List of Spreadsheets by Ankur Srivastava: Thermo-Physical Properties
List of Spreadsheets by Ankur Srivastava: Thermo-Physical Properties
Thermo-physical Properties
1. DIPPR Thermophysical Properties (Limited Compounds, Properties evaluated are Vapor
Pressure, Liquid Density, Liquid Viscosity, Vapor Viscosity, Ideal Gas Heat Capacity (C p), Liquid
Heat Capacity, Vapor Thermal Conductivity, Liquid Thermal Conductivity)
2. Surface Tension of Liquids as a function of temperature (limited compounds exhibiting non-
polarity)
3. Estimation of Saturated Liquid Density
4. Thermophysical properties of Heavy Fuel Oils
5. Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) to True Vapor Pressure (TVP) conversion for motor gasoline, natural
gasoline and crude oil using empirical equations
6. Compressibility Factor ‘Z’ – Redlich-Kwong Method
7. Heat Capacity Ratio of Real Gases
Rotating Equipment
1. Centrifugal Compressor Head and Power Calculations
2. Centrifugal Compressor settle-out (Pressure / Temperature) Calculations
3. Reciprocating Compressor Power, Volumetric Efficiency, Suction Capacity (based on cylinder dia,
Stroke Length, Speed, Piston Rod dia, Single or Double Acting), Discharge Temperature, Volume
Bottle sizing
4. Rotary Screw Compressor
5. Diaphragm Type Reciprocating Compressor (Burton Corblin)
6. Power requirement of agitator (pitched-blade impeller)
7. Solid-Liquid Suspension in an Agitated Vessel (Just Suspended impeller Speed)
8. Heat Recovery from Gas Turbines
9. Gas Engine Deration for site conditions
10. Gas Turbine Performance at actual site conditions
11. Simple Cycle Gas Turbine Fuel Consumption & Thermal Efficiency
12. Turboexpander Calculations
13. Part Load Performance of constant-speed single- shaft gas turbine
14. Rotary Dryer Sizing
15. Forced Draft fan sizing for fired heaters
16. Wind Turbine Power Calculations
17. Disc Bowl Type Solid Liquid Centrifuge
18. Determining Diesel Transfer Pump Capacity for Diesel Generators
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4. Tubular Heat Exchangers Immersed in Fluid Beds (Cooling Coil Design for steam generation from
water)
5. Venturi Scrubber Sizing
6. Flue Gas Scrubber (Spray Type) Sizing
7. Refinery Crude Oil Storage Tank Sizing (Based on Receipt of Crude Oil from Ship Tankers)
8. Steam Coil Design for Storage Tanks (Light Oils to Asphalt)
9. Selection, Sizing, Quantity of Marine Loading Arms
10. Performance Prediction of a 3-stage propane refrigeration system
11. Pressure Drop Calculation for inline strainers (Basket / Tee)
12. Static Mixers (Application Guide, Pressure Drop calculations and number of mixing elements)
13. Air Vessel Sizing for Water Hammer Prevention in Pipelines
14. Tank / Vessel Jet Mixer Design
15. Perforated Pipe Distributor Sizing
16. Pressure drop in a fixed (trickle) bed reactor
17. Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Design Calculations
18. Design guidelines for Heat Transfer Area of a conventional jacketed vessel with no baffles
19. Nozzle Sizing Criteria and Calculations
20. Cyclone Separator Pressure Drop
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8. Heat Transfer in Buried Liquid Pipelines (Estimating temperature drop of crude oils over the pipe
length)
9. Heat Transfer in Buried Pipelines due to no-flow (stagnant liquid)
10. Friction Loss in Water Pipes (Based on Hazen-Williams and Mannings Formula, calculation
includes hydraulic diameter for partially filled pipes)
11. Vapor Recovery Unit Line Sizing from Produced Water Tank
12. Empirical equations for pressure drop in Heavy Crude Oil and refined petroleum products
pipelines.
13. 2K-method for excess head loss in pipe fittings
14. Steam Tracing Design for piping
15. Drag Reduction in Crude Oil Pipelines using Drag Reducing Agents
16. Design guidelines for horizontal pig trap systems
17. Onshore and Submarine Transmission Pipelines (API 5L line pipe of various grades) Wall
Thickness Calculations (based on ASME B31.4) New
18. Pipe Wall Thickness Calculations (based on ASME B31.3 – Process Piping) New
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5. Ground Level concentration of unburned flammable gas through cold flare or cold vent
6. Critical Exit Velocity for Heavier than air flammable gases through vents
7. Actual Firewater consumption for a liquid pool fire
8. Non-boiling liquid outflow from a vertical cylindrical vessel due to a hole (dynamic calculations)
9. Design of Activated Carbon System for Toxic VOC control New
Miscellaneous
1. Cooling Tower Makeup Water Calculations
2. Boiler Efficiency (Coal Fired)
3. Sizing of Cooling Pond with Spray Nozzles
4. Ejector “Dry Air Equivalent” (DAE) calculations
5. Solar Thermal Collector Calculations for water heating
6. Mass flow of solids (powders, coarse solids) through hoppers (conical, wedge shaped) for a
given opening (pipe) size
7. Air Conditioning Cooling Load Calculations New
8. Machine Reliability Calculations
Datasheets (Excel)
1. Datasheet template for marine loading arm
2. Datasheet template for truck loading arm
3. Datasheet template for high energy igniter and pilot for flare
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