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Shell-and-tube heat exchangers with condensation shell-side, such as feed-water heaters and condensers, are typically used in power plants. The main problem in the design of these heat exchangers, both for performance and for safety purposes, is to minimize pressure drops of steam passing throughout the tube bundle, without forming high-concentration gas pockets. Numerical modelling methods which can be adopted to achieve this goal are presented. With reference to the different types of heat exchangers, specific computational procedures have been developed to model shell-side flow and heat transfer.
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Cumo, M. (1988). Numerical Methods for the Analysis of Flow and Heat Transfer in a Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Shell-Side Condensation. In: Kakaç, S., Bergles, A.E., Fernandes, E.O. (eds) Two-Phase Flow Heat Exchangers. NATO ASI Series, vol 143. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2790-2_27
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