HXAIR - Pressure Drop Options

Use this window to enter details of the Pressure Drop Options Window where you enter data related to the pressure drop values on the Shell side or Tube side or both. The default value for Scaling factor is one. The Ranges are taken from the Rigorous Heat Exchanger unit Operation.

Pressure Drop Options

Use this window to enter data for tube side and Air side pressure drop options. These data provide s adjustment factors and/or override calculated values for the pressure drops. All the data in this window has default values.

Usage

Tubeside and Airside Pressure Drops

You may enter either a scale factor or a pressure drop for each side of the exchanger.

DP Scale Factor

Enter a value to be applied to the rigorously calculated pressure drop.

DP/Bundle

Enter a value for pressure drop per bundle to override the rigorously calculated pressure drop. The total pressure drop for the entire heat exchanger unit is calculated by multiplying this value by the number of shells in series.

DP/Service

Enter a value for the total pressure drop for the entire heat exchanger unit to override the rigorously calculated pressure drop.

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