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Ahmad
B. Linnhoff
B. Smith
Department of Chemical Engineering,
UMIST,
Manchester, England
Introduction
F T Correction Factors
P)
(2)
where
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF
HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received by the Heat Transfer Division February
23, 1987. Keywords: Heat Exchangers, Modeling and Scaling.
(4)
(3a)
and
P'=(TCo-Ta)/(THi-Ta)
Q=UAATLMFT
(1)
The FT correction factor is usually correlated in terms of two
dimensionless ratios, the thermal effectiveness of the exchanger (P) and the ratio of the two heat capacity flow rates
(R).
At the early stages of design, engineers need to be able to
screen alternative designs before going forward to more detailed calculations. These alternatives include not only different types of exchanger, but also in the case of 1-2 designs,
multiple shell arrangements forced by unacceptably low values
of FT. If multiple shells are required then the most common
practice is to adopt a trial-and-error approach in which the
number of shells in series is progressively increased until a
satisfactory value of FT is obtained for each shell.
This paper describes an alternative approach to the design
of 1-2 exchangers, particularly useful in the early stages of
design, which does not rely directly on FT factors. The approach is fully compatible with established design procedures
and offers two distinct advantages:
(0 It generates better designs than those based on traditional rules of thumb for specifying minimum permissible FT
be avoiding uncertain areas of the FT chart more effectively.
(H) For multishell arrangements, the number of shells does
not need to be evaluated by trial and error but can by
evaluated explicitly.
(3)
(4a)
P'=RP
RP) = FT(R',
P') = FT(\/R',
and
FT{R, P)=FT(l/R,
R'P')
Temperature
FT
0-1
02
0-3
0-4
0-8
0-9
10
1-0
[FT/P(l-P)]
(5)
Nomenclature
A = heat exchange area,
trr
AT C = cold stream
temperature change,
C
ATH - hot stream
temperature change,
C
ATLM = logarithmic mean
temperature difference, C
U = overall exchanger heat
transfer coefficient,
kW//i22C
XP = Ratio of actual to
maximum thermal effectiveness in a single
1-2 exchanger, equation (7)
{dFT/dP)R = slope of FT line
against P for a given
value of R on the FT
chart
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= 2/(i? + l+Vtf 2 + l)
(6)
P,
A 1-2 exchanger designed for P=Pmax will not be feasible.
However, exchangers with P<Pmax will be feasible. We can
define a practical design to be limited to some fraction of Jmax
according to
P=XPPmm,
(7)
XP
1 Shell Pass - 2 Tube Passes
Temperature
Temperature
FT
+- temperature
' crosses
smaller
0
0-1
0-5 0-6 07
08
09
<c=>
10
i>
Enthalpy
Fig. 5
*1>
Length
Temperature
410
360
FT >
0-75
FT =
0-75
110
Enthalpy
Stepping - off
4 Shells suggested
Fig. 7 Stepping-off can also be performed for temperature cross to
achieve a prespecified value of FT in each 1-2 shell
Temperature
i Temperature
410
360
110c
110
Enthalpy
5 Shells suggested
Fig. 6 The simplest method for multishell design is "stepping-off"
(with no temperature cross allowed)
Enthalpy
Fig. 8 The slope of the first step is given by AT.,, fi, and P 1 2 (which
depends on X p ). Continuing to step-off with the same slope will determine the number of shells required to satisfy a given value of X p
ATH/(ATl+ATc)
(8)
An Analytical Procedure
It is possible to transform the graphical stepping-off procedure into a more convenient analytical equivalent by making
use of the expression of Bowman (1936). This relates the
overall P for TV shells in series of 1-2 design, PNi2N, w r t n the
individual P for each shell, P l i 2 , and is of the form:
=f{R, P, 2 , TV)
(11)
If we apply equation (7), the definition of XP, to this unit
overall then
N.2N
=f(R, XP P ,
,2max
TV)
(12)
+ 1 + Vi?2 + 1 -2XP)
(16)
R = l:
ATH/ATl+RATH)
(9)
(10)
Temperature
410
360
310J/t5V^
!
<^y?k"
210
! 160>^
,, Temperature
110
/t60
410
Enthalpy
360
overall
899
N
110
Xp = 09(ie.F T = 0-75]
N = 4 Shells
Enthalpy
crf
^% =
990
= 1
660
N, ffi
= 1 239
N,n
Nm,
= 0 520
= 0 470
Transactions of the AS ME
desirable i > )
=f-\T's,XP)
(18)
Conclusions