DESIGN MODIFICATION IN HEAT EXCHANGER TWISTED TAPE FOR HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT- A REVIEW

Heat exchangers are very much essential industrial as well as domestic equipment used every day. Overall performance of any machine and many systems as a whole depends on the performance of a heat exchanger. To improve the performance of a heat exchanger it is needed to improve the heat transfer phenomena of a tube. Number of researches has been done to develop devices or means to enhance the performance of a heat exchanger. The most successful development of a component for the most efficient enhancement of heat exchanger performance is development of twisted tape inserts for heat exchanger tubes. It increases flow path of the fluid inside the tube so that more and more and more heat can be transferred from the tube. At the same time due to this twisted tape insert turbulence of the flow inside the tube can be increased. This increase in turbulence will in other way decrease the overall efficiency of the heat exchanger. So optimum design of tube insert is very essential for having maximum efficiency.