Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
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Hello everybody
always complex questions.
This time I have to calculate an heat exchanger that cools compressed air.
The main problem I can see is that there are at least two cases
1) case with air dehumidification
2) case without air dehumidification.
I tried to google and looked in the past posts, but I haven't found a satisfactory answer, nor to find a correlation, nor to find a calculation example.
Please, can anybody help me ?
Many thanks
always complex questions.
This time I have to calculate an heat exchanger that cools compressed air.
The main problem I can see is that there are at least two cases
1) case with air dehumidification
2) case without air dehumidification.
I tried to google and looked in the past posts, but I haven't found a satisfactory answer, nor to find a correlation, nor to find a calculation example.
Please, can anybody help me ?
Many thanks





RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
Law is the common force organized to act as an obstacle of injustice Frédéric Bastiat
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
This http://www.kaeser.com/Images/P-2010-ED-tcm8-6752.p... looks like a reasonable reference.
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
Unfortunately you are right, I have to calculate the heat exchanger by myself.
This is the reason why I am looking for the correlations and the calculation method.
If someone could help me I would be definitively grateful
Many thanks
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
Law is the common force organized to act as an obstacle of injustice Frédéric Bastiat
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
I am afraid this is not an homework problem.
It is a job problem.
All in a all, which school or university can give such problems ?
Please, can anybody help me ?
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
If you cannot provide cogent reasons as to why you are making this request, it will become very difficult for this to be regarded as anything other than homework / student posting.
I'm not saying it is; I'm just saying you have to be able to understand why others might think it is.
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
You can refer any relevant handbook for formula etc.
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
What industry are you in? I've tried to introduce shell and tube heat exchangers (with produced water as the cooling medium) in Oil & Gas several times and always met with insurmountable resistance. In O&G (onshore) we seem to use fin fan coolers nearly exclusively.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
Law is the common force organized to act as an obstacle of injustice Frédéric Bastiat
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.
Thanks zdas04 !
RE: Heat Exchanger to cool temperature of compressed air.