2. Heat Exchanger is ……
A device that is used to transfer thermal energy
(enthalpy) between two or more fluids, between a solid
surface and a fluid, or between solid particulates and
a fluid,
at different temperatures
and in thermal contact.
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3. HEAT EXCHANGERS FUNCTIONS
• Heating / Cooling / Evaporation
• Cooling of lubricants
• Heating of boiler feed water
• Condensing steam for re-use
• Preheating
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5. Classification on the basis of
Direction of Flow
HEAT EXCHANGERS
COUNTERFLOW PARALLEL FLOW CROSS FLOW HYBRID FLOW
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6. CLASSIFICATION
On the basis of Fluid Type:
• Gas to Gas
• Gas to Liquid (evaporator, condenser)
• Liquid to liquid
On the basis of Flow Pattern:
• Single Pass
• Multi Pass
On the basis of Shape & Geometry:
Shell & Tube
Double Pipe
Plate type
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7. DIVISION OF TUBULAR TYPE HEAT
EXCHANGERS
TUBULAR
SHELL
&TUBE
FURNACES TUBE IN PLATE ELEC HEATED
AIR
COOLED
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8. Selection
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High/low pressure limits
Thermal performance
Temperature ranges
Product mix (liquid/liquid, particulates or
high-solids liquid)
Pressure drops across the exchanger
Fluid flow capacity
Cost
Cleanability, maintenance and repair
Materials required for construction
Ability and ease of future expansion
10. SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
• A Shell and tube heat
exchanger is the most
common type of heat
exchanger used in oil
refineries and other large
chemical process plants. As
its name implies, this type
of heat exchanger consists
of a shell (a large vessel)
with a bundle of tubes
inside it.
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11. SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
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12. TYPES OF SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
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13. TYPES OF SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
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14. TYPES OF SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
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15. TUBE LAYOUT PATTERNS
TRIANGULAR
Accommodates more tubes
Produces high Turbulence
Limited to Clean Shell side Services
SQUARE
Where cleaning is required
It produces low turbulence
Accommodates low No of tubes
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16. HEAT EXCHANGER
COMPONENTS
Channel partition plates.
• For exchangers with multiple tube passes,
the channels are fitted with flat metal plates
which divide the head into separate
compartments.
Shell baffles. -Use
• Shell cross baffles support the tubes at
intervals
– Prevent sag and vibration.
– Force the shell side fluid back and forth
across the bundle.
• Type:Segmental single cut baffles are the
most common
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Shell baffles. -Type
• Longitudinal Flow Baffles (used in a two-
pass shell)
• Impingement Baffles (used for
protecting bundle when entrance
velocity is high)
• Orifice Baffles
• Single segmental
• Double segmental
• Disk and doughnut baffles
18. HEAT EXCHANGER
COMPONENTS
Tie rods.
• Tie rods are circular metal rods screwed into the stationary tube sheet and
secured at the farthest baffle by lock nuts.
• Tie rods and spacers hold the tube bundle together in the correct position.
• The No of tie rods depends on shell diameter as specified by TEMA.
Shell barrel.
• TEMA specifies minimum barrel thicknesses depending on diameter,
material and class.
• Most barrels larger than 450 mm internal diameter are fabricated from
rolled and welded plate.
• The shell barrel must be straight and true as a tightly fitting tube bundle
must be inserted.
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21. Rear End Head Types
M-Type
Fixed Tubesheet
S-Type
Floating Head
T-Type
Pull-Through
Floating Head
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22. 1-Channel cover
2-Stationary head channel
3-Channel flange
4-Pass partition plate
5- Tube sheet
6-Shell flange
7-Tube
8-Shell
9-Baffles
10-Floating head backing device
11-Floating tube sheet
12-Floating head
13-Floating head flange
14-Stationary head bonnet
15-Heat exchanger support
16-Shell expansion joint
Components
Shell
fluid in
Tube
fluid out
Shell-fluid
nozzle
Tube
fluid in
Shell
fluid out
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23. HEAT EXCHANGER
COMPONENTS
Tube sheets.
• Normally 100 mm thick plate is used for Tube sheets.
• Forged discs & Clad plate used for thicker tube sheets for high
integrity service.
• Tube to tube sheet joint is commonly done Expansion of tube ends.
• explosive expansion can also be employed for tube to tube sheet
joints.
• Tube to tube sheet joint can be welded.
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24. Shell And Tube Heat Exchanger Application
• Cooling of hydraulic fluid.
• Cooling of engine oils.
• Cool or heat swimming pool water or charged
air.
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25. Double Pipe Heat Exchanger
• It is also known as concentric tube heat exchanger
• In this heat exchanger the fluid to be cooled or heated
passes through the tube 2(green) and the other fluid is
passed through tube 1 (red)to absorb or release the heat.
• Advantages: Cheap for both design and maintenance.
• Disadvantages: Low efficiency and requires large space.
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28. Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
• “An Air Cooled Heat Exchanger (or Air Fin
Cooler) is a device for rejecting heat from a
fluid directly to ambient air”
• The obvious advantage of an AFC is that it
does not require water, which means that
plants requiring large cooling capacities need
not be located near a supply of cooling water.
