Abstract
An experimental research has been made on performance of a shell and swirl tube type condenser. The double swirl tube has the following dimensions diameter of tube, 25.4mm; tube length of the heat transfer, 2952mm; swirl pitch, 36.0mm. The number of tubes used in the condenser is 30, and the actual total surface area is 7.42m2. From 22 is used as working fluid. Empirical correlation are proposed in order to predicting the average condensation heat transfer coefficient and the water side heat transfer coefficient. The water side friction factor is about 0.09 at a Reynolds number of 3x104.
