A critical review on Flow, Heat transfer Characteristics and Correlations of Helically Coiled Heat Exchanger
Keywords:
Helical Coil, Two Phase, Heat transfer enhancement, Pressure drop, Coil pitch, Laminar, Turbulent, Flow PatternsAbstract
Helically Coiled Heat Exchangers are widely used due to their compact design, high heat transfer coefficient
and easy manufacture. There are two types of heat transfer enhancement techniques: active and passive techniques. The
heat transfer enhancement due to use of Helical Coils falls in the category of passive heat transfer technique. This paper
provides a literature review on Manufacturing, Heat transfer and flow characteristics of single-phase and two-phase
flow in curved tubes. The second section of this paper focuses on the correlations developed for the calculation of heat
transfer coefficients.Various factors influencing the heat transfer in Shell and Helical Coil Heat Exchangers are
discussed. Variation in heat transfer coefficients and their reasons are discussed.