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29. Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
Advantages:
• Air Piping system is not required
• Larger limit of air supply volume
• No fouling/scaling outside the tubes
• More economical
• Easy maintenance
• No possibility of contamination of or from process flow
• In case of electrical malfunction, 30%- 40% cooling is
done by Natural Draft
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30. Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
Disadvantages:
• Cooling level is limited by ambient temperature
• More electrical equipment needed
• Higher Initial Costs
• Leakage is more dangerous (Fire hazard)
• More sensitive to rains
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32. Air Cooled Heat Exchanger-Component
An AFC consists of the following components:
• One or more bundles of heat transfer surface.
• An air-moving device, such as a fan or stack.
• Unless it is natural draft, a driver and power
transmission to mechanically rotate the fan.
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33. Air Cooled Heat Exchanger-Component
• A support structure high enough to allow air to
enter beneath the AFC at a reasonable rate.
• Optional header and fan maintenance walkways
with ladders.
• Optional louvers for process outlet temperature
control.
• Optional variable pitch fan hub for temperature
control and power savings.
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36. • It is composed of multiple, thin, slightly separated plates that have
very large surface areas and fluid flow passages for heat transfer.
• The plates are often spaced by rubber sealing gaskets which are
cemented into a section around the edge of the plates. The plates
are pressed to form troughs at right angles to the direction of flow
of the liquid which runs through the channels in the heat exchanger.
These troughs are arranged so that they interlink with the other
plates which forms the channel with gaps of 1.3–1.5 mm between
the plates.
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Plate Heat Exchanger
39. WORKING OF PLATE TYPE HEAT
EXCHANGER
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40. COMPARISON OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
PLATE TYPE
• Corrugated plates mounted
and fasten together.
• Used for low temperature
and pressure.
• Larger surface area.
• Handles Non contaminated
fluids.
• Cooling media can be any
non corrosive fluid
TUBULAR TYPE
• SS or CS Tubes in side a SS or
CS Shell or other tubular
arrangement.
• Used for high temperature
and pressure.
• Low surface area.
• Suitable for handling
contaminated fluids.
• Cooling media can be any
fluid
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41. Spiral Heat Exchanger
• A spiral heat exchanger (SHE), may refer to
a helical (coiled) tube configuration
• Efficient use of space.
• They can be easily cleaned.
• A Spiral Heat Exchangers (or SHE) is a coiled tube
arrangement, with two channels coiled one around
the another. These two channels operate in a
counter-flow arrangement, offering excellent turn
down ratios, while optimizing flow patterns which in
turn, enhance heat transfer.
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43. Spiral Heat Exchanger Application
• Pasteurization
• Recuperates (Exhaust and Air Handling Systems)
• Sludge Treatment (Thermal depolymerisation)
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44. Special Type
• Packinox:
• Welded plat type
• Use for clean service
• Give high heat transfer
co-efficient
• Required special
attention
• Costly
• Texas tower
• Vertical shell and tube
heat exchanger
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45. MAINTENANCE OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
Five major steps are involved in cleaning a
small exchanger in shop:
1) Disassembly
2) Cleaning, Testing for Leaks
3) inspection & repair
4) Reassembly
5) Final Testing
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46. MAINTENANCE OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
Testing for Leaky Tubes:
• For detection of leaky tubes, exchanger is isolated & head cover is
removed to expose the tube sheet.
• Generally, shell is filled with water & test pressure is applied for a
certain time. In case of leakage, pressure drops & water comes out
through leaky tubes.
• Plugs are inserted in leaky tubes and welded.
• Plugging of 10% tubes is allowable.
• After plugging, exchanger is again pressure tested.
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47. CLEANING OF EXCHANGER
• Mechanical Cleaning
– Shell side (water jetting / Manual Scrapping)
– Tube side (Water jetting)
• Scale Cutters / brushes
• Lances for tube cleaning
• Chemical Cleaning
– Carbon Tetra Chloride is used to dissolve scales
which can not be scrapped Mechanically
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48. PROBLEMS IN HEAT EXCHANGERS
1.FOULING
“ Formation of scale on the heat transfer surfaces in the heat
exchanger is called FOULLING “
EFFECTS:
• Reduction in heat transfer.
• Reduction in volume flow.
• Decrease in efficiency of exchanger.
• Increase in differential pressure
SOLUTION:
• Chemical injection
• Exchanger cleaning- Hydrojetting, Steaming, chemical washing
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49. PROBLEMS IN HEAT EXCHANGERS
2.Tube Leaks
EFFECTS:
• Reduction in heat transfer.
• Contamination in product
• Decrease in efficiency of exchanger.
SOLUTION:
• Tube replacement or Tube plugging
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50. PROBLEMS IN HEAT EXCHANGERS
3.Corrosion
EFFECTS:
• Thickness Reduction of tubes and shell
• Tube choking
• Increase in differential pressure
• Decrease in efficiency of exchanger.
SOLUTION:
• Tube replacement
• Surface coating
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51. PROBLEMS IN HEAT EXCHANGERS
4.Thermal Shock
EFFECTS:
• Tube Sheet flange leak
• Tube leak
• Damage in expansion bellows
SOLUTION:
• Follow up SOPs
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52. TESTING METHODS
• HYDROTEST
– Water is used as testing media.
– Test pressure is 1.5 times design pressure.
• PNEUMATIC
– Air is used as a testing media.
– Test pressure is 1.25 times design pressure.
• GAS TEST
– Any gas other then Air is used e.g. Nitrogen.
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53. Things to be monitored….
• Inlet and outlet temperature of hot and cold
fluid
• Fluid velocity
• Approach temperature
• LMTD (log mean temperature deference)
• Differential Pressure
• External leakages
• Visual inspection for uneven expansion and
abnormal sound
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