Calculation of the inner diameter of the shell side in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger
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Dear colleagues: Now that we know the heat exchange area of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger, and have calculated the number of heat exchange tubes based on that area and the length of the tubes, if the arrangement pattern of the heat exchange tubes is already specified, how can we determine the required diameter of the shell side? Thank you for your guidance
Inner diameter of the shell = 2 times the radius of the tube layout circle + outer diameter of the heat exchange tubes + A (a certain margin)