A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF PROCESS VARIABLES ON THE OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN A SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
Naveed ul Hasan Syed*1, Qurat-ul-Ain1, Muddasar Habib1, Naseer Ahmed Khan1, Sultan Ali1
ABSTRACT
A systematic experimental study was carried out on a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHx) to examine the influence
of process variables such as hot and cold water flow rate, and the hot water inlet temperature on the overall
heat transfer coefficient (U). The results show that the U increased with increasing the hot water and cold water flow
rates. Similarly, the increase in hot water inlet temperature, improved heat transfer rate. It was observed that the
increase in the U by increasing the cold water flow rate was significantly higher than with increasing the hot water
flow rate. Under similar process conditions, at 36 oC hot water inlet temperature, the U increased from 709.96 to
1045.50 W/(m2.oC) with the increasing cold water flow rate from 0.75 to 2.5 L/min. While for the hot water case,
the U increased from 709.96 to 940.43 W/(m2.oC) for the corresponding hot water flow rate. An empirical model
correlating the outlet temperature of the STHx fluids with the inlet conditions has also been proposed. The proposed
model was used to calculate the outlet temperatures of the hot and cold water and the heat flux. The model predictions
were compared with the experimental results and a good agreement was found.
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