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Heat Exchangers Key Terms Baffles—evenly spaced partitions in a shell and tube heat exchanger that support the tubes, prevent vibration, control fluid velocity and direction, increase turbulent flow, and reduce hot spots. Channel head—a device mounted on the inlet side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger that is used to channel tube-side flow in a multipass heat exchanger. Condenser—a shell-and-tube heat exchanger used to cool and condense hot vapors. Conduction—the means of heat transfer through a solid, nonporous material resulting from molecular vibration. Conduction can also occur between closely packed molecules. Convection—the means of heat transfer in fluids resulting from currents. Counterflow—refers to the movement of two flow streams in opposite directions; also called countercurrent flow. Crossflow—refers to the movement of two flow streams perpendicular to each other. Differential pressure—the difference between inlet and outlet pressures; represented as ΔP, or delta p. Differential temperature—the difference between inlet and outlet temperature; represented as ΔT, or delta t. Fixed head—a term applied to a shell-and-tube heat exchanger that has the tube sheet firmly attached to the shell. Floating head—a term applied to a tube sheet on a heat exchanger that is not firmly attached to the shell on the return head and is designed to expand (float) inside the shell as temperature rises. Fouling—buildup on the internal surfaces of devices such as cooling towers and heat exchangers, resulting in reduced heat transfer and plugging. Kettle reboiler—a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with a vapor disengaging cavity, used to supply heat for separation of lighter and heavier components in a distillation system and to maintain heat balance. Laminar flow—streamline flow that is more or less unbroken; layers of liquid flowing in a parallel path. Multipass heat exchanger—a type of shell-and-tube heat exchanger that channels the tubeside flow across the tube bundle (heatin