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Plate heat exchanger design process calculation

Q: I'm looking for a plate heat exchanger design process calculation for a sulfuric acid plant. Can you recommend a good source or provide a solved case as an example?

A: The design of plate heat exchangers requires the knowledge of available plate designs and is covered by Hewitt, Shires & Bott in “Process Heat Transfer.” You will need a good set of physical properties for the sulfuric acid systems as thermal properties are a strong function of concentration and temperature.