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Spiral Heat Exchanger: By: Anizah Ali

The document discusses spiral heat exchangers, which transfer heat between two fluids flowing in concentric spiral channels around a central core. The spiral configuration allows for highly compact design and efficient use of space compared to other heat exchanger types. While able to transfer heat efficiently, spiral heat exchangers have limitations in terms of maximum temperature and pressure handling compared to alternatives like shell and tube exchangers. Common applications of spiral heat exchangers include pasteurization, digester heating, and heat recovery due to their compact size.

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316 views8 pages

Spiral Heat Exchanger: By: Anizah Ali

The document discusses spiral heat exchangers, which transfer heat between two fluids flowing in concentric spiral channels around a central core. The spiral configuration allows for highly compact design and efficient use of space compared to other heat exchanger types. While able to transfer heat efficiently, spiral heat exchangers have limitations in terms of maximum temperature and pressure handling compared to alternatives like shell and tube exchangers. Common applications of spiral heat exchangers include pasteurization, digester heating, and heat recovery due to their compact size.

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Spiral Heat Exchanger

By: Anizah Ali


A heat exchanger is a device used
to transfer heat between a solid

Heat Exchangers object and a fluid, or between two


or more fluids
Spiral Heat Exchanger

● A Spiral Heat Exchangers (SHE), which may refer to a helical


(coiled) tube configuration, more generally, the term refers to a pair
of flat surfaces that are coiled to form the two channels in a
counter-flow arrangement.
● Each of the two channels has one long curved path.
● These two channels are in a counter-flow arrangement.
Spiral Heat Exchanger Design

● The spiral plate heat exchanger is made by rolling two long metal plates
around a center core to form two concentric spiral flow passages, one for
each fluid.
● The plate edges are welded shut so that each fluid stays within its own
passage and there is no flow bypassing or intermixing.
● Channel plate width and spacing (gap between plates) are optimized for the
specified duty, maximum heat transfer, and ease of access. The plate gap is
maintained by welded spacer studs although some designs do not require
them.
Spiral Heat Exchanger
Advantages Disadvantages
● The main advantage of the SHE is its ● While spiral heat exchangers transfer
highly efficient use of space. heat efficiently, they cannot endure the
● A compact SHE may lower all-around high temperatures that shell and tube
capital costs. and other types of heat exchangers
● An oversized SHE may be used to have were made to handle.
less pressure drop, less pumping ● The amount of pressure that spiral heat
energy, higher thermal efficiency, and exchangers can handle is limited, as
lower energy costs. well.
Applications

The Spiral heat exchanger is good for applications such as:

● Pasteurization
● Digester heating
● Heat recovery
● Pre-heating (see: recuperator), and
● Effluent cooling
● For sludge treatment, SHEs are generally smaller than other types of heat
exchangers

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