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What are the designing steps of plate and frame heat exchanger?

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Question added by Muhammad Imran Asif , Process engineer , Dewan Petroleum
Date Posted: 2013/07/12
Fahad Dawood
by Fahad Dawood , Process Engineer , WorleyParsons

Step1: Calculate the LMTD (the log mean temperature difference) Step2: Calculate NTUHOT and NTUCOLD ( numberr of trnsfer unit for the hot and cold stream) Step3: Read hHot (local Heat Transfer Coefficient for the hot stream) c from0.25 < NTU <2.0 chart for the1st fluid Step4: Read hCold (local Heat Transfer Coefficient for the cold stream)from0.25 < NTU <2.0 chart for the2nd fluid Step5: Calculate the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient (OHTC)

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