Experimental and numerical studies on shell-side performance of three different shell-and-tube heat exchangers with helical baffles

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-463

  Chen, Gui Dong ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Wang, Qiu Wang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combined helical baffles; Continuous helical baffles; Discontinuous helical baffles; Maximal velocity ratio design; Shell andtube heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS HELICAL BAFFLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW PERFORMANCE; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HELICAL BAFFLES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MASS FLOW RATE; MAXIMAL VELOCITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SHELL-SIDE; SHELL-SIDE FLOW; THERMAL DESIGNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); WELDING ELECTRODES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 81055131690     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2011001881     Document Type: Article

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