CHE441

Lecture 5: Heat Integration

Design a heat exchanger network to minimize
cooling and heating utilities Tmin = 20C

Stream Inlet T Outlet T MCp

(C) (C) (kW/C)
1 170 60 3
2 150 30 1.5
3 20 135 2
4 80 140 5
First start with a simple problem with
two streams
T1
Hot Stream
Steam
t1 t2 t3
Cold Stream

T2
T3

CW
Heat Curves

Qhot
t3
T1
Temperature

DTmin t2
T2
T3
t1

Qcold Qrec

Heat Flow
Composite Heat Curve

Heat Curve
180

160
Temperature (C)

140

120

100

80
Hot Streams
60

40

20

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Heat Flow (kW)

Composite Curves

Heat Curves
180

160
Temperature (C)

140

120

100

80 Hot
Streams
60 Cold
Streams
40

20

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Heat Flow (kW)

Composite Curves After Shifting Hot Stream
Composite Curve Vertically down by Tmin

Heat Curves after Tmin Shift

160

140

120
Temperature (C)

100

80 Hot
Streams
60 Cold
Streams
40

20

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Heat Flow (kW)

Pinch, Minimum Heat and Cooling
Utilities
Heat Curves after Tmin Shift
160

140
Temperature (C)

120

100
Pinch
80
Hot
60 Streams
Cold
Streams
40

20
Qcold min Qrec max Qhot min
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Heat Flow (kW)

Table Method to Find Pinch and
Minimum Heating and Cooling Utilities
T H1 H2 C1 C2 T (MCp) Q Qcum Qcum, shift
150 0 125 QHot, min
140 3 10 3 30 30 155
135 3 5 5 -2 -10 20 145
130 3 2 5 5 -4 -20 0 125
80 3 1.5 2 5 50 -2.5 -125 -125 0 Pinch
40 3 1.5 2 40 2.5 100 -25 100
20 1.5 2 20 -0.5 -10 -35 90
10 1.5 10 1.5 15 -20 105 Qcold, min
Pinch Method

The pinch divides the system into two independent subsystems.

Directly above pinch, (MCp)H <= (MCp)C

Directly below pinch, (MCp)C <= (MCp)H

No coolers above pinch, no heaters below pinch

 Grid Representation
H1: 170 100 60 (3)

H2: 150 100 C 30 (1.5)

105 kW

C1: 135 H 117.5 80 20 (2)

35 kW 75 kW 120 kW

C2 : 140 H 122 80 80 (5)

90 kW 210 kW
Structure of the Heat Exchanger
Network
C2 C1

H1

H2 C

H
H
 Another Example
Tin Tout mCp H1 H2 C1 deltaT Qi Qcum
H1 200 50 0.5 180 100 50 QH_min
H2 150 100 2 130 0.5 -1.5 50 -50 -50 0 pinch
80 0.5 2 -1.5 50 50 0 50
C1 40 180 1.5 40 0.5 -1.5 40 -40 -40 10
30 0.5 10 5 -35 15 QC_min
deltaTmin 20

80
H1: 200 150 C 50 (0.5)
15 kW
150
H2: 150 100 (2)
146.6
63.3
C1: 180 H 130 40 (1.5)
50 kW 25 kW 100 kW 35 kW