Pressure drop calculation
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Does anyone have software to calculate the pressure drop on the tube side and shell side of the heat exchanger? I often use it in my daily work, but every time my hand calculation is inaccurate, and some parameters cannot be determined during the calculation process, thank you!
What software are available for general heat exchanger calculations?
The Fanning calculation method of Newtonian fluid flow filling a circular tube when the tube is empty is:: ΔP = λ0 (1) where: ΔP — Empty pipe pressure drop, Pa Ρ — Fluid density, kg/m3 υ — Fluid average velocity, ms-1 υ＝ vA-1 V — Volume flow rate, m3s-1 A — Empty pipe cross-sectional area, m2 L — Empty pipe length, m D — Empty pipe inner diameter, m λ0 — Empty pipe resistance coefficient.