Heat Exchanger Design

1. Identify application: Temperatures, heat loads, mass flow rates, etc

2. Construction type.
For this example, a shell-tube HE 1-1.
3. Evaluate LMTD, q and F.It can be done similarly for the hot side.

It can be done for the hot side

 4. Determine dimensions.
Tubes arrangement/layout

St: transverse pitch

Sl: longitudinal pitch
Based on this, determine the Nussel number at the outside of the tube. So D
is the outside diameter

NL: number of tubes

V : velocity of the flow upstream

If not applicable, use this formula for the Nussel number:
Pitch dimensions for a staggered design:
First attempt to determine de right values!!!

BF equation is a thought, later we will correct it!

5. Evaluate heat transfer coefficient hot side.

6. Evaluate heat transfer coefficient cold side.

7. Determine overall heat transfer coefficient.

8. Determine dimensions iterate.

9. Check power consumption.