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HITEC UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

EXPERIMENT NO. 14 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger


Group Name:

Registration No:

Checked By:

Date:
Signature:

Objective
In this experiment, cold water enters the shell at room temperature while hot water enters the
tubes in the opposite direction. Students shall vary the hot water and cold water flow rates and
record the inlet and outlet temperatures of both the hot water and cold water streams at steady
state.

Apparatus
Heat Exchanger (Counter-Current Shell & Tube HE)

Procedure
1. Perform general start-up procedures.
2. Switch the valves to counter-current Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger arrangement.
3. Switch on pumps P1 and P2.
4. If there is air trap in the shell-side, switch the valves to counter-current and bleed the air
with high water flow rate. Then switch the valves position back to co-current position.
5. Open and adjust valves V3 and V4 to obtain the desired flow rates for hot water and cold
water streams, respectively.
6. Allow the system to reach steady state for 10 minutes.
7. Record FT1, FT2, TT1, TT2, TT3 and TT4.
8. Record pressure drop measurements for shell-side and tube-side for pressure drop studies.
9. Repeat steps 4 to 7 for different combinations of flow rate FT1 and FT2.
10. Switch off pumps P1 and P2 after the completion of experiment.

Assignments
1. Calculate the heat transfer and heat loss for energy balance study.
2. Calculate the LMTD.
3. Calculate heat transfer coefficients.
4. Calculate the pressure drop and compare with the experimental result.
5. Perform temperature profile study and the flow rate effects on heat transfer.

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Results
Flow Rate
FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

(H)

Hot Water

Flow Rate
FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

(H)

FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

(H)

Flow Rate

TT 1

TT 2

TT 3

TT 4

FT 1

LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

Heat Transfer
Rate
Q = m.cP.T
J/s (H)

Flow Rate

Cold Water

J/s (C)

Heat Transfer
Rate
Q = m.cP.T
J/s (H)

J/s (C)

(H)

Hot Water

Cold Water

TT 1

TT 2

TT 3

TT 4

Overall Heat
Transfer Coeff.
Q = U.A.Tm

Heat Loss

Efficiency

QH - QC

QC / QH

W/m2.k

Overall Heat
Transfer Coeff.
Q = U.A.Tm

Heat Loss

Efficiency

QH - QC

QC / QH

W/m2.k

Log Mean Temp.


Difference
TLM = T1-T2
/Ln(T1/T2)
C

Log Mean Temp.


Difference
TLM = T1T2/Ln(T1/T2)
C

Observations

Lab Manuals

Heat Transfer & RAC Lab

HITEC UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
EXPERIMENT NO. 14 Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger

Group Name:

Registration No:

Checked By:

Date:
Signature:

Objective
In this experiment, cold water enters the shell at room temperature while hot water enters the
tubes in the same direction. Students shall vary the hot water and cold water flow rates and record
the inlet and outlet temperatures of both the hot water and cold water streams at steady state.

Apparatus
Heat Exchanger (Co-Current Shell & Tube)

Procedure
1. Perform general start-up procedures.
2. Switch the valves to co-current Concentric Heat Exchanger arrangement.
3. Switch on pumps P1 and P2.
4. If there is air trap in the shell-side, switch the valves to counter-current and bleed the air with
high water flow rate. Then switch the valves position back to co-current position.
5. Open and adjust valves V3 and V14 to obtain the desired flow rates for hot water and cold
water streams, respectively.
6. Allow the system to reach steady state for 10 minutes.
7. Record FT1, FT2, TT1, TT2, TT3 and TT4.
8. Record pressure drop measurements for shell-side and tube-side for pressure drop studies.
9. Repeat steps 4 to 7 for different combinations of flow rate FT1 and FT2 as in the results sheet.
10. Switch off pumps P1 and P2 after the completion of experiment.
11. Proceed to the next experiment or shut-down the equipment.

Assignments
1. Calculate the heat transfer and heat loss for energy balance study.
2. Calculate the LMTD.
3. Calculate heat transfer coefficients.
4. Calculate the pressure drop and compare with the experimental result.
5. Perform temperature profile study and the flow rate effects on heat transfer.

Lab Manuals

Heat Transfer & RAC Lab

HITEC UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Results
Flow Rate
FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

(H)

Hot Water

Flow Rate
FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

(H)

FT 1
LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

(H)

Flow Rate

TT 1

TT 2

TT 3

TT 4

FT 1

LPM

FT 2
(C)
LPM

2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0

10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0

Heat Transfer
Rate
Q = m.cP.T
J/s (H)

Flow Rate

Cold Water

J/s (C)

Heat Transfer
Rate
Q = m.cP.T
J/s (H)

J/s (C)

(H)

Hot Water

Cold Water

TT 1

TT 2

TT 3

TT 4

Overall Heat
Transfer Coeff.
Q = U.A.Tm

Heat Loss

Efficiency

QH - QC

QC / QH

W/m2.k

Overall Heat
Transfer Coeff.
Q = U.A.Tm

Heat Loss

Efficiency

QH - QC

QC / QH

W/m2.k

Log Mean Temp.


Difference
TLM = T1-T2
/Ln(T1/T2)
C

Log Mean Temp.


Difference
TLM = T1T2/Ln(T1/T2)
C

Observations

Lab Manuals

Heat Transfer & RAC Lab

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