INPUT

Tank capacity 1681.2429 m 1534975 kg Fluid in Coil Crude oil

Diameter 12.5 m 41.0105 ft Inlet temp 54.44 C 129.992 F
Height 13.7 m 44.9475 ft Out temp 44.4 C 111.92 F
Temp. med 49.42 C 120.956 F
Fluid in Tank Crude Oil Density 889 kg/m
Initial temp 15 C 59 F Dynamic viscosity: 0.054 Pa s
Density @ initial 913 kg/m Kinematic viscosity: 6.074E-05 m2/s
Required temp 20 C 68 F Thermal conductivity: 0.130 W/m/K
Density @ required 899 kg/m Cp 2.064 Kj/kgC 2064 J/kgC
Dynamic viscosity: 0.25 Pa s Prandtl 857.4 -
Kinematic viscosity: 2.738E-04 m2/s
Thermal conductivity: 0.130 W/m/K Pipe Di 0.1541 m 6.066917 in
Cp 1.9 Kj/kgC 1900 J/kgC Pipe De 0.1683 m 6.625971 in
Prandtl 3653.8 -
Beta (Exp. Coef): 0.003115 1/K INPUT
CONVERSION
Time required to heating 24 h 86400 sec CALCULATION
Q, heat required 168.77617 kW 168776 W CALCULATION
m fluid 8.1445615 kg/s 17.9557 lb/s

Convection coefficient from crude oil to external coil wall

Grasshoff (Gr): 7.7E+04 Gr*Pr C n
Prandtl (Pr): 3654 0<=GrPr<=10E-3 0.5 0
10E-3<GrPr<=500 1.18 0.13
Gr*Pr: 2.8E+08 500<GrPr<=2E+7 0.54 0.25
from table: C= 0.135 2E+7<GrPr<1E+13 0.135 0.33
n= 0.33
Nusselt titei (Nu): 82.76
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Alfa crude: 63.9 W/m /K

Convection coefficient from crude oil to internal coil wall

Viteza titei prin sectiunea unei conducte: 0.491 m/s

Reynolds (Re): 1246

Nusselt (Nu): 144
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Alfa crude: 121 W/m /K
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Thermal conductivity coil material: 40 W/m/K (CS)
Diameter, in area ft2/ft m2/m Total Pipe length 300 m 984.25 ft
Overall heat transfer coefficient: k0= 40 W/m2/K
2 0.622 0.189586 Area 158.4 m 1704.7 ft
Fouling factor: Rd= 0.0007 (m2*K)/W 4 1.1788 0.359298
6 1.732 0.527914
Corrected overall heat transfer coefficient: Ks= 39.2 W/m2/K

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Delta t log= 32 C 89.3364 F

Coil surface area: 135.2 m2 1455.66 ft2

Coil lenght: 280 m 918.635 ft

Heating coil characteristics

Di pipe: 0.1541 m
De pipe: 0.1683 m
Lenght: 308 m 1010.5 ft
Overdesign with: 10%
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Suprafata de transfer: 149.11 m (including oversizing) 1604.99 ft2