HEAT TRANSFER OPERATION

(LAB)
"SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER"
ASSIGNMENT
SECTION (A)
(INDIVIDUAL)
SUBMITTED BY;
ALI HASSAN
BEC-SP10-005
SUBMITTED TO :
SIR RASHID AVED
DATE :05-0!-"01#
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
COMSATS LAHORE CAMPUS
Types of heat
exchangers
Air Cooled
Double Pipe
Spiral Plate and Tube
Shell and Tube
Shell and Tube Heat
Exchangers
Account for 60% of heat
exchangers in use today
Can handle large fows low
te!peratures and pressures
high te!peratures and
pressures
"ur shell and tube heat
exchanger #$%&
%dibon Shell and Tube $%
' Shell Pass
(' Tubes
Experimental
Strategy
)easured *ariables
Condensate fow
Condensate te!perature
Cooling water fow
Cooling water inlet
te!perature
Cooling water outlet
te!perature
Heat
Exchanger
Calculations
$eat transfer rate
+
TS
, !CpT
+
SS
, !$ - !CpT
".erall heat transfer
coe/cient
0
o
, +
SS
1#A
o
2T
3)
&
3og !ean te!perature
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3)
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co
& 5 #T
ho
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ci
&& 1 ln6#T
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co
& 5 #T
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5 T
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Experimental
Results
Variable
Measurement
Accuracy
8low rate of the stea!
-14 9 lb1hr
8low rate of the cooling
water -14 90 lb1hr
Te!perature readings
-14 ( 8
3argest sources of error
)ass fow rate of the
stea!
)ass fow rate of the
cooling water
Calculated Error
Values
:+
TS
; -14 '000 btu1hr
:+
SS
; -14 90000 btu1hr
:0
o
; -14 < btu1lb =8 hr
:0
i
; -14 < to -14 '>6 btu1lb
=8 hr
Conclusions
+
TS
+
SS
0
o
all increase
as the stea! fow rate
increases
+
TS
+
SS
0
o
all ha.e a
linear relationship with
the !ass fow rate of
the stea!
$eat transfer rate of the
tube side is e?ual to the
heat transfer rate of the
shell side
Recommendatio
ns
"peration
@eco!!endation
"perate the shell and
tube heat exchanger at
approxi!ately A9% for
su/cient heat transfer
and econo!ic e/ciency
%xperi!ent
@eco!!endations
)onitor pressure gauge
#PB40A& at low stea!
rates to pre.ent a .acuu!
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%xchanger Picture
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