Original Articles: 2014 Vol: 6 Issue: 7
Study on inhomogeneity of heat transfer in tube-side for spiral-wound heat exchanger
Abstract
Spiral-wound heat exchanger has compact structure, withstand large temperature difference, and high operating
pressure. Widely used in various production processes. Due to the different spiral radii lead to different tubes length
of layers. The traditional method of calculation does not take into account these differences, so there are some
differences in the results with the actual situation. In this paper, the traditional calculation formula were theoretical
derivation, obtained correlation correction formula, calculated different correction factor of common heat exchange
tubes. The results were validated by CFD software. Quantitative results showed that the modified heat transfer
coefficient calculation method will help improve the accuracy of the inner tube heat transfer coefficient.