Heat Exchanger Design  

Credits: 3
Requisites: Heat Transfer 1
Course Length: 51 hours
Instructor: Dr M.R.Shahnazari

A heat exchanger transfers heat from one fluid to another. Without heat exchangers, many of the
products that we use today would not be possible. Without a radiator (which is a heat exchanger),
vehicles would quickly overheat. Without an evaporator (another heat exchanger), you would not have
the comfort of air conditioning in your home. Because of the importance of heat exchangers in the
design of so many processes and systems, it is important that the engineer possess at least a basic
knowledge of the types of heat exchangers and how they operate. This course covers the fundamentals
of eat exchangers, including the different types and how they operate.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

 Types of heat exchanger construction, including tube and shell and plate
type.

 Heat exchanger flow-through design types, including parallel flow, counter

flow and cross flow, as well as their relative efficiencies.

 Calculation of log mean temperature difference and heat transfer rate.

 System efficiency optimization methods, including multi-pass and

regenerative heat exchangers.

 Common heat exchanger applications, including steam preheaters and

condensors.

Outlines:
1. Introduction to heat exchangers
2. Various Types of Heat Exchangers
3. Heat Transfer Mechanisms
4. Basic Theory
5. Selection of Heat Exchangers
6. Design of Double-pipe Heat Exchangers
7. Thermal and mechanical Design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
8. Design of Finned Heat Exchangers
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References:
1. Taborek, J., Hewitt, G. F., Afgan, N., “Heat Exchangers: Theory and Prcatice, Hemisphere
Pub, Co. 1983.
2. Perry, R.H., Green, D., “Perry’s Chemical Engineers, Handbook”, McGraw – Hill
International Book Company, 1984.
3. “Standards of the Tubular Exchangers Manufacturers Association”, Tubular Exchangers
Manufacturers Association (TEMA), Inc. 7th Ed., 1988.
4. Rohsenow, W. M., Hartnett, J. P., “Handbook of Heat Transfer”. McGraw Hill International
Book Company, 1973.
5. Saunders, E. A. D., “Heat Exchangers, Selection, Design and Construction”, Longman
Scientific and Technical, 1988.
6. “Heat Exchanger Design Handbook”, Hemisphere Pub. Co., 1985.
7. Afgan, N. Carvalho, M. G., Bar Cohen. A., Butterworth, D., Roetzel. W., “New
Developments in Heat Exchangers”, Gordon and Breach Pub., 1996.
8. Qern, D., Q.,” Process Heat Transfer”, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002