Abstract
M.Ing.
There are different types of heat transfer enhancement techniques that can be used, but some
of these techniques are expensive and cannot be afforded by small manufacturing firms. An
easy and affordable technique considered in this paper has an angled spiralling tape inserted
into the annulus of a tube-in-tube heat exchanger. The purpose of this paper was to determine
the single phase heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics in the annulus. Experimental
measurements were taken on four set-ups; a normal tube-in-tube heat exchanger used as a
reference and three heat exchangers with different angled spiralling tape inserts. From the
results correlations were developed that can be used to predict the heat transfer and pressure
drop characteristics. It was concluded that the angled spiralling tape inserts resulted in an
increase in the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics as can be expected.