A methodology of design and analysis of thermal-hydraulic performance for a
single pass 1-1 counter-current flow shell and tube heat exchanger (CCFSTHE)
TEMA E type has been established. The temperature effect on the
thermo-physical properties of flowing fluids and on the overall coefficient
of heat transfer along the heat exchanger is incorporated in our approach,
as well as the coupling between different thermal and hydraulic parameters.
It has been noted that the correction factor (F) in the HAUSBRAND formula is
not included. Our method brings us to a new dimensionless quantity (MKA)
which links the calculation parameters of the heat exchanger to the
thermo-physical properties. This dimensionless quantity relates the number
of transfer units (NTU) to the heat flow ratio (R). The results based on our
models show a pronounced deviation compared to the model reported in the
literature (NTU method). This deviation may be related to a temperature
effect not included in the literature model. It has been shown that the
results derived from our models are in a good agreement with experimental
data. Our new method, named MKA - method, could be a useful tool for
theoretical and experimental studies of the design and analysis of the
single pass 1-1 CCFSTHE thermal and hydraulic performance for 0 ? R ?1.
Temperature effect on thermal-hydraulic performance of one-pass counter-current flow shell-and-tube heat exchanger and upon its design
