Industrial Equipment & Machinery Inside the Shell: Demystifying the Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
A shell and tube heat exchanger is one of the most common types of heat exchangers that has a shell (a huge pressure vessel) and a bundle of tubes within. The tubes are typically constructed of metal and placed in a parallel pattern within the shell. Two fluids can exchange heat: one flows over the exterior of the tubes and the other flows through them. Fluids can be single or two-phase, and they can flow in parallel or cross/counterflow. The …


