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Heat exchanger is an instrument used to transfer heat from medium of one fluid to another fluid. In this paper, an experimental setup for testing a chevron type brazed plate heat exchanger is utilized to investigate the thermal characteristics of the fluid. A numerical simulation as carried out a local element-by-element analysis utilizing e-NTU method as employed for simulating the heat exchanger. In this approach, Nusselt number is expressed in terms of friction factor which in turn, is given as a function of chevron angle of the heat exchanger. The experiment is performed by using various no of plates, several fluid flow rate and inlet &outlet temperature values. The experimental results are validated to numerical result of a brazed plate type heat exchanger. In a chevron type plate heat exchanger looks like compactness, so increased the overall heat transfer coefficient of fluid as compared to normal plate type heat exchanger. The main advantages of a chevron brazed type plate heat exchanger as occupy less space and cost wise reduced and then increase the heat transfer coefficient of a fluid, though with increased pressure drop.
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