Thermohydraulic Analysis of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Segmental Baffles

Table 2

Data reduction.

S. no.	Parameters	Data reduction
1.	Heat transfer coefficient	ℎ=𝑚⋅𝐶⋅Δ𝑡𝜋⋅𝐷⋅𝐿⋅Δ𝑡𝑚
2.	Logarithmic mean temperature difference	Δ𝑇𝑚=𝑇ℎ(in)−𝑇𝑐(in)−𝑇ℎ(out)−𝑇𝑐(out)ln𝑇ℎ(in)−𝑇𝑐(in)/𝑇ℎ(out)−𝑇𝑐(out)
3.	Nondimensional temperature factor for cold water	𝑡𝜔=^𝑐(out)−𝑡𝑐(in)𝑡𝑐(out)
4.	Nondimensional temperature factor for hot water	𝑡𝜉=^ℎ(in)−𝑡ℎ(out)𝑡ℎ(in)
5.	Nusselt number	Nu=ℎ𝐿𝐾
6.	Reynolds number	Re=𝜌𝑉𝐷μ