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Heat exchanger startup thermal lag

DynamicsHeat exchangerThermal lag
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A hot ethanol-water process stream cooled against cold cooling water in a single counter-current exchanger. Solves the design steady state; switch to the Dynamic solve mode and step the hot feed temperature to see the classic HX thermal-lag response — the exchanger's metal wall smooths and delays the outlet-temperature change instead of tracking the feed step instantly.

The flowsheet

The solved topology — every unit op's real duty, conversion, or split, read straight off a genuine converged solve.

HOT FEED
COLD FEED
hot
cold
hot
cold
HX1
HOT OUT
COLD OUT

The stream table

Every stream's flow, temperature, pressure, and composition — real converged numbers, not placeholders.

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