Tower design issues
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For tower design, when calculating the tower diameter and height given conditions such as flow rate and material flow, what software is generally used, or is manual calculation employed?
It depends on what kind of tower internals you use. The height of a packed tower depends on the equivalent height and efficiency of the theoretical plates, while the height of a plate tower also depends on the efficiency of the plates. Typically, specialized manufacturers of tower internals have dedicated calculation programs, and if you choose their products, they will provide calculation services free of charge. Using your own calculation methods to choose a product may not necessarily be accurate.
I’m not sure. Those in the process engineering field should have corresponding calculation methods; you can go and ask in the process area
Free? The wool comes from the sheep. However, the calculations carried out by professional manufacturers represent a good combination of engineering principles and theory, as they need to ensure the appropriate process performance
Process hydraulics calculation software; ASPEN and PROII are both acceptable.
For sieve plate towers, we have our own hydraulic calculation software; it basically involves entering the formulas. For packed towers, we mostly use Sulzer’s calculation software
For sieve tray towers, FRI and KG-TOWER are used for calculations, while for packing, Sulzer’s software is utilized. Most other domestic manufacturers of tower internals have internal software for hydraulic calculation; by providing them with the process parameters, they can carry out the calculations, ensuring quality. If the original poster trusts me, I can help you calculate it! Haha, it’s free!
Thank you all. I also have those software programs, although some of them are not the official versions. But I’d like to do the calculations by hand first to see what the general situation is, and then ask for everyone’s help
The process engineering field has process calculation software. You must be referring to issues related to the manufacturing process. The equipment engineering field has software for strength calculations
We usually pack it directly and send it to professional manufacturers
FRI is more formal and is specifically used for designing distillation columns (would you dare use calculations done by yourself?) ). LZ could try asking the friend on the 7th floor to do the calculations; it really can’t be considered a matter of confidentiality or not – it can easily be handled privately
I am not involved in tower design, so I’m not familiar with it. However, there is information available on this topic; an example of a packed distillation column design can be found at http://jpkc.jpu.edu.cn/hgyl/kcsj_d7.asp?class=3. There are also examples of designs for other types of towers there. The website is slow – good things always take time to arrive, so please be patient: handshake. This post was last edited by www557 on 2009-2-26 at 22:21