The wall thickness of the heat exchange tubes in the condenser does not meet the design pressure requirements
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Problem description: The facility has a condenser that uses copper tubes as heat exchange tubes, with a wall thickness of 1.1 and a design pressure of 20 MP. The SW6-2011 calculation method does not yield a valid result; how can our facility make adjustments without affecting the heat exchange efficiency? Thank you to all the experts for their guidance.
It is possible to increase the wall thickness and then recalculate the impact on heat transfer performance; if there is a large margin in the initial calculations, then the impact will be minimal. Is it possible to use a copper alloy instead?
I seriously suspect you’ve set the design pressure way too high
I thought of this method too, but it affects the heat exchange efficiency