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Heat Transfer in Jacketed Vessels

Version 3
by Stephen M. Hall, PE
Copyright 2015

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Date

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Area

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Equip No

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Vessel Data
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Temperature Conversion

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Client

550 F

287.8 C

270 C

518.0 F

Jacket Fluid Data

Vessel Fluid Data

Garvin Example from Table 2

Orientation

vertical vol to tangent

Total working volume

liters

1,497

Inside diameter

mm

1,200.0

Tangent-to-tangent

mm

1,200.0

Heads

Fluid name

Name

Water

1,497
Temperature at jacket inlet

95.0

Bulk Temp

22.0

Use properties of water

Properties from data table:

Material of construction
Thickness

Thermal Conductivity

W/m-C

Specific Heat

Joules/kg-C

0.121

Density

g/cm

Viscosity

Pa-s

mm

7.000

mm

0.00000

Internal surface roughness

mm

0.00130

Outside surface roughness

mm

0.00130

Prandtl Number

dimensionless

Internal fouling factor

m-C/W

0.00020

Vapor Pressure

kPa abs

Outside fouling factor (jacket)

m-C/W

0.00020

Lining
Thickness

Thermal Conductivity

W/m-C

Specific Heat

Joules/kg-C

Density

g/cm

Viscosity @20C

Pa-s

Conventional

Half-Pipe Coil

Dimple

0.997
0.00099

45.9

at inlet

2.64

at wall

0.30

Note: k, Cp and density assumed constant at all temperatures

at outlet

1.05

Viscosity is adjusted, but better to enter 3 values below and check box

Flow Rate in Side-Wall Jacket

No Jacket

0.607
4,183.9

N/A

Tank is Baffled

Inlet/Outlet Nozzle Size

0.867
0.00320

Latent Heat of Vap

Side-Wall Jacket

1,737.5

Agitator Data

Enter a value for each heat transfer surface. When one parameter is entered (flow,

Impeller Type

velocity, or pressure drop) the other two are calculated. Red value shows user entry.
Total Flow

DN

Impeller Diameter

mm

384.0

Sidewall Jacket

336.7 liters/min

3.0 m/s

8.8 kPa

Blade Height

mm

72.0

112.2 liters/min

2.0 m/s

2.3 kPa

Blade Pitch (90 deg = upright)

degrees

0.0

0.0

Number of blades

Number of Zones

Bottom Jacket

Portion of side-wall covered by jacket

Internal Coil

0.0

Velocity

Aiding flow (upflow during cooling/downflow during heating)

Pressure Drop

Agitator Rotational Speed

Page 1

90
6

rpm

180

( p

g/

g)

Calculated tip speed

meters/min

217.1

Half-Pipe Coil Jacket Data

Quick Results
Nominal Pipe Diameter

DN

Heat Transfer Coefficients

Cross section angle (180 or 120 deg)

Spacing between Coils

mm

Process Side

HTF Side

Overall U

120.0

From Vessel to Sidewall Jacket

4,496

1,293

543 W/m-C

25.0

From Vessel to Bottom Jacket

3,469

904

446 W/m-C

From Vessel to Coil

Conventional Jacket Data

Fluid Flow

Not Applicable
Annular space dimension

mm

Standard

40.0

Baffled

Agit. Nozzles

Number of agitation nozzles per zone

Throat diameter for each nozzle

Flow Rate

Velocity

Pressure Drop

Sidewall Jacket (each zone)

168.3 liters/min

3.0 m/s

8.8 kPa

Sidewall Jacket (combined)

336.7 liters/min

3.0 m/s

8.8 kPa

Bottom Jacket (in parallel with sidewall)

112.2 liters/min

2.0 m/s

2.3 kPa

Internal Coil

mm

5.000
60.0

Temperature Effects

Inlet

Outlet

Heat Transferred

Sidewall Jacket

95.0

78.6 C

137,909 W

Bottom Jacket

95.0

81.1 C

39,106 W

Internal Coil
Dimple Jacket Data

Top Head

Not Applicable
Annular space dimension

Agitator

mm

-164 W
Estimated power

20.0

Number of passes

0.4 kW

x percent transferred as heat

mm

100.0

Transverse

mm

100.0

mm

75.0

Triangular

Vessel contents will heat at the rate of 1.70C per minute

Longitudinal

Dimple pitch

147 W

22.0

Center-to-center distance between adjacent dimples

Mean dimple diameter

35%

Vessel Contents

Square

Environmental Conditions

Viscosity for Fluid inside the Vessel

Air temperature

-5.0

Wind speed

m/s

2.0

Viscosity data at three temperatures

Temp.

