Process industry demand for more efficient, more cost-effective heat exchanger tubing
In the future the process industry will see a bigger selection of enhanced heat transfer tubes, one of the reasons being the continued production of special patented technology involved in making them. Here the author mentions only some of the factors that might influence the increased usage of these enhanced tubes. In using more efficient tubing in a heat exchanger the designer has available the options to increase the total heat duty per unit volume, lower operating costs by reducing the mean temperature difference at a given heat duty, save material, or reduce the size and/or pumping power, among others. This can be achieved, for example, by replacing plain tubes with appropriate enhanced tubes in retubing applications, where old heat exchangers need to be upgraded and total efficiency improved. When a new heat exchanger is to be built, it is easier for the designer to include the more efficient tubing to utilize all the benefits of the increased thermal performance.
- Research Organization:
- Wolverine Tube Inc., Decatur, AL (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 7246508
- Journal Information:
- Heat Transfer Eng.; (United States), Vol. 8:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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