This paper aims to enhance the thermal performance of an industrial shell-and-tube heat exchanger utilized for the purpose of cooling raw natural gas by means of mixture of Sales gas. The main objective of this work is to provide an optimum and reliable thermal design of a single-shelled finned tubes heat exchanger to replace the existing two- shell and tube heat exchanger due to the space limitations in the plant. A comprehensive thermal model was developed using the effectiveness-NTU method. The shell-side and tube-side overall heat transfer coefficient were determined using Bell-Delaware method and Dittus-Boelter correlation, respectively. The obtained results showed that the required area to provide a thermal duty of 1.4 MW is about 1132 m2 with tube-side and shell-side heat transfer coefficients of 950 W/m2K and 495 W/m2K, respectively. In order to verify the obtained results generated from the mathematical model, a numerical study was carried out using HTRI software which showed a good match in terms of the heat transfer area and the tube-side heat transfer coefficient.
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ASME 2015 Power Conference collocated with the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
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Fadi A. Ghaith,
Fadi A. Ghaith
Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE
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Ahmed S. Izhar
Ahmed S. Izhar
Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE
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Fadi A. Ghaith
Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE
Ahmed S. Izhar
Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE
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POWER2015-49543, V001T04A005; 7 pages
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October 27, 2015
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Ghaith, FA, & Izhar, AS. "Thermal Performance Enhancement of an Industrial Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Power Conference collocated with the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. ASME 2015 Power Conference. San Diego, California, USA. June 28–July 2, 2015. V001T04A005. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2015-49543
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