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JOB NO.
TANK COIL CALCULATION REVISION
(Unfinned Coil) DATE
The inputs are represented by yellow colour PREP'D
CHK'D
APP'D
CLIENT: PROJECT: TAG NUMBER:
UNIT: SERVICE:

PROCESS MEDIUM: DESIGN INPUT

Liquid Residue
Liquid mass M 50,000 [kg]
Starting temperature Tl,1 30 [°C] In case of no heating the starting temperature must
Final temperature (storage) Tl,2 100 [°C] be given equal to the storage temperature
Temperature for calculation bL Tl,3 70 [°C]
Specific heat Cpl 1.80 [kJ/kg.K]
Viscosity at Twall,p ml 80.00 [mPa.s] Make an initial guess and 139.1
Density at starting temperature rl,1 1016 [kg/m3] Check with this temperature
Density at final temperature rl,2 1000 [kg/m3]
Density at Tl,3 rl,3 990 [kg/m3]
Thermal expansion coef. bl 6.57E-04 [1/°K]
Thermal conductivity kl 0.12 [W/m.K]
Fouling factor hf,l 3,500 [W/m2.K]
Tank heat loss Q1 0 [kW]
Heating time t 28800 [s] Not applicable in case of no heating
Heating energy Q2 219 [kW]
QTOTAL QT 218.75 [kW]

UTILITY MEDIUM: VAPOUR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Pressure utility in P1 4.0 barG
Molmass M 18 kg/kmol
Condensation temperature Tc 140 [°C]
Heat of vaporization at condens. temp Hfg 2,146 [kJ/kg]
Density of vapour at T c , P1 ru,v 2.62 [kg/m3]
Fouling factor hf,u 5,000 [W/m2.K]

UTILITY MEDIUM: LIQUID PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

For water: Physical properties calculated by default Utility medium properties must be given as input
Density at (Tc+Twall,u)/2 ρu,l 933.4 [kg/m3] for mediums other than water
Viscosity at condensation temperature μu 0.20 [mPa.s]
Specific heat at condensation temp Cpu 3.87 [kJ/kg.K]
Thermal conductivity at condens. temp ku 0.69 [W/m.K]

COIL GEOMETRY
Coil material Stainless steel
Coil type Helical coil unfinned
Number of coils per tank n 1 [-]
Thermal conductivity coil kc 46 [W/m.K]
Nominal coil diameter Dc
2 [inch]
Coil inside diameter Dc,i 0.05250 [m]
Coil outside diameter Dc,o 0.06032 [m]
Coil wall thickness Δr 0.00391 [m]
Helix mean diameter Dhelix 1.50 [m] Not applicable in case of straight pipe coil
Number of parallel coils Npc 2 [-]
Percentage of coil submerged s 100 [%]

HEAT TRANSFER AREA CALCULATION

Ai, inner surface area Ai = Dc,i.π.L 92.02 [m2]
Ao, outer surface area Ao = Dc,o.π.L 105.72 [m2]
Alm, log mean surface area Alm = (Ao - Ai)/ln(Ao/Ai) 98.71 [m2]
A, heat transfer area submerged A = Alm.s 98.71 [m2]

UTILITY MEDIUM: GENERAL DATA

FLUID: Steam
Total mass flow Φu=QT/Hfg 0.102 [kg/s]
Calculated mass flow per coil Φu=QT/(Hfg.n) 0.102 [kg/s]

FILM COEFFICIENT UTILITY SIDE

Velocity (inlet) V = Фu/(ρu,v.Acoil.Npc) 9.0 [m/s]
Reynolds number utility medium Reu = ((Dc,i.V.ru,v)/mu) 6,313 [-]
Heat of vaporization Hfg' = Hfg+3/8.Cpu.(Tc-Twall,u) 2,168 [kJ/kg] This equation can be applied for Re<35,000
Heat transfer coefficient coil inside hu = 0.555.((g.ρu,l.(ρu,l-ρu,v).ku^3.Hfg')/(μu.(Tc-Twall,u).Dc,i))^0.25+(1+3.5.(Dc,i/Dhelix)) 8,774 [W/m2.K] (Incropera, DeWitt, Introduction to heat transfer,1996)
Wall temperature initial guess for iteration Twall,u 125.00 [°C]
Wall temperature iterated Twall,u = Tc-(U.(hf,u+hu).A.(Tc-Tl,2)/(hf,u.hu.Ai)) 139.25 [°C] Adjust the initial guess
according to the calculated value
FILM COEFFICIENT PROCESS SIDE (They must be equal for the final result)
Grashof number Grl = Dc,o3.rl,12.g.bl.(Tc-Tl,2)/ml2 9.12E+03 [-]
Prandtl number Prl = (Cpl.ml)/kl 1200.00 [-]
Formula selection criteria parameter Grl.Prl 1.09E+07 [-]
Nusselt number Nul = 0,47.(Gr.Pr)0,25 (Gr.Pr.<108) or Nul = 0,10.(Gr.Pr)0,33 (Gr.Pr > 108) 27 [-]
Heat transfer coefficient hl = Nu.kl/Dc,o 53.8 [W/m2.K]
Wall temperature Twall,p = Twall,u-(U/(kc.Alm/Δr.A).(Tc-Tl,2)) 139.1 [°C]

RESULTS
Coil length L=(QT/(Tc-Tl,2)).((1/(Dc,i.π.hu)+1/(Dc,i.π.hf,u)+ln(Dc,o/Dc,i)/(2.π.kc)+1/(Dc,o.π.hl)+1/(Dc,o.π.hf,l)) 557.90 [m]
Overall heat transfer coefficient U=(1/hu+1/hf,u+Dc,i.ln(Dc,o/Dc,i)/(2.kc)+Dc,i/(Dc,o.hf,l)+Dc,i/(Dc,o.hl)-1.(Ai/A) 55.4 [W/m2.K]
Condensate rate per unit length m=hu.(π.Dc,i).(Tc-Twall,u)/Hfg' 0.5 [kg/s.m]

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