Design of heating coil for water-oil phase tank
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Hello, I would like to ask some questions regarding coil heat exchangers. After reading Professor He Wenjing’s article on the design and calculation of heating coils in storage tanks, I am still a bit confused. On our end, we need to calculate the heating area based on the requirement that a fixed cylindrical container reach a certain temperature within a specified steam pressure and time frame. The shape of the storage tank is as follows:
This post was last edited by wiseboy on 2018-3-23 at 11:57, with strict calculations using the Chinese coil heat exchanger Doctor (VHeater). It is also the only commercially available, specialized software at present. VHeater is specifically designed to calculate such heat exchangers. You need to provide: Tank dimensions: diameter, height. Coiled tube specifications: outer diameter × wall thickness, material. Mixing: impeller type, diameter, speed. Heating medium: name (water, flue gas, steam?) ) Temperature, flow rate; inside the container: type and weight of the medium; heating time: as you desire. VHeater will carry out detailed thermal and geometric calculations.
How much is this software? What is the general ratio between the heat exchange area and the volume? Does 1 cubic unit require 1 square unit of area for heating?
Coil length, coil diameter, number of turns, pitch – it’s all available.
If you calculate for such heat exchangers frequently, it is worth purchasing. VHeatr can calculate many variations: for example, the fluid in the tank can flow in and out continuously, or a certain amount can be added at a time for intermittent heating. If you use it this time, I don’t recommend purchasing it.
I just don’t use it very often; is there any simple way to estimate it as well?:)