How to calculate a fixed-tube-sheet heat exchanger without a tube box in SW6 software?
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I am using SW6 software to calculate a fixed-tube-sheet heat exchanger without tube boxes or tube-sheet flanges; the shell, tube caps, and tube sheet are welded directly together (i.e., type B). It was found that the data of the tube box must be entered in SW6; otherwise, the calculation cannot be performed. But the key issue is that there’s no tube box. Could we consider the length of the straight edge of the tube cap as the length of the tube box, and treat the length of the straight edge of the end cap as 0? Would that work?
#Reply quickly here: #Isn’t a pipe cap just a head? The cylinder is specified based on the head wall thickness, with length to be determined. According to the calculation, simply remove the tube box cylinder