TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Process Design of Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger-details

• Calculation details (methodology) for Tube side heat transfer

coefficient

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 DESIGN OF SHELL & TUBE HEAT
EXCHANGERS-BASICS

In the Chemical Process Industry, design of any equipment involves,

detailed working of the process design and the mechanical design.
The process design of a Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger gives the data
in respect of the following items:
1. Type of heat exchanger.
2. Inside diameter and internals of shell, shell passes, etc., in a shell and
tube heat exchanger
3. Tube size, number of tubes and tube passes, (heat transfer area) in a
shell and tube heat exchanger
4. Terminal temperatures of fluid streams
5. Mode of operation namely, counter-current, co-current and cross-flow
6. Location of fluid streams

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 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Process Design

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 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Process Design

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Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient- calculations

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Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient- calculations

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Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient- calculations

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Tube Side Heat Transfer Coefficient- calculations

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 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Process Design

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- USEFUL REFERENCES

S.B. Thakore & B.I.Bhatt, "Introduction to Process Engineering and

Design", Mcgraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2013.

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