Abstract:

The present study illustrates certain practical aspect of thermal design of heat exchangers for industrial applications. In general heat exchanger design is made for a special industrial application with its own features. These features of the industrial applications introduce some limitations and problems in the design procedure of heat exchanger. Main purpose of heat exchanger design is to provide solutions to these limitations and problems. Determination of thermal performance of new or existing heat exchanger is the problem commonly encountered in industry. Determination of the heat transfer performance of heat exchangers can be basically defined thermal design of the heat exchanger and is the computational process. Recognizing of basics of thermal design methodology in detail is of great importance in heat exchanger design with regard to making versatile and cost-effective industrial applications. In this respect, the basics of thermal design heat exchangers has been accentuated in this study. With the detailed calculation procedure, the paper provide information about various design approach to define thermal performance of heat exchangers.

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