To provide the delegate with a detailed knowledge of the principles and engineering practice of the subject of heat exchangers in the following areas:

• Types of heat exchangers
• Principles of heat transfer applied to different types
• Design of heat exchangers
• Industrial problem areas and solutions
• Improvement in heat exchanger efficiency
• The topics are presented in such a way that the mathematical treatment of the subject is simplify
• and the more important issues of design, operation and good practice are highlighted

Day 1 

Introduction             

• eat transfer fundamental
• Laminar flow
• Turbulent flow
• Heat transfer properties of fluids
• Understanding the basic concept and design methodology
• Heat exchanger design procedure
• Estimate overall heat transfer coefficient
• Analysis required in design of heat exchanger

Day 2

Understanding the basic concept and design methodology                                     

• Understanding the basic concept and design methodology
• Heat exchanger design procedure
• Estimate overall heat transfer coefficient
• Analysis required in design of heat exchanger                                 
• Heat exchanger design calculation
• Work examples

Day 3 

Heat pipes

• Materials and general Description
• Operating Principles
• Operating Limits
• Design Consideration
• Fouling and corrosion
• Excel spread sheet to perform parametric analysis and optimization of heat exchanger
• Work examples

Day 4 

Classification of heat exchangers                       

• Tube Heat Exchangers
• Double-pipe heat exchangers
• Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
• Spiral heat exchanger
• Mechanisms of Shell-Side Flow
• Controlling Parameters
• Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Evaluations

Day 5 

Maintenance, Operation and Troubleshooting                                                 

• Locating leak and repair
• Tube inspection technique
• Troubleshooting
• Performance monitoring and cleaning strategies and methods
• Flow-induced vibration, mechanisms, vibration prediction, damage numbers,
• Design procedure to avoid vibration including baffle selection, rod baffle exchangers, twisted tube exchangers
• Cost-effective maintenance and repair of heat exchangers

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