Influences of tube pitches on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of two-phase propane flow boiling in shell side of LNG spiral wound heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue , 2018, Pages 270-283

  Ding, Chao ^a   Hu, Haitao ^a   Ding, Guoliang ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Mi, Xiaoguang ^b   Yu, Sicong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; LNG; Pressure drop; Spiral wound heat exchanger; Tube pitch; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PRESSURE DROP; PROPANE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; SPIRAL WOUND; TEST SAMPLES; TUBE PITCH; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER; VAPOR QUALITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 85037616547     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.12.020     Document Type: Article

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