Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
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Hi all,
I have a query regarding stacked shell & tube heat exchangers.
I have 2 nos shell & tube heat exchanger for different services (with different design conditions) with below details:
exchanger 1 : 1200 (ID) x 6300 (tube length)
exchanger 2 : 1050 (ID) x 6000 (tube length)
since they are located near to each other, piping & layout is asking if possible to stacked together mechanical wise. From a quick sketch, the height would be around 6m.
Mechanical wise, i do not favor stacking as i see that it will pose difficulties and troublesome during detail design stage considering that they are for different services and many design loads/ requirements to considered (cyclonic wind, FPSO vessel motion, blast load etc).
Could anyone advise what are the concerns for such stacking arrangement?
Many thanks
I have a query regarding stacked shell & tube heat exchangers.
I have 2 nos shell & tube heat exchanger for different services (with different design conditions) with below details:
exchanger 1 : 1200 (ID) x 6300 (tube length)
exchanger 2 : 1050 (ID) x 6000 (tube length)
since they are located near to each other, piping & layout is asking if possible to stacked together mechanical wise. From a quick sketch, the height would be around 6m.
Mechanical wise, i do not favor stacking as i see that it will pose difficulties and troublesome during detail design stage considering that they are for different services and many design loads/ requirements to considered (cyclonic wind, FPSO vessel motion, blast load etc).
Could anyone advise what are the concerns for such stacking arrangement?
Many thanks





RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Thanks for the reply.
I have another heat exchanger which i did not mention in earlier post as below exchnager 3:
exchanger 1 : 1200 (ID) x 6300 (tube length)
exchanger 2 : 1050 (ID) x 6000 (tube length)
exchanger 3 : 1200 (ID) x 5700 (tube length)
I need to choose 2 of them to be stacked and considering whether to stack the 2 exchangers with similar ID or similar length.
similar ID : exchanger 1 & 3
similar length : exchanger 1 & 2
Anyone could give an idea which option would be more suitable and pose less issue for design and fabrication?
Thanks again.
RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Regards,
Mike
RE: Stacked Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
I've seen a fair number of stacked heat exchangers over the years and don't really see what the big deal is.
Patricia Lougheed
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