The various styles of reboilers may be seen at http://www.thermopedia.com/content/1078/ . Normally when a reboiler is started up the plant steam header is already charged, and the steam is introduced into the reboiler shell in a controlled manner through a control valve. There is potential...
I am interested in how others are determining the shell and tube temperatures for the expansion joint analysis for vertical fixed-tubesheet thermosiphons, especially for the cold startup case in which the heating medium (steam) is introduced rapidly into the shell. In this case, the column sump...
