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of exchangers.
A shell and tube exchanger consists of a number of tubes mounted
inside a cylindrical shell. Two fluids can exchange heat, one fluid
flows over the outside of the tubes while the second fluid flows
through the tubes. The fluids can be single or two phase and can
flow in a parallel or a cross counter flow arrangement.
Mechanical Design:
The mechanical design of a shell and tube heat exchanger provides
information on items such as shell thickness, flange thickness, etc.
These are calculated using a pressure vessel design code such as
the Boiler and Pressure Vessel code from ASME (American Society
of Mechanical Engineers) and the British Master Pressure Vessel
Standard, BS 5500. ASME is the most commonly used code for
heat exchangers and is in 11 sections. Section VIII, Div.1 of the
code is the most applicable to heat exchangers along with Sections
II-Materials and Section V-Non Destructive Testing and Section IX
are also relevant.
Both ASME and BS5500 are widely used and accepted throughout
the world.