THE COMPARATION STUDY OF DOUBLE

PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH SHELL

AND TUBE WITHOUT BUFFLE BASED ON
SIMULATION USING CFD
Hanif Abdillah
Luluatul Khoiriyah
Nur Salsabillah Ramadhani
Nindy Septian Cahyarini

Introduction :

Analysis Method

2.1 Hairpin Heat Exchanger

HE Material
: Allumunium
Length of HE / series
: 20 ft / 3 series
Annulus Fluid
: Toluene
Liquid
Annulus Temperature
: 160 F (344.3
K)
Flow rate of Annulus
: 6330 lb / hr
Annulus Diameter : 1.56 in
Inner-pipe Fluid
: Benzene
Liquid
Inner-pipe Temperature : 80 F (299.8 K)
Flow rate of Inner-pipe
: 9820 lb / hr
Inner-pipe Diameter : 1.25 in

2.2 Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

HE Material
: Allumunium
Length of HE / baffle
: 20 ft / 4
baffles
Tube Fluid
: Benzene liquid
Tube Fluid Temperature : 80 F (299.8 K)
Flow rate of Fluid Tube : 9820 lb / hr
Tube Diameter
: 1.25 in
Shell Fluid
: Toluene liquid
Shell Fluid Temperature : 160 F (344.3 K)
Flow rate of Shell Fluid : 6330 lb / hr
Shell Diameter
: 1.56 in
Iterasi sebanyak 500 kali
Jenis aliran countercurrent

Result and Discussion

Distribution Profile of the inner pipe Temperature
Temperature
Outlet 316.623 K
Temperature Inlet
299.816 K

Hairpin
Heat
Exchanger

Distribution Profile of the Shell and tube Temperature

Temperature Inlet
299.816 K
Temperature
Outlet 316.623 K

Shell and
Tube HE

Distribution Profile of the inner pipe Velocity

Velocity Outlet
pipe 1.9113866
m/s
Velocity Inlet pipe
1.8707283 m/s

Hairpin
Heat
Exchanger

Distribution Profile of the Shell and tube Velocity

Temperature Inlet
299.816 K
Temperature
Outlet 316.623 K

Shell and
Tube HE

Distribution profile of the inner pipe pressure

Hairpin Heat
Exchanger

The pressure drop is 25352.7543 Pa

The pressure drop of HE without baffle is 145.57 Pa

CONCLUSION
The difference between the outlet temperature of benzene
flowing
in
Hairpin
Heat
Exchanger
is
higher than the outlet temperature of benzene flowing in Shell and
Tube Heat Exchanger where the outlet temperature of benzene in
Hairpin Heat Exchanger amounted to 316.623 K while the average
temperature at outlet Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger is 304 K. The
outlet velocity on Hairpin Heat Exchanger was lower than the
velocity at Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger so the Pressure drop on
Hairpin Heat Exchanger is greater than the pressure on Shell and
Tube Heat Exchanger where the pressure drop of the outlet inner
pipe for hairpin is 25352.7543 Pa and the pressure drop of the outlet
tube for shell and tube is 145.57 Pa. From that comparative, the
hairpin heat exchanger has a better result for transferring heat
because it has a bigger heat transfer surface area and a longer.