Assignment - Types of Heat Exchangers
Assignment - Types of Heat Exchangers
Assignment - Types of Heat Exchangers
2. Shell type heat exchanger: These types of heat exchanger consist of a shell (a
large pressure vessel) with a bundle of tubes inside it. One fluid runs through the
tubes, and another fluid flows over the tubes (through the shell) to transfer heat
between the two fluids. It is suited for higher pressure application.
3. Concentric tube heat exchanger: These types of heat exchanger are also
known as double pipe heat exchanger in which one pipe is placed inside another.
The cold fluid flows through the inner tube and the warm fluid flows through the
annular space between the outer and the inner tube.
4. Plate heat exchanger: These types of heat exchanger that uses metal plates to
transfer heat between two fluids. This has a major advantage over a conventional
heat exchanger in that fluids are exposed to a much larger surface area because
the fluids spread out over the plates.
Types of flows:
a) Co current flow: In this type of flow cold water and hot water moves in the
same direction parallel to each other.
a) Counter flow: In this type of flow cold water and hot water moves in opposite
direction to each other.
A. Shell type heat exchanger:
Co current flow:
5 8 63 53 38 29
5 4 63 57 49 30
Comments:
Shell type heat exchanger with co current flow manages to transfer less heat as
compared with counter flow.
Co current flow efficiency= 77%
Counter flow efficiency= 80%
Co current flow:
5 8 66 61 38 34
5 4 67 64 45 35
Counter current flow:
5 8 69 64 37 32
5 4 69 65 42 33
Comments:
Concentric type heat exchanger with co-current flow manages to transfer less heat as
compared with counter flow.
Co current flow efficiency= 80%
Counter flow efficiency= 100%
5 8 67 57 58 45
5 4 67 60 62 46
Counter flow:
5 8 66 51 61 42
5 4 64 55 64 43
Comments:
Plate type heat exchanger with co current flow manages to transfer less heat as
compared with counter flow.
Co current flow efficiency= 90%
Counter flow efficiency= 100%
Conclusion:
By observing above heat exchanger readings,
Plate type heat exchanger and concentric heat exchanger manages to transfer more
heat as compared to shell type heat exchanger.
Applications:
Coil type heat exchanger:
1. Coil type heat exchanger is being used in electric filament bulb.
2. It is also being used in sample cooling, analyzer pre-cooling, seal coolers,
condensers,.
3. It is also being used in cryogenic vaporizers, compressor inter and after coolers.
Shell type heat exchanger:
1. Shell type heat exchanger is being used in refinery and other large chemical
processes.
2. It is suited for higher pressure applications.
3. It is also being used in power plant and steam engines.