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Brief presentation,
what to look out for in
order to identify
hiTRAN enhancement
opportunities
hiTRAN
standalone
hiTRAN
HTRI plug in
hiTRAN
EDR plug in
600
[W/m2K]
500
400
Shell side controlled
300
200
100
0
10 100 1000 10000
Shell side heat transfer coefficient [W/m2K]
Turbulent range:
enhancement still
substantial.
Usefull in case multipassing
is not possible
Overall
temperature
cross
L L
In this example:
taking out pass partitions from a 4 to 1 pass exchanger
Check allowable
pressure drop
hiTRAN performance,
Much higher heat transfer
with pressure drop
hiTRAN performance:
much higher heat transfer
with pressure drop
12x
6x
10 200W/m2K
260W/m2K
hiTRAN 88W/m2K
49W/m2K
When using hiTRAN:
plain 38W/m2K
No difference between horizontal
empty And vertical orientation
1
100 1000
Reynolds Number