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Fig. 1 - Parts of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with two tube sheets and an expansion joint in the shell

1

Shell

8

Dished head

2

Inner tube

9

Drain connection

3

Segmental baffle; support plate

10

Stationary head flange

4

Shell nozzle

11

Expansion joint

5

Vent connection

12

Tie rods

6

Tube sheet

13

Pass partition

7

Dished head nozzle,

 

 

Fig. 2 – Four-pass shell-and-tube heat exchanger with two fixed tube sheets

Fig. 3 - Shell-and-tube heat exchanger with expansion joint

Fig. 4 - Shell-and-tube heat exchanger with floating head

Fig. 5 - Shell-and-tube heat exchanger with U-tubes

Fig. 6 - Arrangement of U-tubes

Fig. 7 – Shell-and-tube heat exchanger, kettle-type reboiler

Fig. 8 – Typical pass layouts in multiple-pass heat exchangers

Entrance head

Return head

Number of passes

1

2

4

8

Fig. 9- Square and triangular tube pitch patterns

Square and triangular tube pitch patterns. The inflow angle is shown in each case.

Fig. 10 – Estimation of outer tube limit (OTL)

Estimation of outer tube limit (OTL)

Fig. 11 - Segmental baffle in heat exchanger completely filled with tubes

Fig. 12 - Segmental baffle in heat exchanger partly filled with tubes

Fig. 13 – Segmental baffle with sheet-metal deflector

Fig. 14 - Disc and doughnut baffles in heat exchanger completely filled with tubes

Fig. 15 - Disc and doughnut baffles in heat exchangers with no tubes in window

Fig. 16 – Tube pitch plan

Tube pitch plan with dummy tubes, sealing strips, spacers, and segmental baffles

Fig. 17 - Means of securing tubes in the tube sheet

Means of securing tubes in the tube sheet (17a to 17d acc. to EN 1708-1)

Fig. 18 – Thin tube sheet

Fig. 19 – Thick tube sheet

Fig. 20 - Flow velocities v1 and v2 at shell-side inlet and between the tubes

Fig. 21 – Designs of impingement protection

Designs of impingement protection: a) plate b) louver.

Fig. 22 - Arrangement of impingement plates

Fig. 23 – Supporting grid

Fig. 24 - Baffle to reduce dead space

Fig. 25 - Seals for pass partition plates in dished head

Fig. 26 - Seal on longitudinal partition plate

Fig. 27 - Tie rods for segmental or support baffles

Fig. 28 - Thermosyphon Reboiler

Fig. 29 – Robert evaporator


Fig. 30 – Falling-film evaporator

  

Fig. 31 - Perforated-plate distributor

Fig. 32 - Tulip-shaped evaporator tube inlet

Fig. 33 - Pattern of tubes in a vacuum condenser

Fig. 34 - Assembled plate heat exchanger

Fig. 35 - Flow pattern in plate heat exchanger

Fig. 36 - Individual plates for (a) heater and (b) evaporator

Fig. 37 - Profile of welded plates

Fig. 38 – Spiral heat exchanger

Fig. 39 - Spiral-plate heat exchanger used as condenser

Fig. 40 - Helical-tube heat exchanger

Fig. 41 - Double-tube heat exchanger

Fig. 42 - Safety heat exchanger

Fig. 43 - Graphite shell-and-tube heat exchanger

Fig. 44 - Graphite block heat exchanger

Fig. 45 - Thin-film heat exchanger

Fig. 46 - Rotors in thin-film heat exchanger


Fig. 47 - Air-cooled heat exchangers

 

Vertical

Horizontal

Rows

V-roof

Suction

 

A-roof

Pressure

Fig. 48 - Circular and oval finned tubes

Fig. 49 - Various types of fins

Fig. 50 - Designs for dished ends on air-cooled heat exchangers

Fig. 51 - Air-cooled heat exchanger with silencer