Condenser Design Calculation (According to HEI

Input Data:
1 Mass flow rate
2 Steam inlet pressure
3 Steam inlet temperature
4 Given enthalpy
5 Saturated enthalpy of the liquid
6 Saturated enthalpy of the vapour
7 Cooling water velocity
8 Dryness fraction
9 Cooling water inlet temperature
10 Cooling water outlet temperature
11 Temperature difference
13 Allowable pressure drop on tube side
14 Cleanliness factor
15 Tube MOC

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1319510
0.102
45.836
568.33
45.816
617.21
2.15
0.91
33
43
10
0.5
0.9
SS 304

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749917118
753960096.94
12500
753972596.94
75397260
1000
75397.26
19.05
0.89
17.27
0.000234332

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Calculation:
Heat load calculation ( Q )
Heat load on the condenser
Actual heat load on the condenser
Drains connection heat load
Total heat load
Cooling water flow rate
Density of cooling water at mean temp.
Total cooling water requirement QW
Tube OD
Tube thickness
Tube ID
Cross sectional area of the tube
LMTD calculation
Temperature difference ( TR )

BWG

Initial temperature difference ( ITD )

Terminal temperature difference ( TTD )
LMTD = TR / ln (ITD/TTD)

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13
2.836
6.62

Corrected heat transfer co-efficient(U) calculation

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706.4
3448.6448
0.82
0.9
1.079

2746.16

Total area required for heat transfer

( Q = U X A X LMTD )
Total number of tubes required
( QW = N X A X V )

41453.93

41570.30

Length of the tubes required

( A = Pi X d X N X L)
Diameter of the condenser required
D=Tube OD X sqrt(no of tubes / 0.27

16.6624

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7474.9

Uncorrected heat transfer co-efficient(U1)

Tube material factor(Fm)

Cleanliness factor(Fc)
Water correction factor(Fw)
Corrected heat tranfer co-efficient(U)
( U = U1 X Fm X Fc X Fw )
Requirement of surface area ( A )

Pressure drop across the condenser

P=

Lt x (Rt x R2 x R1) + (Re1+Re2+Re3)

HEI for Surface Condenser- 9th edition with Addendum

According to HEI standards)

kg/hr
kg/cma
C
kcal/kg
kcal/kg
kcal/kg
m/s

7.052 ft/s

C
C
C
kg/cm

kcal/hr
kcal/hr
kcal/hr
kcal/hr
kg/hr
kg/m
m/hr

mm
m

872402
877106
15
877120

KW
KW
KW
KW

0.75 inch
0.035 inch
0.680 inch

C
C
C

Minimum 2.8C- As per HEI

Btu / hr ft F
kcal / hr m C

kcal/hr m C

m
Nos
m
mm
0.27

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