The effects of component dimensions on heat transfer and pressure loss in shell and tube heat exchangers |
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| Authors: | Erhan Kayabasi Munip Alpaslan Alperen Hüseyin Kurt |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey;2. Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Karabük University, Karabuk, Turkey;3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | In this study, the effects of geometric properties such as baffle spacing, baffle cut, sealing strips, gaps between heat exchanger components, number of tubes and tube passes have been investigated for shell and tube heat exchangers (STHE). For this purpose, geometrical dimensions and data of a specific heat exchanger (HE) used in an industrial application have been obtained. The HTRI Xchanger Suite Educational software was utilized to analyze the reference HE, to verify the results of the software and the output temperatures of the fluids, the shell side heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and the pressure loss (PL) values were compared with the experimental data. After confirming that the results of the software were within the acceptable deviation values, the geometric dimensions of the reference design were changed and new analyzes were carried out to examine the effects of several dimension options on the performance of STHE. Results were discussed in a detailed and comprehensive manner via curves. |
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| Keywords: | Shell and tube heat exchanger HTRI Xchanger suite heat transfer pressure loss heat transfer coefficient |
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