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NOMENCLATURE Ao heat transfer surface based on outside tube area m2 A* tube layout density parameter Bc baffle cut as percent

of inside shell diameter Ds % Bc* area between D, and a tube layout cutoff line C1 tube field layout constant for N, calculation W,max maximum outside tube diameter including tolerances mm DW hydraulic diameter of baffle window , mm fi friction factor for an ideal tube bank F correction factor to the TLM for non-counterflow systems F Sbp ratio of bypass to cross-flow area Fw, Fc fraction of tubes in one baffle window and in cross-flow Between baffle tips, respectively Jb bundle bypass correction factor for heat transfer JC segmental baffle window correction factor for Jl baffle leakage correction factor for heat transfer Jr laminar-flow heat transfer correction factor JS heat transfer correction factor for unequal end baffle spacings L* ratio of outlet/inlet baffle spacing to Lbc Lbb inside shell-to-bundle bypass clearance (diametral) mm Lbc, Lbi, Lb0 baffle spacing, central, inlet, outlet mm CB code for tube bundle type CN code for shell-side impingement Cps shell-side fluid specific heat at average temperature, J/kg K Ds inside shell diameter mm Dt tube outside diameter mm Ltp tube layout pitch mm Lts tubesheet thickness mm Ltt total tube length mm Ltw tube wall thickness mm Lwp baffle window flow penetration distance m mass velocity, kg/m2 s Ms shell-side cross-flow mass velocity kg/m* s Mw shell-side flow mass velocity through segmental baffle window; kg/m* s Mt tube fluid mass flow rate, kg/s Nb number of baffles Nc total number of tube rows crossed in the Pr Prandtl number Prs shell-side Prandtl number Qact heat duty of an exchanger actually delivered, W Ts,av, Tt,av average temperature of she&side and tubeside fluid, respectively, .C

Tsi, Tso shell-side temperature inlet and outlet Tti, Tto tube-side temperature inlet and outlet Tw temperature at the tube wall Uo overall heat transfer coefficient based on outside tube area, W/m2. K i heat transfer coefficient for ideal tube bank , W/m2. K i, s shell-side or tube-side heat transfer coefficient W/m2.K Pi pressure drop in cross flow between baffle tips, based on ideal tube bank Pc pressure drop in cross flow between baffle tips of segmental baffles, corrected for nonidealities of flow Pt pressure drop in end zone baffle spacings Pi pressure drop in cross flow in ideal tube bank Pw pressure drop in window of a segmentally baffled Exchanger Tlm log mean temperature differences Tm effective or true mean temperature difference s , t shell- or tube-side fluid thermal conductivity at average temperature of each fluid, W/m K tw thermal conductivity of tube wall material, W/m K t shell- or tube-side fluid density, respectively, at Average temperature of each fluid , kg/m3

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