How to determine the number of Shell Passes in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
2015-03-06
This short articles describes how to find how many shells needed in series that would be sufficient to perform the duty required.Continue Reading
Classification of heat exchangers according to construction
2015-02-09
What is a heat exchanger? A device to exchange the thermal energy between two or more fluids at different temperatures. In simple terms; if you want to use a hot fluid to heat up a colder one you can use a heat exchanger to do the job. Heat exchangers areContinue Reading
What is Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
2015-01-16
Shell and tube heat exchanger is a commonly used equipment in industry. The article below will describe this type of exchanger.Continue Reading
What is a Plate heat exchanger
2015-01-09
What is plate heat exchanger? this article will describe gasketed plate heat exchangers. One of the popular choices for food industry.Continue Reading
What is Double pipe heat exchanger
2015-01-03
What is double pipe heat exchanger? Double pipe heat exchanger is perhaps the simplest of all heat exchanger types.Continue Reading
Recommended Shell and Tube side velocities
2014-12-17
Recommended shell and tube side velocities values are listed below, the values can be used for preliminary design purpose when designing shell and tube heat exchangers, these are guidelines that are in place as lower velocities can cause fouling issues and very high velocities can cause erosion issues. If thereContinue Reading
How to use shell and tube heat exchanger software effectively
2014-12-17
How to use shell and tube heat exchanger software effectively? This short article aims to give some recommendations and guidelines on how to effectively use shell and tube heat exchanger software (S&THex) effectively to design a heat exchanger, the article may also answer questions such as how do I knowContinue Reading
How to adjust pressure drop in heat exchangers
2014-03-09
Pressure drop in heat exchangers is an important parameter to consider for any successful design. How to adjust pressure drop in heat exchangers is a matter that this short article will discuss.Continue Reading
How to calculate the heat duty for heat exchangers
2012-09-30
How to calculate the heat duty for heat exchangers? Lets first define the term “Heat duty” to understand what understand what exactly we are calculating. The Heat duty can be defined as the amount of heat needed to transfer from a hot side to the cold side over a unitContinue Reading
Shell and tube heat exchangers comparison
2012-09-26
Shell and tube heat exchangers comparison The table below compares different type of shell and tube heat exchangers based on different design characteristics:Continue Reading
