A Review on Experimental Investigation of U-Tube Heat Exchanger using Plain Tube and Corrugated Tube

  Dhavalkumar A. Maheshwari,  Kartik M. Trivedi

An objective of the present dissertation work is to design and develop a PROTOTYPE model of U-Tube type counter flow Heat exchanger. A PROTOTYPE model of U-Tube heat exchanger is created using Tubular Exchange Manufactures Associations (TEMA) standards. The Dissertation is about preparing the PROTOTYPE model as well modifying an experimental setup U-tube heat exchanger and use of different type of tubes configuration like using plain tube and corrugated tube for the different type of parameter efficiency, effectiveness pressure drop, heat transfer rate, overall heat transfer coefficient etc. for in order to reduce pressure drop and increase heat transfer rate, efficiency and heat transfer area. Using Logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD) method numerical result are compared with experimental result.

Keywords- heat transfer rate, U-tube heat exchanger, corrugated tube, flow arrangement, TEMA standards.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1504037
Page Number(s) - 255-259
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 4 | 31 October 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Dhavalkumar A. Maheshwari,  Kartik M. Trivedi,   "A Review on Experimental Investigation of U-Tube Heat Exchanger using Plain Tube and Corrugated Tube", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 4, pp.255-259, 31 October 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1504037.pdf