Heat exchanger calculations – Design issues related to the tubes
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Hello everyone! We are currently designing a heat exchanger in which water flows on both the tube side and the shell side. Since the flow velocity on these sides is too low, we want to use some artificial tubes. Does anyone have experience in this area? Are there any particular considerations regarding the placement of such artificial tubes? Thank you all. Of course, there are many ways to address the flow rate issue, but here I will only discuss the method of using artificial pipes; other methods will not be considered for now. Thank you
The flow rate is too low; one could consider increasing the tube side length or reducing the diameter of the heat exchanger. Why go to the trouble of using fake tubes? Isn’t that a waste of material?