PROJECT ON

DESIGN OF PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER

Submitted by
AMBARISH PHATAK
NINAD LATURKAR
RAVI AWADE

Guided by
Prof. G.G.Dongre
Introduction to heat exchangers

Modes of heat transfer

1. Conduction
2 .Convection
3. Radiation
 Introduction to heat exchangers

 Classification based on
1. Transfer process
a) Direct contact
b) Indirect contact

2. Flow arrangement
a) Parallel Flow
b) Counter Flow
c) Cross flow
 Different types of plate heat
exchangers
1. Spiral type plate exchanger

3. Plate-fin and tube type exchanger

5. Brazed plate-fin type exchanger

7. Plate-fin and tube type exchanger

Different types of plate heat
exchangers

Brazed Plate-fin type Plate-fin and tube type

Spiral plate type

Plate-frame type exchanger
 PHE - main components
Carrying bar

Frame plate

Pressure
plate

Tightening bolts Plate pack

 Frame
Carrying bars

Suppo
rt
colum
ns
Guiding
bars

 Carryings bar in Aluminium or

Painted carbon steel
 Support columns in Aluminium or
 Frame
 Tightening bolts to allow easy
opening
— Bolt head
— Bearing box
— Plastic cover
— Lock washer
— Nut
— Rolled
thread
 Easy maintenance
 One man can open
and close a large PHE
using standard tools
 Serviceability
 Less downtime
 Safety
 Longer lifetime
 smaller
Round carrying bar

Support
column

Round guiding
bar

 Carryings bar, Support columns and

Guiding bar in Aluminium
 No roller needed due to low weight
The Plate Pack
Plate sizes
Plate geometries
 Plate - corrugation and
channels
 We have two plate corrugations (L
 These
and H)form three different
channels (L, M and H)

L: Low theta H: High theta

L + L = L channels L + H = M channels H + H = H channels

 We choose between L, M and H

channels
 Plate - main components
Suspension

Inlet / outlet Passing through

Leak chamber
Distribution area

Gasket in
gasket groove
Main heat transfer
area

Thin sheet design, cold formed in single step hydraulic

pressing (up to 40000 tons)
 Plate - materials Relative
Price
 Standard materials and thicknesses
 AISI 304 (stainless steel)
 Usually 0.4 or 0.5 mm thickness 100%
 Cheapest possible solution
 AISI 316 (stainless steel) 115%
 Always 0.5 and 0.6 mm
 Some with thicker plates (high-pressure applications)
250%
 254 SMO (high-alloy stainless steel)
 Usually in 0.6 mm to allow stock-keeping
 Titanium 300%
 Always 0.5 and 0.6 mm
 Some with thicker plates (high-pressure applications)
 Some PHEs with 0.4 mm (low-pressure applications) 600%
 Alloy C-276 (Nickel alloy)
 Usually in 0.6 mm to allow stock-keeping
 Gasket - advanced sealing
system
Homogeneous
“Roof-top”
rubber gasket gasket profile
made in one piece

Gasket material
from certified
suppliers Two component oven-
cured epoxy glue
Supporting and ...or glue-free gasket
protecting gasket that do not mix sealing
groove and fastening function
 Gasket material
 The choice of rubber material depends on
 Fluids - chemical attack or not
 The combination of temperature and pressure
 Rubber materials change properties due to
 Time - the rubber relaxes
 Temperature - the rubber deteriorates
 Hardening by attack of oxidising agents (e.g.,
oxygen in air)
 Swelling or softening by absorption of
chemicals in the fluids
 Gasket material
 Commonly used gasket materials:
1. Natural rubber
2. Styrene-butadiene-SBR
3. Nitrile
4. Butyl
5. Ethylene propelene rubber
6. Flourinated rubber
7. Compressed asbestos fibre
Stacking of plates
 Working principle

Channel plates
End Plate II

End Plate I
Hot out
Cold in

Cold out
Hot in

Only 2 plates that do not transfer

heat - the endplates
 Problem statement
 Design a plate heat exchanger for 800 Kg/hr of
deminaralized water that enters an exchanger at 50°C
and leaves the exchanger at 40°C. The heat will be
transferred to 800 Kg/hr of seawater coming from
supply at 33°C and leaving the exchanger at 42.9°C. A
65 KPa pressure drop on demineralised water side and
67 KPa on seawater side may be expended. Actual
area of the heat exchanger is given that 318/322 m²
and the number of plate should not be increases more
than that of 173/175.
 Also Given input data:
 a = 1.84 m²
 gap between the plates = b = 3.25*10-3 m
 Channel width = w = 0.9367 m
 Channel height = H = 2.192 m
 Connection diameter = 230 mm
 Approach to solve the problem
THERMAL
 Using LMTD method calculate the avg. heat load-
“Q” and ∆Tm.
 Find the heat transfer coefficient at both the
sides-primary and secondary.
 Knowing the overall heat transfer coefficient,
calculate the total area needed by the formula:
Q=K.A.∆Tm
 Calculate the number of plates needed as the
area of each plate is known.
 Check the pressure drop on both sides are in the
required limits.
 Approach to solve the problem
MECHANICAL
• TIGHTENING BOLTS:
Material - SA 193-B7;
Designed according to ASME CODE 8- table UCS-23

• FRAME AND PRESSURE PLATE

Material - SA 516-60;
Designed according to Section U2 and referred table
UCS-23 and UG-23(c).
• STUD BOLT
Material – SA 193-B7
Testing procedure of phe
 Equipments
 Test procedures
 Examination
 Acceptance standard
 Reports
 Conclusion
Plate heat exchanger has an
advantages as :
 Movable pressure plates

 Versatility

 Lower liquid volume

 Expandable

 Durability

 Reliablity