STANDARDS of The Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA)

STANDARDS of The Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA) 10 edition (2019)

Section CONTENTS Page
MEMBERSHIP LIST iii
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE iv
PREFACE
NOTES TO USERS viii
NOMENCLATURE
1 Size Numbering and Type Designation—Recommended Practice 1-1
2 Nomenclature of Heat Exchanger Components 1-3
2 F FABRICATION TOLERANCES
1 External Dimensions, Nozzle and Support Locations 2-1
2 Recommended Fabrication Tolerances 2-2
3 Tubesheets, Partitions, Covers, and Flanges 2-3
4 Flange Face Permissible Imperfections 2-3
5 Peripheral Gasket Surface Flatness 2-3
3 G GENERAL FABRICATION AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
1 Shop Operation 3-4
2 Inspection 3-4
3 Nameplates 3-4
4 Drawings and Code Data Reports 3-4
5 Guarantees 3-5
6 Preparation of Heat Exchangers for Shipment 3-6
7 General Construction Features of TEMA Standard Heat Exchangers 3-7
4 E INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
1 Performance of Heat Exchangers 4-1
2 Installation of Heat Exchangers 4-1
3 Operation of Heat Exchangers 4-2
4 Maintenance of Heat Exchangers 4-4
5 Changes to Configuration of Heat Exchangers 4-8
5 RCB MECHANICAL STANDARDS TEMA CLASS RCB HEAT EXCHANGERS
1 Scope and General Requirements 5.1-1
2 Tubes 5.2-1
3 Shells and Shell Covers 5.3-1
4 Baffles and Support Plates 5.4-1
5 Floating End Construction 5.5-1
6 Gaskets 5.6-1
7 Tubesheets 5.7-1
8 Flexible Shell Elements 5.8-1
9 Channels, Covers, and Bonnets 5.9-1
10 Nozzles 5.10-1
11 End Flanges and Bolting 5.11-1
6 V FLOW INDUCED VIBRATION
1 Scope and General 6-1
2 Vibration Damage Patterns 6-1
3 Failure Regions 6-1
4 Dimensionless Numbers 6-2
5 Natural Frequency 6-3
6 Axial Tube Stress 6-10
7 Effective Tube Mass 6-10
8 Damping 6-13
6 V FLOW INDUCED VIBRATION (continued)
9 Shell Side Velocity Distribution 6-15
10 Estimate of Critical Flow Velocity 6-18
11 Vibration Amplitude 6-20
12 Acoustic Vibration 6-21
13 Design Considerations 6-25
14 Selected References 6-27
7 T THERMAL RELATIONS
1 Scope and Basic Relations 7-1
2 Fouling 7-2
3 Fluid Temperature Relations 7-3
4 Mean Metal Temperatures of Shell and Tubes 7-5
8 P PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
1 Fluid Density 8-1
2 Specific Heat 8-1
3 Heat Content 8-2
4 Thermal Conductivity 8-2
5 Viscosity 8-2
6 Critical Properties 8-3
7 Properties of Gas and Vapor Mixtures 8-3
8 Selected References 8-4
D GENERAL INFORMATION
(See detailed Table of Contents) 9-1
10 RGP RECOMMENDED GOOD PRACTICE
G-7.1.1 Horizontal Vessel Supports 10-2
G-7.1.2 Vertical Vessel Supports 10-17
G-7.2 Lifting Lugs 10-22
G-7.3 Wind and Seismic Design 10-24
RCB-2 Plugging Tubes in Tube Bundles 10-24
RCB-4 Entrance and Exit Areas 10-24
RCB-7 Tubesheets 10-31
RCB-10.6 Nozzle Loadings 10-32
RCB-11.5 Flange Design 10-32
RCB-12 Finite Element Analysis Guidelines 10-33
T-2 Fouling 10-34
Appendix A — Tubesheets A-1
INDEX Index