Numerical Simulation of a Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Special Form Helical Baffles

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A new type of helical baffles heat exchanger is presented in this paper. Comparative study, through numerical simulation, was undertook between the new helical baffles heat exchanger and segmental baffle board heat exchanger in shell side flow and heat exchange characteristics. Fluid medium in the shell side is air. At the same velocity in the same flow conditions, pressure drop of helical baffles heat exchangers fell by an average of 26.8% compared with segmental baffle board heat exchangers, and the unit pressure drop of the heat transfer ratio of helical baffles heat exchanger increased by an average of 40.6%.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 860-863)

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754-757

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December 2013

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