Author : Kallalu Harika, Tummala Likhitha , Karnati Hema and Penumala Pavani

Shell and tube heat exchanger is a class of heat exchanger. Heat exchanger is a device used to transfer heat between a solid and a fluid or between two or more fluids. This paper is concerned with the study of shell and tube heat exchanger. Also the main components of shell and tube type heat exchanger are shown in drawing and its detail discussion is given. Moreover the constructional details and design methods of shell and tube heat exchangers are given from which kern’s method for design is described in detail with step inside the paper. Also other research papers are studied and the review from those papers is also describes in this paper with some of the review work in detail

Keywords: Helical baffles, Kern’s method, square pitch, triangular pitch

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.7, No.3 (June-2017)