Limpet Coil

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There is one reactor of 25kl capacity. This reactor is filled with a fluid 22m3.

Specific heat of liquid is 1

I. First heat from 40 C to 110 C in 30 minutes II. Hold it for 2 hrs at 110 C III. Cool from 110 C to

Calculate I. Surface area required for heating & Cooling II. Size & pitch of Limpet coil Heating & C

Vessel Side Limpet Coil Side

Sr. No. Description Unit Qty Remarks Sr. No.

1 Volume m3 12.5 1

2 Operating Volume m3 11 2

3 L/D ratio 1.2 3

4 Diameter m 2.4 4

5 Height m 2.8 5

6 Operating Height m 2.5 6

7 Shell Thickness m 0.01 Assumed 7

8 Fluid Density (ρv) kg/m3 1100 Assumed 8

9 Cpv kCal/kg.oC 0.8 Changed 9

10 Viscosity, μv kg/m.s 0.000332 10

11 Conductivity, Kv kcal/h.moC 0.15 Assumed 11

12 Temp in (tv1) 0
C 40 40 12

13 Temp out (tv2) 0


C 110 110 13

14 Time for heating (θ) min 30 14

15 Mass of fluid in tank (Mv) kg 12100 15

16 Heat Required (Q) kCal/hr 1355200 16

17 Reynold No. 5617624.7 17

18 Prandtl No. 6.3744 18

19 Nusselt No. 45383.40 19

20 Heat Transfer Coefficient, hv kcal/m2.h.C 2875.42 20

21 Heat Transfer Area m2 18.59 21

22 Vessel MOC thermal conductivity kcal/h.moC 15.05 22

Mv.Cpv 9680 23

Wc.Cpc 6160 24

ln(Tc1-tv1)/(Tc1-tv2) 0.246860 25

k-1/k 0.775846 26

k 4.461218 27

UA/(Wc.Cpc) 1.495422 Consider addition


UA ###

A 22.109421
cific heat of liquid is 1.2kcal/kg.

II. Cool from 110 C to 60 C in 1 hour. Assume Agitated Reactor

et coil Heating & Cooling fluid is considered to be hot thermic fluid

Limpet Coil Side Flat Blade Turbine Agitator

Description Unit Qty Sr. No Description Unit Qty

Diameter m 0.08 0.1 1 No.of blades 6

Pitch m 0.07 0.07 2 Diameter 1.30

Fluid Density (ρc) kg/m3 800 800 3 Speed rpm 60

Cpc kCal/kg.oC 0.638 0.638

Viscosity, μc kg/m.s 0.00015 0.00015

Conductivity, Kc kcal/h.moC 0.0618 0.0618

Temp in (Tc1) 0
C 360 360

Temp out (Tc2) 0


C 140 140

Mass Flow rate, Wc kg/hr 9655.172 9655.172

Volumetric Flow rate m3/hr 6.034483 6.034483

No. of rotations 8 7

Length of limpet m 62 55

Hydraulic mean dia m 0.048872 0.061089

Flow area m2 0.001876 0.002931

Flow velocity m/s 0.893582 0.571893

Reynolds No. 232911 186329

Friction factor 0.003596 0.003802

Prandtl No. 5.574757 5.574757

Nusselt no. 1003.844 853.8729

Heat Transfer coefficient, hc kcal/m2.h.C 1269.399 863.804

Fouling Resistance 0.0006 0.0006

Overall heat transfer coeffici kcal/m2.h.C 416.6458 361.0088

Pressure Drop kg/cm2 0.059396 0.018158

Total Pressure Drop kg/cm2 0.063688 0.019798

LMTD 0
C 122.5116 122.5116

Heat Output kcal/hr 485753 464215

Heat Transfer area of limpet m2 9.516378 10.496

Consider additional 3 limpet on bottom


Heat Transfer area of limpet m2 12.93872 14.77393
Agitator

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