Heat Exchanger Tubes

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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

Heat Exchanger Tubes

Tubing used for heat exchanger service may be either welded or seamless. The welded tube is rolled into cylindrical shape from strip material and welded automatically under precisely controlled manufacturing conditions.

A seamless tube may be extruded or hot pierced and drawn. Both are high quality products. Alloys are available only as seamless products, whereas most commercial metals are offered in both welded and seamless.

Tube size is specified by outside diameter and wall thickness. Almost all heat exchanger tubes range between a 3/8 inch and a 2 inch outside diameter. Most popular are the 5/8-inch and 3/4 inch sizes. These sizes give best all-around performance and are most economical in many applications.

CMS Heat Transfer Division, Inc.

273 Knickerbocker Avenue ï¿½ Bohemia, NY 11716 USA

Tel: 631-968-0084 ï¿½ Fax: 631-968-0184 ï¿½ Email: info@cmsheattransfer.com

CMS Heat Transfer products include shell and tube heat exchangers, fixed tubesheet and u-tube exchangers, oil coolers, pre-heaters, condensers, after-coolers, steam converters, kettles, reboilers and evaporators. CMS engineering include custom heat exchanger, process and mechanical design services to all TEMA and ASME conformance requirements.

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