Falcon03
Chemical
- Dec 26, 2002
- 46
What is the minimum velocity across the heat exchangers?
We are planning to utilize one our heat exchangers (mainly out of service) to cool MHFO (Marine Heavy Fuel Oil) products since the current MHFO coolers is under size due to increase in unit throughput. So to maximize cooling we are going to slip streaming some of the hot MHFO which fed to the current coolers into the new coolers. I 'am bit worried of the velocity (min. velocity) which might cause some fouling and degrade heat efficiency.
Your help in this matter is highly appreciated. Thanks
We are planning to utilize one our heat exchangers (mainly out of service) to cool MHFO (Marine Heavy Fuel Oil) products since the current MHFO coolers is under size due to increase in unit throughput. So to maximize cooling we are going to slip streaming some of the hot MHFO which fed to the current coolers into the new coolers. I 'am bit worried of the velocity (min. velocity) which might cause some fouling and degrade heat efficiency.
Your help in this matter is highly appreciated. Thanks