Open AccessFINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SADDLE SUPPORT FOR STACK HEAT EXCHANGER
Author(s) -
Jaydip Gundu Patil,
Samir B. Kumbhar,
Nilesh More,
Ranjit A. Patil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i05.013
Subject(s) - stack (abstract data type) , saddle , finite element method , heat exchanger , mechanical engineering , computer science , mechanics , materials science , structural engineering , engineering , physics , operating system
Process equipment is a leak proof container designed to hold or carry the gas or liquid or solid at a substantially high pressure. Examples of common process equipment utilized within the petroleum refining and chemical processing industries are storage tanks, boilers, pressure vessels and heat exchangers. Stack heat exchanger is a device in which arrangement of two or three horizontal heat exchangers placed one above other. During this paper, the horizontally stacked shell and tube heat exchanger supported on saddles is analyzed. The finite element analysis for various configurations of saddle supports is completed using ANSYS. The stress intensities in various cases are analyzed and also the optimal stresses in saddle with the loading condition is taken into account as the most suitable design for the stack heat exchanger. The reduction in stress intensity is found for one amongst the cases. Keywords— Process Equipment, Heat Exchanger, Stack, Saddle, Analysis