² 0.000 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Ratio of leakage area to cross flow rL 0.391 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Ratio of shell-baffle to total area rS 0.932 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Baffle leakage correction Factor JL 1.000 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Correction factor for Bundle Bypass

Tube row distance in flow direction PP mm 20.622 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Number of tube rows between baffle NTCC 14 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Ratio of sealing strips to tube rows rSS 0.144 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Bundle bypass flow area SB m² 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Correlation Constant CJ 1.25 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Bundle bypass correction factor JB 1.000 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

Correction factor for adverse temperature gradient

Number of tube rows crosses NTCW 3.035 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Number of Baffles NB 20 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Tube rows crossed in entire exchanger NC 354.57 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Correction factor for Laminar Flow JRL 0.53 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

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Correction factor JR 1.000 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Correction factor for unequal baffle spacing

Factor used for equation n1 0.6 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Correction factor JS 1.000 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Shell Side heat transfer coefficient hS Kcal/m².h.°C 88.3 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient

Flow area aTube m² 0.0062 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Velocity through a tube v m/s 163.341 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Reynold's Number ReT 166497 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Prandtl Number PrT 0.747 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Effective Tube Length LEffective m 2.986 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Nusselt Number Calculation
Laminar Flow, Sieder -Tate Equation NuLaminar 15.84 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Turbulent Flow, Petukhov-Kirillov f 0.0040 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
NuTurb 259.74 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Transition Flow NuRe=2300 3.80 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
fRe=10000 0.0079 0.0079 0.0079 0.0079 0.0079
NuRe=10000 32 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
NuTrans. 597.14 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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Selected Nusslet's Number NuTube 259.74 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Tube side heat transfer coefficient ht Kcal/m².h.°C 58.0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

Wall Temperature T_Wall °C 230.13 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Tube wall conductivity k_tube Kcal/m.h.°C 38.69 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Wall Resistance Rw m².h.°C/Kcal 0.000000 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Overall H.T.C Clean UClean Kcal/m².h.°C 29.88 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Overall H.T.C Dirty UDirty Kcal/m².h.°C 29.88 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Shell Side Pressure Drop

Ideal Tube Band friction factor
f-Ideal Factor Coefficients b1 0.372 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
b2 -0.123 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
b3 7 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
b4 0.5 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
b 0.453 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
f-ideal Factor f 0.1223 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Ideal tube bank pressure drop ΔPideal bar 0.0006 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Correction factor for Baffle Leakage

Factor p 0.510 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Correction factor RL 0.2035 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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Pressure drop for an ideal window section

Gross window area SWG m² 0.0253 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Window area occupied with tubes SWT m² 0.0012 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Net Cross flow area SW m² 0.0241 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Mass velocity baffle window GW Kg/m².s 5.21 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Hydraulic diameter baffle window Dw m 0.0846 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
For Re >= 100 ΔPW, Turbulent bar 0.0008 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
For Re < 100 ΔPW, Laminar bar 0.0173 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Pressure Drop in Baffle Windows ΔPW bar 0.0008 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Correction factor for Bundle Bypass effect

Constant CR 3.7 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Correction factor RB 0.9370 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

Correction for unequal baffle spacing inlet/ outlet

Slope of friction factor curve n 0.2 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Correction factor RS 2 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Shell Side Pressure Drop (Excluding nozzles)

Pressure Drop in Central Baffle Spaces ΔPC bar 0.0021 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Pressure Drop in Baffle Windows ΔPW bar 0.0008 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Pressure Drop in Entrance/ Exit Baffles ΔPE bar 0.0013 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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Total Pressure Drop ΔPS,Total bar 0.0042 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Tube Side Pressure Drop ΔPT,Total bar 1.2083 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

LMTD Calculation
Temperature Difference 1 : T_inlet - t_outlet 379.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Temperature Difference 2: T_outlet - t_inlet 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LMTD 310.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
R 7.45 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
S 0.05 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Factor 7.52 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
LMTD Correction Factor 1 Shell - 2 Tube Passes Ft 0.9947 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
LMTD Corrected 308.77 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Area Calculation
Heat Duty Kcal/h 21840 0 0 0 0
Area Required m² 2.37 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Area Available m² 6.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
U Required Kcal/m².h.°C 11.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Over Surface % 171.733 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Over Design % 171.733 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

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