Bottom Head Jacket

Tank insulation

No Jacket

Conventional

Half-Pipe Coil

Dimple

Type

Covering (on insulated surfaces)

Same type as Side-Wall Jacket

Use this data

Visc.

Temp

cP

68

0.578

293

104

0.446

313

140

0.347

333

Viscosity coefficients

#REF!

(if uninsulated, enter "0" thickness)

Series Flow
0

Thickness

Sidewall

mm

25.0

Bottom head

mm

25.0

Top head

mm

0.0

Internal Coil

Temperature of interest
Predicted viscosity

-16.56

19,462.31

922.21

77 F
0.54 cP
298.15 K

Use this section when you have experimental pressure drop data

No Coil

Hairpin

Helical

Baffle or Harp Coil

Input the known conditions

Flowrate
liter/min
Sidewall

78.7
4

Viscosity
mPa-s

Density
g/cm

Press Drop Use Experimental

kPa
Pressure Drop Data

39.6

62.4

19.6

22.5

62.4

6.5

Sidewall

(one zone)
Bottom Head

Bottom Head

2
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Orientation
Total working volume
Inside diameter
Tangent-to-tangent
Heads
Material of construction
Thickness
Lining
Thickness
Internal surface roughness
Outside surface roughness
Internal fouling factor
Outside fouling factor (jacket)
Vessel is baffled

APPROVAL

W.O.

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UNIT
AREA
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Garvin Example from Table 2

EQUIP. NO
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REQUISITION NO.

SPECIFICATION NO.

PROCURED BY

INSTALLED BY

Vessel Data
vertical, cylindrical
Contents
1,497 liters
Bulk Temperature
1,200 mm
Thermal Conductivity
1,200 mm
Specific Heat
ASME Torispherical Dished Density
316 SS
Viscosity @20C
7 mm
Glass
mm
Agitator Type
0.0013 mm
0.0013 mm
Impeller Diameter
0.0002 m-C/W
Speed
0.0002 m-C/W

PAGE

Water
22
0.607
4,184
0.997
0.00099

C
W/m-C
Joules/kg-C
g/cm
Pa-s

Turbine (Rushton)
384 mm
180 rpm

Jacket Fluid
Method for determining flow rate in jacket or coil:
Fluid Name
Syltherm 800
95 C
Target Velocity
Temperature at jacket in
Value
3 m/s
Thermal Conductivity
0.122 W/m-C
Pressure drop in sidewall determines flow in bottom jacket
Specific Heat
1,725.8 Joules/kg-C
Syltherm 800
Density
0.874 g/cm
Dow Chemical Co.
Viscosity
0.00350 Pa-s
Polydimethyl-siloxane
Estimated vessel wall temp.
29.745 C
Prandtl Number
46 dimensionless
Approx. max. vapor pressure
2.6396 kPa abs
Jacket and Coil Data
Sidewall Jacket Type
Half-Pipe Coil
Pipe size: 3 DN; 120 deg included angle; 25 mm between loops
11 loops divided into 2 zones; 4 m2 total heat transfer area
Bottom Jacket Type
Half-Pipe Coil
Pipe size: 3 DN; 120 deg included angle; 25 mm between loops
1 m2 heat transfer area; piped in parallel with sidewall
Internal Coil Type
No Coil
Environmental: -5C, 2 m/s; Sidewall, Bottom, Calcium Silicate insulation
Calculated Results
Heat Transfer Coefficients
Process Side
Wall
From Vessel to Sidewall Jacket
4,496
1,181
From Vessel to Bottom Jacket
3,469
1,182
From Vessel to Coil

