ESTIMATION & COMPARISON OF HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT OF CRUDE OIL USING VARlOUS CORRELATIONS

Heat transfer may occur by any one or more of the three basic mechanisms of heat
transfer; conduction, convection and radiation but in process industries, the transfer of
heat between two fluids is generally done via convective heat transfer.
For example, in oil refinery plant, the most common heat transfer phenomenon is the
crude oil/water interchange via heat exchanger.
Calculating and estimating the heat transfer coefficients, h of crude oil using various
correlations will able us to see the variations of its value and we can compare to the
reference value that is being used in the industry to see which one of the correlations
is suitable to be used for the crude oil system.
By having the knowledge of heat transfer coefficient of crude oil, the design of any
heat exchangers will be simplified. It also help in developing better flow process
control that will then help to reduce and conserve energy.