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Heat Exchanger Applications
J.
Edward Hardin, P.E.
Overview
Heat
exchangers are used for a variety of different processes - heating, cooling,
condensing, evaporating, recirculating, and heat recovery. When you
mention a heat exchanger, many people think only of a shell and tube type
exchanger. However, there are several heat exchanger technologies, in
addition to the old reliable shell and tube exchanger. This course will
cover the wide variety of heat exchangers that are commercially available and
the types of processes where each is typically used.
The course author, who has
over 40 years of experience designing heat exchangers for process
applications, provides a wealth of information and "been there, done that"
experience.
The student must take a
multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions at the end of
this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Shell and tube heat
exchanger characteristics
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Applications for
shell and tube exchangers, including simple heat recovery and multi-stage heat
recovery
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Shell and tube
physical design characteristics, including shell modifications, tube
fabrication methods and material selection, and configurations for connecting
piping
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Tube side and shell
side pressure drop
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Two phase flow in
heat exchangers
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Selecting the number
of tubes in an exchanger
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Carbon-graphite
exchangers
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Spiral tube and
spiral plate exchangers
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Advantages and
disadvantages of plate type heat exchangers
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Typical applications
for plate heat exchangers
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Issues with
gasketing on plate heat exchangers
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Plate exchanger
material selection
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Impact of high
solids content on plate exchangers
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Surface turbulence
"h" effect in plate exchangers
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Scraped surface
exchangers, non-contact exchangers and "drowning"
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Batch vs. continuous
service for heat exchangers
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Special metal
linings for corrosive service
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Embossed plate
exchangers
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Pinch technology
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Solids heat
exchangers
Course
Click on the links
below to hear the audio for the course Heat Exchanger Applications prior to taking the quiz for PDH
credit.
Audio
Heat Exchangers - Tape 1 - Side 1 (50 MB)
Heat Exchangers - Tape 1 - Side 2 (50 MB)
Heat Exchangers - Tape 2 - Side 1 (50 MB)
Heat Exchangers - Tape 2 - Side 2 (31 MB)
Below is a link to some reference material that
the author has provided to supplement the course.
Heat Exchanger Course Handout (1.9 MB)
Text-based
In lieu of listening
to the audio version, you can download a PDF of the transcript for this course
below.
Also, audio users may
want to refer to the course transcript when answering the quiz questions.
Heat Exchanger Applications - Transcript of Audio Course (135 KB)
To obtain PDH credits for this course, you will need to take a quiz for
credit. Click on the link below.
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