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| The shell and tube heat exchangers are devices used very much in the industrial processes in many applications. These elements can have characteristics very special, in its use as well as in its design, therefore each system being a particular problem. The program developed uses simultaneously the LMTD and the effectiveness-NTU methods to such important heat transfer devices and may prove pedagogically useful to undergraduate mechanical engineering students attending heat transfer courses. The examples in this paper illustrate the power of the software developed in thermal sciences calculations with application to the heat-exchanger in configuration on line, staggered arrangement and of tube double. It is hoped that the software will bridge the gap between the teaching of engineering fundamentals and the existing industry practice of shell and tube heat exchanger design.
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Keywords and phrases
shell and tube, heat exchanger, LMTD method, effectiveness-NTU method.
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