CLASSIFICATION OF HEAT EXCHANGERS

According to construction: -

  

(1)- Tubular heat exchanger

                        (2)- Plate heat exchanger

                        (3)- Extended surface heat exchanger

                        (4)- Regenerator

According to transfer process: -

(1)- Indirect contact type heat exchanger

                        (2)- Direct contact type heat exchanger

According to flow arrangements: -

  

(1)- Parallel flow heat exchanger

                        (2)- Counter flow heat exchanger

                        (3)- Cross flow heat exchanger

According to pass arrangements:-

  

(1)- Single pass heat exchanger

(2)- Multiple passes heat exchanger

According to phase of fluids: -

    

(1)- Gas-Liquid heat exchanger

                        (2)- Liquid-Liquid heat exchanger

(3)-Gas-Gas heat exchanger

According to heat transfer mechanism: -

  

(1)- Condensers

                        (2)- Evaporators