Experimental performance comparison of shell-side heat transfer for shell-and-tube heat exchangers with middle-overlapped helical baffles and segmental baffles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1643-1653

  Zhang, Jian Fei ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Huang, Wen Jiang ^a   Lei, Yong Gang ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Helical baffle; Performance; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; HELICAL BAFFLE; HELIX ANGLES; INNER DIAMETERS; PER UNITS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS; PUMPING POWER; SHELL SIDES; SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SHELL-SIDE FLOWS; VOLUME FLOW RATES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 62249090998     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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