This Code provides the procedures, direction, and guidance for determining the performance of closed

feedwater heaters with regard to the following:

(a) Terminal Temperature Difference (TTD), which is the difference between the saturation temperature
corresponding to the steam inlet pressure and the feedwater outlet temperature;

(b) Drain Cooler Approach (DCA), which is the difference between drain outlet temperature and
feedwater inlet temperature;

(c) Tube side (feedwater) pressure loss through the heater; and

(d) Shell side pressure loss through the desuperheating zone, and through the drain cooling zone.

This Code applies to all horizontal and vertical heaters except those with partial pass drain cooling
zones. Designs with partial pass drain cooling zones are horizontal heaters with submerged drain cooling
zones, and vertical channel-up heaters with drain cooling zones. In those designs, only a portion of the
feedwater passes through the drain cooling zones; therefore, there are two feedwater flow streams
with different temperature profiles. A feedwater heater is designed to accomplish heat transfer
between fluids. The heater design is based on a specific operating condition that includes flow,
temperature, and pressure. This specific condition constitutes the design point that is found on the
manufacturer's feedwater heater specification sheet. It is not feasible to expect that the test will be
conducted at the design point. Therefore, it is necessary to predict the heater performance by adjusting
the design parameters for the test conditions. Methods of calculating the predicted heater performance
are presented in the Code. These predicted values shall then be compared to corresponding measured
test values

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