Mechanical Integrity of PFHE in LNG Liquefaction Process

• Published in: Energy procedia Vol. 26; pp. 49 - 55
• Main Authors: Ligterink, N.E., Hageraats-Ponomareva, S.V., Velthuis, J.F.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2012
• Subjects: Boiling flow; Cyclic stresses; Finite element analysis; Liquefaction; Mixed refrigerant; Plate-fin heat exchanger; Plate-fin heat exchanger; Cyclic stresses; Mixed refrigerant; Finite element analysis; Liquefaction; Boiling flow

The mechanical integrity of heat exchangers is the result of an interplay of many physical phenomena. A full, albeit simple, model, that covers mixture phase thermodynamics, heat transfer, flow dynamics, and the thermal and pressure stresses has been created. Using this simulation model it is now pos...