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A Simple Tubesheet Layout Program for Heat Exchangers

S. Murali1 and Y. Bhaskar Rao2
  • 1 Jaya Prakash Narayan College of Engineering, India
  • 2 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India

Abstract

The development of tubesheet layout program for shell and tube heat exchangers is presented in this study. Program is written in AutoLISP language, which provides standard tubesheet layout drawing as per standard codes and non standard tubsheet in AutoCAD Environment. The program computes the optimal number of tube count and lays out drawing with respecting constraints, including the shell ID, number of passes, center to center distance of tubes and tube outer diameter. Tubesheet layout drawing can be used as template for actual tubesheet. Furthermore the program is validated with open literature and shown good agreement with it. Besides the tubesheet for Heat exchangers this method can be extended to the tube counts of sheave plates and perforated plates of distillation column and Cooling Towers.

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Volume 1 No. 2, 2008, 131-135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2008.131.135

Submitted On: 3 June 2008 Published On: 30 November 2008

How to Cite: Murali, S. & Rao, Y. B. (2008). A Simple Tubesheet Layout Program for Heat Exchangers. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1(2), 131-135. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2008.131.135

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Keywords

  • Heat exchanger
  • Tube count
  • Tubesheet drawing
  • Auto LISP