Many researches on the dynamics of heat exchangers have been confined to outlet temperature response to inlet temperature disturbance of double pipe exchangers.
This paper is concerned with dynamic responses of shell and tube heat exchanger to inlet temperature and flow rate disturbances.
Experimental data were obtained for various flow rates. Those data were compared with theoretical results for frequency and time domain, and favorable agreements were obtained.
Shell and tube side flow patterns were investigated separately, and fluid mixing in the direction of bulk flow passing through shell side, and unbalanced flow rate in pipes of 12 tubes were recognized from the experiments.