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Optimal Design of Welded Plate Heat Exchanger for Ammonia Synthesis Column: An Experimental Study with Mathematical Optimisation

Tovazhnyansky L. Klemeš J.J. Kapustenko P. Arsenyeva O. Perevertaylenko O. Arsenyev P.

Anglický název

Optimal Design of Welded Plate Heat Exchanger for Ammonia Synthesis Column: An Experimental Study with Mathematical Optimisation

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

en

Originální abstrakt

The production of ammonia, consuming up to 5% of natural gas global production, accounts for about 2% of world energy. Worldwide, the Haber-Bosch process is the mainly used method of ammonia catalytic synthesis, involving temperatures up to 600 degrees C and pressures up to 32 MPa. In this paper, the results of the development and study of the special welded construction of plate heat exchanger (WPHE) for a column of ammonia synthesis are presented. The heat transfer and hydraulic performance of developed WPHE are investigated on a one-pass model in laboratory conditions. An equation for the relation between heat transfer effectiveness and the number of heat transfer units is proposed. A mathematical model of multi-pass WPHE is developed using these results. The validity of this model is confirmed by results of industrial tests performed with the prototype WPHE installed in operating column of ammonia synthesis at temperatures about 500 degrees C and pressure about 32 MPa. The tests confirmed the reliability of WPHE and its efficiency compared to a tubular heat exchanger. A method of optimal design of WPHE that allows finding the optimal height of corrugations and the number of passes in WPHE for specified conditions of operation is developed.

Anglický abstrakt

The production of ammonia, consuming up to 5% of natural gas global production, accounts for about 2% of world energy. Worldwide, the Haber-Bosch process is the mainly used method of ammonia catalytic synthesis, involving temperatures up to 600 degrees C and pressures up to 32 MPa. In this paper, the results of the development and study of the special welded construction of plate heat exchanger (WPHE) for a column of ammonia synthesis are presented. The heat transfer and hydraulic performance of developed WPHE are investigated on a one-pass model in laboratory conditions. An equation for the relation between heat transfer effectiveness and the number of heat transfer units is proposed. A mathematical model of multi-pass WPHE is developed using these results. The validity of this model is confirmed by results of industrial tests performed with the prototype WPHE installed in operating column of ammonia synthesis at temperatures about 500 degrees C and pressure about 32 MPa. The tests confirmed the reliability of WPHE and its efficiency compared to a tubular heat exchanger. A method of optimal design of WPHE that allows finding the optimal height of corrugations and the number of passes in WPHE for specified conditions of operation is developed.

Klíčová slova anglicky

ammonia synthesis; plate heat exchanger; heat transfer; multi-pass arrangement; optimal design; energy efficiency; TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; FLOW; ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; CHANNELS; HYDROGEN; STEAM; COST; UNIT

Vydáno

03.06.2020

Nakladatel

MDPI AG

Místo

MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

ISSN

1996-1073

Ročník

11

Číslo

13

Strany od–do

2847–2847

Počet stran

18

BIBTEX


@article{BUT165854,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš},
  title="Optimal Design of Welded Plate Heat Exchanger for Ammonia Synthesis Column: An Experimental Study with Mathematical Optimisation",
  year="2020",
  volume="11",
  number="13",
  month="June",
  pages="2847--2847",
  publisher="MDPI AG",
  address="MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND",
  issn="1996-1073"
}