Determining heat transfer coefficient in shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers

Abstract

In this paper methods of determining heat transfer coefficient in shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers were reviewed. Although some literature can be found in the topic, there are few sources available in Hungarian translation. Heat transfer coefficients of shell side are influenced by a number of modifying factors depending on the geometry of the heat exchanger. These factors include the baffle cut correction factor, the baffle leakage correction factor, the bundle bypass correction factor, the unequal baffle spacing correction factor, the wall viscosity correction factor, laminar flow correction factor, and the ideal tube bank heat transfer coefficient. Methods and characteristic values of these modifying factors had been demonstrated in this publication.