Hot Water System Sizing Calculation
Hot Water System Sizing Calculation
Hot Water System Sizing Calculation
Make up
water tank
Accumulator
Water booster
pumps (2 Nos)
Exhaust
Capacity:68 m 3/hr
Pressure: 22 m
50oC
53.2oC
Digester
Flame Arrestor
Gas Blower
From DAF Float
70oC
Boiler
Saacke (Existing)
Capacity: 455 m 3/hr
Pressure: 4 kPa
General
Heat capacity water
Calorific Value of methane
Methane content of digester gas
Air temperature
HTC (convective) to air
HTC (convective) to air with wind
Insulation Conductivity
Steel Conductivity
kJ/kg.C
MJ/Nm
% (v/v)
C
W/m.C
W/m.C
W/m.K
W/m.K
Plate Heat
Exchanger
Capacity:1,000 kW
Pressure: 750 kPa
24oC
Alfa Laval
Model: M6-MFM
Capacity:320 kW
Pressure: 750 kPa
1020
27
22
34
21,451 MJ/h
5,959 kW
850 kW
0.05
45
Common
mm
mm
mm
m2
mm
W/m.C
W/m.C
C
W/m
W/m
Length
Flow
Flow
Velocity
Temperature - outlet
m/h
l/s
m/s
C
HEX Washwater
Temperature - primary inlet
Temperature - primary outlet
Temperature - secondary inlet
Temperature - secondary outlet
Secondary flow in
Capacity
LMTD
HTC
Heat transfer area
C
C
C
C
l/s
kW TH
K
W/m.K
m
125
3
50
0.027
85
0.51
0.52
70.01
21.99
22.33
3
67.32
18.7
0.68
70.01
To WW
HEX
100
3
50
0.024
72
0.43
0.44
70.01
18.64
18.93
5
16.92
4.7
0.20
70.00
70.00
53.20
24.10
50.00
3.0
320
24.3
6,704
2
To DAF
HEX
80
3
50
0.020
62
0.37
0.38
70.01
15.94
16.18
To Phase
1 & 2 Dig
100
3
75
0.041
82
0.33
0.34
70.00
14.31
14.46
100
550
21.6
6.0
0.29
69.94
28.8
8
0.19
69.76
C
C
C
C
l/s
kg/h
kJ/kg.C
kW TH
K
W/m.K
m
69.94
64.56
30.00
40.00
6 <= based on 105 m3/hr max. hourly flow, 20% is CGW after DAF.
21,600
2.25
135
32.19
29
149,870
C
C
C
C
l/s
kg/h
kJ/kg.C
kW TH
K
W/m.K
m
69.76
60.19
30.00
40.00
8 <= based on 583 m3/hr max. hourly flow digester feed.
28,800
4.00
320
29.98
29
330,788
mm
Wall thickness
Insulation thickeness
LMR
Heat transfer
Heat transfer (with wind)
Temperature - inlet
Heat loss
Heat loss (with wind)
mm
mm
mm
W/m.C
W/m.C
C
W/m
W/m
125
3
50
85
0.51
0.52
59.72
16.72
16.99
Length
Temperature - outlet
59.71
59.71
Water Heater
Energy
Boiler Comb eff
Say
Digester gas flow
kW
%
kW
kW
m/h
To DAF Float
Heat Exchanger
DAF
DAF
4.18
35.05
60%
Diameter
Wall thickness
Insulation thickeness
Area
LMR
Heat transfer
Heat transfer (with wind)
Temperature - inlet
Heat loss
Heat loss (with wind)
Capacity:17 m 3/hr
Pressure: XX m
Washwater
804
85%
946
1,000
162.01
100
64.50
550
59.96