Coiled Wound Heat Exchangers (CWHEs)

The design of CWHEs involves winding of many

small diameter tubes in a helical geometry around
a central core tube, i.e., mandrel. The tubes are
arranged in multiple layers and enclosed in a
cylindrical shell. The arrangement is flexible and
in more complex configurations allows for multiple
streams to be accommodated in a single heat
exchanger. CWHEs find extensive use in industry
including cryogenic one, for the production of
LNG, liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid
argon.