Shortcut Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Design
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Chemical Engineering Calculations Description
Date
User Input Cell By
Process Side Tube Side
Heat Duty 15.0 MMBTU/h Tube OD
Overall HTC, U 4.0 BTU/h.ft2.F Fin height
Process Side Tube Layout
Inlet Temperature 250.0 Deg F Tube Pitch
Outlet Temperature 150.0 Deg F Tube Length
Air Side Tube Pass
Inlet Temperature 100.0 Deg F Number of Tube Rows
Design Face Velocity 600 ft/min
Site Elevation 500 ft
Outlet Temperature 165.94 Deg F
Result Drive Power
LMTD 65.6 Deg F Fan Efficiency
Correction Factor 0.947 Motor Efficiency
Corrected MTD 62.07 Deg F
Finned Area 60419 ft2 Air Flowrate
Face Area 375.7 ft2 Air Side Pressure Drop
Unit Width 12.52 ft Brake Power
Total Tubes 361 Motor Shaft Power
Tubes per Row 60
r Design
E-101
Product Cooler
14/06/14
CheCalc
1.000 inch
0.625 inch
30 Degree
2.500 inch
30.0 ft
Multiple
6
75 %
95 %
225,443 ACFM
0.751 inch H2O
35.5 hp
37.4 hp
Shortcut Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Design
CheCalc.com Tag No.
Chemical Engineering Calculations Description
Date
User Input Cell By
Process Side Tube Side
Heat Duty 3.8 MMKcal/h Tube OD
Overall HTC, U 19.5 Kcal/h.m2.C Fin height
Process Side Tube Layout
Inlet Temperature 121.1 Deg C Tube Pitch
Outlet Temperature 65.6 Deg C Tube Length
Air Side Tube Pass
Inlet Temperature 37.8 Deg C Number of Tube Rows
Design Face Velocity 3.0 m/s
Site Elevation 152 m
Outlet Temperature 74.41 Deg C
Result Drive Power
LMTD 36.4 Deg C Fan Efficiency
Correction Factor 0.947 Motor Efficiency
Corrected MTD 34.48 Deg C
Finned Area 5613 m2 Air Flowrate
Face Area 34.9 m2 Air Side Pressure Drop
Unit Width 3.82 m Brake Power
Total Tubes 361 Motor Shaft Power
Tubes per Row 60
r Design
E-101
Product Cooler
14/06/14
CheCalc
1.000 inch
0.625 inch
30 Degree
2.500 inch
9.1 m
Multiple
6
75 %
95 %
383,030 m3/h
19.07 mm H2O
26.1 kW
27.5 kW
