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This paper describes testing of advanced shell & tube design with Twisted Tube® technology. Its performance has been tested under single-phase, fully developed, transition flow conditions. Subject to design constraints and based on specific optimization requirements, several configurations were tested, each test examining heat transfer and pressure drop for the particular heat exchanger. It was shown that overall heat transfer and pressure drop increase with a smaller tube twist pitch to diameter ratio, and that these exchangers have specific advantages and characteristics, previously open only to plate exchanger users. Twisted tubes increase the level of mixing and promote turbulence in the low Reynolds number range, on both tube-side and shell-side of the tubes.