#1202 – Heat Transfer and Thermal Design in the Process Industry
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to provide training in the thermal processes and equipment used in the process industries. The course discusses heat transfer principles and how an engineer can use them, in conjunction with the characteristics of the materials and the process, to design, specify, and select equipment that will be cost effective and reliable. The examination of existing units to determine whether they will be able to operate at debottleneck conditions is also discussed. The detailed thermal design of shell and tube heat exchangers and heat recovery equipment is also discussed as an additional, optional, course module.
Who Should Attend?
- Individuals who are inexperienced with heat transfer issues and equipment used in process industries.
- Individuals who will be designing or debottlenecking heat transfer equipment in process industries.
- Individuals who are managing and performing heat transfer analyses, thermal equipment design, debottlenecking, specification, or purchase.
Course Description
- Fundamentals and Correlations
- Conduction
- Natural Convection
- Forced Convection
- Boiling
- Condensation
- Radiation
- Basic Principles
- Correlation Accuracy
- Physical Property Data
- Surface Area Ratio
- Finned Tube Effects
- Metal Temperatures (Clean/Fouled, Dew Point, Bubble Point, Corrosion)
- Performance of Heat Exchange Equipment
- Effective LMTD
- “F” Correction Factor
- Clean Versus Fouled
- Under-surface/Over-surface
- Wide/Tight Temperature Approaches
- Temperature Pinch
- Co-Current versus Counter-Current
- Fouling Factors
- Selection of Heat Exchange Equipment
- Mechanical Design
- Fluid Characteristics
- Materials/Cost
- Heat Duty
- Temperature Level
- Pressure Level
- Pressure Drop
- Cyclic Services
- Safety/Reliability
- Types of Heat Transfer Equipment
- Shell and Tube Exchangers
- Air Cooled Exchangers
- Plate Exchangers
- Spiral Exchangers
- Double-Pipe Exchangers
- Vertical Tube Bayonet Exchangers
- Fired Heaters
- Boilers
- Direct Contact Units
- Agitated Vessels
- Scraped Surface Units
- Evaporators
- Applications
- Heat Loss/Gain Vessels/Tanks/Pipes
- Heat Transfer in Process Vessels
- Heat Transfer Fluids
- Cooling Water Systems
- Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design
- TEMA Types
- Mechanical Design/Code Requirements
- Baffle Types
- Fluid Allocation
- Tubesheet Connections
- Nozzle Sizing
- Cleaning Requirements
- Tube Pitch/Type
- Materials
- Effective Temperature Difference
- Pressure Drop
- Vibration
- Correlation Accuracy/Over-design
- Clean/Fouled Performance
- Data Requirements and Checking
- Service Conditions
- TEMA Specification Sheet
- Design Pressure and Temperature
- Pressure Protection
- Transient Conditions/Thermal Expansion/Startup/Shutdown
- Piping Layout
- Computer Design Tools
- Design Methodology
- Shell-side Heat Transfer Controlled
- Tube-side Heat Transfer Controlled
- Shell-side Pressure Drop Controlled
- Tube-side Pressure Drop Controlled
- Vibration Controlled
- Temperature Pinch Controlled
- Condensers
- Effective Temperature Difference
- Vacuum Service Issues
- Pressure Drop
- Low Pressure Drop Designs
- Cross-flow
- Single Pass Vertical/Horizontal
- Multi-pass
- Knock-Back
- Nozzle Design
- Inerts/Venting
- Vaporizers
- Natural Versus Forced Circulation
- Vertical and Horizontal
- Vacuum/Static Head Effects
- Line Sizing/Return Nozzle Sizing
- Stability/Flow Regime
- Fouling/Tube Velocity
- Heat Flux
- Tube Pitch
- Metal Temperature
- Layout
- Tube Length/Static Head/Column Cost
- Enhanced Surface Tubes
- Kettle Reboilers
- Entrainment/Disengagement Space
- Heat Recovery Coils
- Materials
- Mechanical Design
- Metal Temperature
- Over-Surface Effects
- Pressure Drop
- Tube Pitch
- Finned Tubes
- Radiation Effects
- Control
- Design
- Specifications of Vendor-Designed Equipment
- Heat Duty
- Temperature Profile
- Design Temperature and Pressure
- Description of Duty
- Pressure Drop
- Fouling
- Nozzle Locations
- Materials
- Gasket Materials
- Fluids
- Corrosion Allowance
- Layout Requirements
- Checking Performance/Debottlenecking (Fouling, Vibration, Leakage, Corrosion, Pressure Drop)
Course Duration – Base Course, 2 days (3 days with detailed discussion)
