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Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Volume 42, Number 3 (pp. 205–209) 2010 An experimental study of spiral-plate heat exchanger for nitrobenzene-water two-phase system 1,* 2 3 S. Sathiyan , M. Rangarajan , S. Ramachandran 1, 2 Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 105, India. 3Department of Chemical Engineering, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 638 057, India. Received February 5, 2010, Revised April 23, 2010 This paper presents the results of two-phase (immiscible liquids) heat transfer studies, conducted using a spiral plate heat exchanger. Experimental studies were conducted using hot water as the service fluid. The two-phase system of nitrobenzene-water in different mass fractions and flow rates was studied as a cold process fluid. The two phase heat transfer coefficients were correlated with Reynolds numbers, Prandtl number, and by the following equation Nu = a. b c d (Re) . (Pr) . (X) , adopting an approach available in the literature for the two-phase flows. The data obtained f rom the experimental study are compared with the theoretical predictions. The predicted coefficients showed a spread of ± 15 % in the laminar range. This new correlation for predicting Nusselt number may be used for practical applications. Keywords: Spiral plate heat exchanger, two- phase flow, single-phase heat transfer coefficients, two-phase heat transfer coefficients, Nusselt number, Reynolds number