Experimental Research of Shell and Tube Condenser With the Middle Liquid Separation Structure

For the state of condensation in tube, liquid condensate separation in middle process can prolong the state of steam entrance region of higher heat transfer coefficient. It is called short-tube effect theory. Combined with the traditional condenser, a shell and tube condenser was designed for experiment research in this paper, and compared with the traditional condenser by opening liquid distribution pipes arranged in both sides of condenser. The results showed that liquid distribution pipes with different diameter have different condensation effect. Under the same steam flow rate of inlet, liquid distribution pipes with different combination of diameter and number indicated that its coefficient of heat transfer are higher than the traditional heat transfer by 14.2%, 15.5% and 25.1%. This result illustrated that heat exchange efficiency of a shell and tube condenser with liquid distribution pipes is better than a traditional condenser.