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[redlakerol]

Hi all,

         How do you calculate or obtain the steam saturation temperature upon designing a vertical thermosyphon for a column? thx!

[srfish]

If you want to calculate a steam temperature, you need to know the heat transfer area of the thermosyphon.

 

Then calculate the required LMTD from LMTD = Q/UA. Then doing a little trial and error, calculate the steam temperature. Be sure the LMTD isn't so high that the maximum allowable heat flux is exceeded.

[redlakerol]

thanks srfish!