Recent content by dimeivan

I thought I already did... I opted for two 2-pass(tubes) CEU shells in series. Thank you all for your kind advice. -Ivan

Yes, it seems I have no other choice.

That´s a nice one. But if I have a 16" shell, how is someone going to fit into it so as to weld it?

You are right Christine, thanks for the advice, I think a CEU configuration will do the job.

Not quite, I have high pressure H2 (4000 psig), so I have to send it through the tubes.

I have ruled out F shells, their foil strips are prone to damage upon the first bundle removal. I think I will stick to two or three 2-pass AES shells connected in series. Thanks anyway!

I need to specify a water cooled exchanger. The problem is that I have an elevated temperature difference between tubeside and shellside, and temperature cross. The conditions of service are as follow: Tubeside - high pressure N2/H2 mixture (gas, no condensation) 6868 kg/h, Tin/out= 168/40ºC...

dcasto, The gas composition has not been altered, it compresses a mixture of H2 and N2 feeding a reactor. Running at the same compression ratio as the original datasheet, the unit delivers higher discharge temperatures than design, operating at the same suction temperature. Nevertheless, I...

I´m currently working on a 35-year old Dresser-Clark compressor, so eliminating jacket water is not feasible. This compressor has suffered from moderate efficiency loss, and the owner is not willing to replace it or even touch it. As a result from this eff loss, high temperatures are being...

By saying 100 Btu/h I meant an example, say, if you had to remove 100 use-the-units-you-like, how much of that (in 100percent) could be removed by jacket water and how by afterstage coolers.

From a practical point of view, I need to know how much heat can/should be extracted from a reciprocating compression stage through its jacket water. As far as I know, jacket water in compressor cylinders only serve to keep metal temperatures in an acceptable range, not to cool process gas. i.e...