This paper presents the instruments developed for shell and tube heat exchangers and their measurements made in operating large scale HX units. These instruments provide in-situ, long-term direct measurement of temperatures and fluid flow rates that are important for evaluation of the desirable and undesirable effects of a HX design. Unique results of this instrumentation are the 3-dimensional measurements of temperature at the inlet, outlet, and along the length of heat exchanger tubes, total tube side flow, and individual tube flow measurements. The temperature measurements are interpolated in a 3-D computational space for design assessment and engineering evaluation. These results have been used to design upgrades for underperforming steam surface condensers. Data from these instruments, the evaluation process, and design effort could lead to development of a new class of better performing heat exchanger designs.
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Instrumentation for the Advancement of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design or for Implementing an Upgrade via a Retrofit Process
Harpster, TJ, & Harpster, JWC. "Instrumentation for the Advancement of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design or for Implementing an Upgrade via a Retrofit Process." Proceedings of the ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint With ICOPE-17 collocated with the ASME 2017 11th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, the ASME 2017 15th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2017 Nuclear Forum. Volume 1: Boilers and Heat Recovery Steam Generator; Combustion Turbines; Energy Water Sustainability; Fuels, Combustion and Material Handling; Heat Exchangers, Condensers, Cooling Systems, and Balance-of-Plant. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. June 26–30, 2017. V001T05A015. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER-ICOPE2017-3552
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