Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer and Frictional Characteristics of Shell-and-tube Heat exchangers with Different Baffles and Tubes

摘要

In this study, the heat transfer and tube frictional characteristics of the helixchangers (shell-andtube heat exchanger with helical baffles) with spirally corrugated and smooth tubes and the conventional shell-and-tube heat exchanger with smooth tubes were experimentally obtained. The results show that the helixchangers with the spirally corrugated tube and the smooth tubes enhance the total heat transfer coefficient about 26% and 7% on the average than the segmental baffled heat exchanger. In the tube side, the spirally corrugated tube leads to about 28% average increase on convective heat transfer performance and about 24% average increase on pressure drop than the smooth tube, but its conversion efficiency is still higher. The helical baffle could enhance the shell-side condensation coefficient by 13%, and the spirally corrugated tube could help the helixchanger with it enhance remarkably the condensation performance by 53% than the segmental baffled heat exchanger.