NTU RELATIONSHIP

CHART FORMULA
C= Heat Capacity Ratio= (cmin/cmax)
N=NTU= (UA/Cmin)
PARALLEL
FLOW

COUNTER
FLOW
Unmixed
Crossflow

1-Mixed ]
Crossflow

; where exp represent e^

1 shell
pass;2,4,6
…... tube
passs
 2 shell
pass;
4,8,12,….. UNAVAILABLE
tube pass

CORRECTION FACTOR FOR LMTD METHOD

Refer to diagram for T1,t1,T2,t2
Parallel 1
Flow
Counter 1
Flow
UNMIXED
CROSSFLO
W

1MIX ,
1UNMIXED
CROSSFLO
W

1 shell pass;
2,4,6…..
tube pass
2 shell pass;
4,8,12….
Tube pass