hi,

is anybody knowing which software can be used for the design of Heating Coils (spiral), as we can not design it in pvelite.


i will highly appriciate the suggestion..

What kind of calculation do you want to make? A heating coil is nothing more than a pipe that has been bend. You can use the standard formulas for straight pipe, as the stress intensity in a bend with such a large radius is very small.

dear corne,

I want to design spiral coil type of exchangers, and there is no provision in pvelite for such kind of design.!!!!!

If the spiral coil doesn't produce any loads on the heat exchanger shell it's just a pressure vessel with a seperate heating coil.

corne,

thanka for your prompt reply, but which software i have to use for designing of such type of coils???

As the coil is a straight pipe, you can calculate it as such. You can use the formulas from a piping code (like B31.3), or you can say it's a pressure vessel, and use the standard formula for a straight pipe according ASME VIII.
You can use PVElite for that (a standard pipe/shell element).