Heat Exchanger Shell Side Fluid Flow

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Heat Exchanger Designs & Selections • Differential Thermal Expansion • Pass Arrangements for Flow Through Tubes
Shell Side Fluid Flow • Impingement Plates (based on application) • Maintenance and Servicing Considerations
Principal Components • Heat Exchanger Tubes • Materials of Construction • Economic Considerations in Heat Exchanger Selection
Heat Exchanger Rating versus Expected Loads • Fundamental Heat Transfer • Load is the Measure of Heat Transferred
A Combination of Three Factors Governs Load Capacity • Heat Transfer Coefficient (U) Depends on Many Variables
Area is the Total Effective Tube Area

Shell Side Fluid Flow

Tube supports
The tubes in heat exchangers are somewhat flexible since they are long and relatively thin-walled. Consequently they must have supports at intervals in the shell to prevent sagging and minimize vibration.

Tube supports impart some directional effect to shell side flow but are primarily used to support the tubes in a bundle.

Baffles
Baffles are used to modify shell side flow conditions so that an optimum coefficient of heat transfer can be achieved.

Without baffles, fluid would enter at one end of the shell, distribute itself across the tube bundle, and flow slowly, generally parallel to the tubes, to the outlet end.

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