23-04-2012, 02:35 PM
Heat Exchanger Design Project
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Problem Statement
Design a heat exchanger flowing a chemical at 80,000 kg/hr to drop the fluid temperature from 35°C to 25°C
Cooling chemical is city water flowing at 20°C
The shell may not exceed 2 meters in diameter and 7 meters in length
Weight, pressure drop, and cost should be minimized
Matlab Implementation
Initially used to determine possible dimensions of an acceptable heat exchanger
Output from Matlab was inputted into Minitab for optimization
Compared results from Matlab output and Minitab optimization
Optimization
Obtained results with 7 parameters from Matlab
Using DOE Factorial Response in Minitab we reduced the parameters by utilizing Main Effects plots
Lessons Learned
Optimization using interaction between Minitab and Matlab
How to work as a team
Lots of decisions to make when given an open ended question
Many solutions to a simple problem
Finish projects early (12/4/2005)