Gasketed Plate Heat Exchanger Design
Gasketed Plate Heat Exchanger Design (PHex v4.0) is a software tool that is made to demonstrate the thermal analysis and calculations of Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers. The calculations are performed through a series of click buttons arranged in order.
Please note that the software can only do the basic design calculations the mechanical design!.
The software is easy to use and have the ability to calculate unknown temperatures
The plate dimensions and materials can be entered, this includes the size of plate heat exchanger and chevron angle (25 to 65 degrees).
Below is a list of main features:
1. Support S.I Units and English (U.S) Units of measurement
2. Import physical properties data to hot side and cold side from Microsoft Excel & from WeBBusterZ Physical properties database (Supplied with the full version as a separate software - demo version of physical properties software can be downloaded separately)
3. Save/Load results
Results
4. Export Results to Engineering Data sheet in Microsoft Excel for editing
5. Export Results summary to Microsoft excel or Print Results summary.
Calculations
6. Temperature and Flow rate estimation in the event of insufficient data.
7. Heat load required (clean or fouled) calculations.
8. Duty clean / dirty calculations
9. Total effective area calculation.
10. Surface area calculation.
11. Number of plates calculations.
12. Overall Coefficient (clean / dirty) calculations.
13. Pressure drop Channel/Port/Total for Hot side and cold side Calculations.
14. Plate heat exchanger dimension calculations.
15. Velocity through ports, Mass velocity through channel/ports calculations.
16. Reynolds and Nusselt numbers calculations.
17. Heat transfer coefficient calculations
Included Databases:
18. Estimate the Physical properties of pure components for more than 1450 components; the database has the ability to estimate Thermal Conductivity, Density, Heat Capacity and Viscosity. The database also included critical properties, boiling and melting points and come as separate software but easily integrated with the software.
19. Create your own database of Plates and Components. You can add your fluid physical properties and load the data to your project.
20. Fouling factors
21. Overall heat transfer coefficients
22. Material Thermal Conductivities.
The demo version will function with limitations for 30 days
To see some screen shots please visit the screen shots section from the top menu.
To view a video clip please click here or download the video from the line on the home page
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