EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER USING TWISTED ALUMINIUM TAPE

Heat exchanger has a wide industrial and engineering applications. Increasing the efficiency of heat exchanger will increase the overall performance of the unit. This paper is about increasing the heat transfer coefficient of heat exchanger by causing a turbulence in the liquid flow through the pipe. For causing the turbulence, liquid flow is subjected to a Twisted Aluminium Tape (TAT) which will increase the Reynolds number of flow. This will ensure heat transfer through the length of flow and thus there will be an increased heat transfer rate. The increased turbulence and higher shear caused by Twisted Aluminium Tape (TAT) will offer resistance to fouling also.