Baffles Spacing Arrangement to Enhance Heat Transfer of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

Ahmed Gomaa Seddik

Abstract: Heat exchangers are used to transfer heat between two fluids. The term exchanger applies to all equipment used to transfer heat between two streams. However, the term is commonly used to equipment in which two process streams exchange heat with each other. This research paper explains case study of fixed end shell and tube heat exchanger design with internal baffles different spacing arrangement. Additionally, understand effect of baffles where the flow become more turbulent that it will increase the heat transfer coefficient. The purpose of heat transfer enhancement, the configuration of a shell-and tube heat exchanger was improved by considering the baffles with different spacing.

Keywords: Heat exchangers, coefficient of heat transfer, length of heat exchanger, baffles spacing