HTF Side
1,293
904

Fluid Flow
Flow Rate
Velocity
Sidewall Jacket (each zone)
168.3 liters/min
3.0
Sidewall Jacket (combined)
336.7 liters/min
3.0
Bottom Jacket (in parallel with sidewall)
112.2 liters/min
2.0
Internal Coil
Temperature Effects
Inlet Outlet
Surface
Sidewall Jacket
95.0
78.6 C
13.0 C
Bottom Jacket
95.0
81.1 C
13.0 C
Internal Coil
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
Top Hea
8.5 C
0 kW
x 35%
Agitator
Vessel Contents
22.0 C
Vessel contents will heat at the rate of 1.7 degC per minute

Overall U
543 W/m-C
446 W/m-C

m/s
m/s
m/s

Pressure
Drop
8.8 kPa
8.8 kPa
2.3 kPa

Heat Transferred
137,909 W
39,106 W
-164 W
147 W
176,998 W

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CLIENT
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APPROVAL

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UNIT
AREA
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Garvin Example from Table 2

SPECIFICATION NO.

PROCURED BY

INSTALLED BY

Vessel Data
vertical, cylindrical
Contents
1,497 liters
Bulk Temperature
1,200 mm
Thermal Conductivity
1,200 mm
Specific Heat
ASME Torispherical Dished Density
316 SS
Viscosity @20C
7 mm
Glass
mm
Agitator Type
0.0013 mm
0.0013 mm
Impeller Diameter
0.0002 m-C/W
Speed
0.0002 m-C/W

Orientation
Total working volume
Inside diameter
Tangent-to-tangent
Heads
Material of construction
Thickness
Lining
Thickness
Internal surface roughness
Outside surface roughness
Internal fouling factor
Outside fouling factor (jacket)
Vessel is baffled

PAGE

Water
22
0.607
4,184
0.997
0.00099

C
W/m-C
Joules/kg-C
g/cm
Pa-s

Turbine (Rushton)
384 mm
180 rpm

Jacket Fluid
Fluid Name
Syltherm 800
95 C
Temperature at jacket in
Thermal Conductivity
0.122 W/m-C
Specific Heat
1,725.8 Joules/kg-C
Pressure drop in sidewall determines flow in bottom jacket
Density
0.874 g/cm
Viscosity
0.00350 Pa-s

Method for determining flow rate in jacket or coil:

Target Velocity
Value
3 m/s

Estimated vessel wall temp.

29.745 C

Sidewall Jacket Type

Half-Pipe Coil

Bottom Jacket Type

Half-Pipe Coil

Internal Coil Type

No Coil

Prandtl Number

45.9 dimensionless

Jacket and Coil Data

Pipe size: 3 DN; 120 deg included angle; 25 mm between loops
11 loops divided into 2 zones; 4 m2 total heat transfer area
Pipe size: 3 DN; 120 deg included angle; 25 mm between loops
1 m2 heat transfer area; piped in parallel with sidewall

Environmental: -5C, 2 m/s; Sidewall, Bottom, Calcium Silicate insulation

Timeline (calculated at 3-minute intervals)

Temperature

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90

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Time (minutes)

120

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180


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Heat Transfer in Jacketed Vessels

Version 3

Result Details

HTF Film Coefficient, ho

Process Film Coefficient, hi
Overall Coefficient, U
Heat Transferred, Q
HTF Flow Rate
HTF Pressure Drop
HTF Velocity
HTF Temperature In
HTF Temperature Out
HTF Temperature Average
HTF Temperature Wall
Process Temperature
Process Temperature Wall
Wall Coefficient, hw
Agitator Power
Environmental film coefficient, he
Jacket-to-environment Ue
Jacket-to-environment Qe
Process-to-environment Ue
Process-to-environment Qe
Surface Temperature

1
Sidewall
1,293
4,496
543
137,909
17,511
8.76
3.0
95.0
78.6
86.8
59.9
22.0
29.7
1,181.3
419.9
9.176
1.80
-749

13.0

2
Bottom
904
3,469
446
39,106
5,837
2.28
2.0
95.0
81.1
88.0
55.7
22.0
30.4
1,181.6
147.0
2.850
1.26
-156

36.0

3
Coil
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0
0.0000
0.0000
0.000
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.0
22.0
0.00000

4
Top Head
7.95
3.96
-164

22.0
8.5
1,511.8
7.948

3.96
-164
8.5

W/m2-C
W/m2-C
W/m2-C
W
kg/h
kPa
m/s
C
C
C
C
C
C
W/m2-C
W
W/m2-C
W/m2-C
W
W/m2-C
W
C