Experimental shellside flow visualization in a shell and tube heat exchanger /

30.5 cm and a length of 61 cm was designed and constructed

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischer, Matthew Winslow, 1974-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:30.5 cm and a length of 61 cm was designed and constructed
agreement with what would be expected from conventional
also detected under certain circumstances. Global
between two fluids. There is great demand for effective
design methods capable of producing highly efficient models.
dro s were also recorded for the first time and were in good
experimental pressure drops were in good agreement with
flowrates ranging from 0.32 to 2.21 L/s were studied. Flow
level. To accomplish this end, an experimental investigation
mechanically feasible method of transferring thermal energy
model shell and tube heat exchanger with an outer diameter of
out of acrylic. Water was utilized as the working fluid and
pressure drop information in the shellside flow. A scale-
Shell and tube heat exchangers are an extremely effective and
streams and recirculation zones. Anomalous vortices were
theory.
To further improve efficiency, there must be an increased
understanding of the physics of shellside flow at a local
values predicted from other methods. Local internal pressure
visualization photographs confirmed the existence of leakage
was conducted to obtain flow visualization and internal local
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xiv, 176 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 135-141.