Thermosyphon Reboiler Hydraulics

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Weir
Liquid flowrate to
reboiler

500000.000
1216.545 m3/hr

Coloum Dia
6.000 m
Colm cross A=
28.260 m2
Considering Wier at 70% of crossection
Area available for Reboiler Liq is
ArebLiq-Cross19.782 m2
Residance time in
column sump
Wier Hight

2.000 mins
2.050 m

kg/hr

2.050 m

Liquid Density=
Vapor Density

411.000 kg/m3
42.000 kg/m3
DelP Inlet
Inlet Line Length=
DelPInlet
H1

DelP System=

Result:

Please note that there are two types of thermosyphon reboiler. You have studied a vertical thermosyphon, with boili

Advantages of the horizontal type compared with the vertical include:

the length of the tubes is not connected with the hydraulic balance. This allows the designer more flexibility, to use a
The length of the shell does not affect the height of the attached column or the elevation of the reboiler relative to th
two feed lines and vapour return lines can be used
liquid heating medium such as hot oil is better suited to the tube side, giving a better film coefficient
turndown is better because the height of the vapour and liquid legs are (roughly) independent of the amount of vap

I agree with you that the vapourisation ratio should be about 25% on a MASS FLOW basis. I believe that the hydra

Objective= In thermosyphon reboiler, it is important to determine to inlet nozzle elevation of reboiler

This spreadshit will help to determine the same.
User have to change h1 which is related to inlet nozzle elevation of reboiler
to get desired result that is " Thermosyphen will have desired flow".
It gives what should be reboiler return nozzle to the column.
It also provides reboiler height required
This input is useful for the reboiler design
DelP Disch=
Line Length=
DelPDich=

0.112
5.000
0.011

35.000

bar/100m
m
bar

% Vapor
Density=

1.500 m
3.550

113.045

100.859

kg/m3

Vertical
Thermos
yphen

h2
h1 7.000

4.950

DelPReb=

0.034

8.500

bar

Density=
Avg Density=

0.150 bar/100m
7.000

411.000
255.929

kg/m3
kg/m3

m
0.011 bar
0.260 m

DelP Avail=
DelP System=

0.069 bar
0.056 bar

H2*DenAvg*g 21340.677
H1*DenL*g 28223.370

Thermosyphon will have design flow

255.929

Slope=
C=

-36.487
411.000

vertical thermosyphon, with boiling in the tube side. There is also the horizontal thermosyphon, with boiling in the shell side, whi

designer more flexibility, to use a longer tube bundle and get more area within a given shell diameter.
ation of the reboiler relative to the column

r film coefficient
dependent of the amount of vaporisation.

W basis. I believe that the hydraulic balance can be modelled with both HTRI and HTFS design programs.

ing in the shell side, which in my view is a much better choice than the vertical.