course | Heat Transfer Applications of Industrial Process

Module 1: Heat transfer fundamentals:
 

• Heat transfer rate and Heat flux
• Changes of phase (evaporation and condensation)
• Heat Transfer Modes: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.
• Fourier's law of conduction
• Introduction to Convection, External Flow, and Internal Flow
• Laminar and Turbulent flow
• Heat Transfer Coefficient

Module 2: Radiation Heat Transfer
 

• Introduction and thermal radiation Properties
• Total Emissive power and Stefan–Boltzmann law
• Blackbody radiation.
• Thermal Radiation Emitted from Real Surfaces
• Thermal Radiation properties of gases
• Radiation shape factor
   

Module 3: Heat Losses from Surfaces.
 

• Composite wall heat conduction.
• Combined conduction and convection.
• Combined convection and Radiation.
• Freeze lining, Refractory, Graphite, Steel, Shell cooling
• Conductivity of insulating materials
• Case study 1: Application of heat losses from a smelting furnace to estimate the thickness of a freeze lining on the hot face.
• Case study 2: Heat losses from an insulated and uninsulated steam piping

Module 4: Burners
 

• Combustion basics and flame temperature
• Gross fuel heat input, Net fuel heat input, Available heat, Flue gas heat losses, Wall heat loss
• Types of Burners.
• Comparison between Natural & Forced Draft burners.
• Heat losses and excess air optimization
• Combustion efficiency of the burner as a function of exhaust temperature
   

Module 5: Heat exchangers
 

• Flow arrangements in heat exchangers
• Heat duty of a heat exchanger
• Effectiveness of heat exchangers versus Number of transfer units
• Different types of fouling.
• Fouling resistance for different fluids
• Effect of fouling on heat duty.
• Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients.
• Performance of heat exchangers.
• Deterioration of equipment and its effect on Performance

Module 6: Regenerative Heat Exchangers
 

• Double tube heat exchanger
• Shell and tube heat exchanger
• Selection of Types of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
• Modified Advanced shell and tube “Helixchanger”
• Hairpin Heat Exchangers
• When To Use Fin-tube Hairpin Heat Exchangers.
• Plate-type heat exchangers.
• Comparison between shell and tube and plate type heat exchangers
• Spiral Heat exchangers
• Fin Fan Air coolers
   

Module 7: Direct contact heat exchangers
 

• Evaporative cooling mechanism in cooling Towers
• Types of cooling towers
• Components of cooling towers
   

Module 8: Process heater
 

• Classification of Process Heaters
• Parts of Process heaters
• Heat Transfer in Process Heaters and Efficiency.
• Heat recovery in Process Heaters.

Module 9: Process Heat Integration in Industry
 

• Basic concepts of pinch technology
• Temperature-heat load of the heat recovery scheme
• The Pinch Principle
• Rules of minimum energy targets
• Stream networks
• Design of Energy Recovery Systems
• Energy design chart
• Heat exchangers at the Pinch
• Incorrect design below the Pinch.
• Heat recovery circuit.
• Selection of Pinch Temperature Difference.
• Adjusted temperature intervals and stream data.
• Deficit and surplus heat loads.