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Heat Exchanger Design, Types, and Applications
Heat exchangers are widely used in industry to heat or cool a liquid, to condense a vapor, or to evaporate a liquid. They are also used in homes (e.g. refrigerators, air conditioners and furnaces), in cars (radiators), and in electronic equipment to prevent overheating.
Find Bright Hub articles about heat exchangers and heat exchanger design, including Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded to carry out various parts of the design calculations. There are articles about different types of heat exchangers, including the widely used shell and tube heat exchanger illustrated in the image above. Use this handy guide to find the information you're seeking about types of heat exchangers, heat exchanger design, or their applications.
Image Credit: Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger - Grand Kartech heat exchangers
| Calculations for Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient Estimation
Excel spreadsheets for overall heat transfer coefficient calculations in U.S. units or S.I. units can be downloaded from this article. This type of calculation is needed as part of... |
Preliminary Heat Exchanger Design - Calculations Involved
Excel spreadsheet templates for heat exchanger design can be downloaded in either S.I. units or U.S. units. The spreadsheets calculate heat transfer area needed and number of tubes... |
| Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Theory and Design
Heat exchanger theory leads to the heat exchanger design equation that relates the overall heat transfer coefficient, heat transfer surface area, and log mean temperature difference... |
Calculation and Significance of Log Mean Temperature Difference
This article will talk about the log mean temperature difference or LMTD and the basics of heat exchanger design.... |
| Types of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
The shell and tube heat exchanger is one of the most common types of heat exchangers. The heat transfer coefficient affects the heat transfer rate and the total heat exchanger tube... |
Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Design
Double pipe heat exchanger design is rather straightforward. It uses one heat exchanger pipe inside another. After determining the required heat exchanger surface area, for either counter... |