Heat transfer, pressure drop and effectiveness in a double pipe heat exchanger made of corrugated outer
and inner tubes have been experimentally investigated in this paper. Both of the inner and outer tubes
were corrugated by means of a special machine. New various arrangements of convex and concave
corrugated tube were investigated. Heat transfer coefficient was determined using Wilson plots. Hot
water (inner tube) and cold water (outer tube) inlet temperatures were maintained at around 40 C and
8 C respectively. Experiments were performed over the Reynolds number range of 3500e18,000, based
on the hydraulic diameter of the annular space between the two tubes. Hot water Reynolds number was
kept constant at around 5500. Findings indicated that the outer tube corrugations and arrangement type
of corrugated tubes have significant effect on thermal and frictional characteristics. Maximum effectiveness
was obtained for heat exchanger made of concave corrugated outer tube and convex corrugated
inner tube