Transfer of heat from one fluid to another is an important operation for most of the industries. The most common application of heat transfer is in designing of heat transfer equipment for exchanging heat from one fluid to another fluid. Such devices for efficient transfer of heat are generally called Heat Exchanger.
Amongst of all type of exchangers, shell and tube exchangers are most commonly used heat exchange equipment. The common types of shell and tube exchangers are:
a)Fixed tube-sheet exchanger (non-removable tube bundle):
b)Removable tube bundle
c)Floating-head exchanger
d)U-tube exchanger