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Heat transfer refers to transfer of thermal energy, and is one of the most important aspects in the chemical process industry. This book comprehensively covers the theoretical principles and practical applications of these principles to equipment design for the process industry (chemical, petrochemical, and refining).

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Review heat transfer principles with a direct focus on process equipment design
Design, rate, and specify shell and tube, plate, and hairpin heat exchangers
Design, rate, and specify air coolers with plain or finned tubes
Design, rate, and specify different types of condensers with tube or shellside condensation for pure fluids or multicomponent mixtures
Understand the principles and correlations of boiling heat transfer, with their limits on and applications to different types of reboiler design
Apply correlations for fired heater ratings, for radiant and convective zones, and calculate fuel efficiency
Obtain a set of useful Excel worksheets for process heat transfer calculations

This book comprehensively covers the theoretical principles and practical applications of heat transfer in equipment design for the chemical, petrochemical, and refining process industry.

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Introduction	p. 1
Heat Transfer Fundamentals	p. 3
Concept of Unit Operations	p. 3
Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 3
Temperature and Internal Energy	p. 5
Continuous and Steady-State Systems	p. 5
Formulation of the First Law for Continuous Systems	p. 6
Thermodynamic Variables	p. 8
Heat Transfer Mechanisms	p. 9
Glossary	p. 13
Heat Conduction in Solids	p. 15
General Equation of Conduction in Solids	p. 15
Heat Conduction Through a Wall	p. 16
Steady-State Conduction Heat Transfer in Multidimensional Systems	p. 26
Thermal Insulation	p. 28
Glossary	p. 34
References	p. 34
Convection	p. 35
Forced Convection Over a Flat Plate	p. 35
Forced Convection Inside Tubes	p. 44
Forced Convection Around Submerged Objects	p. 60
Natural Convection	p. 66
Glossary	p. 76
References	p. 77
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer Between Fluids	p. 79
The Enthalpy Balance	p. 79
Heat Transfer Area and Heat Transfer Coefficient	p. 81
Expression of the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient as a Function of the Film Coefficients	p. 82
Mean Temperature Difference Between Two Fluids	p. 86
Calculation of the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient and Pressure Drop for Double-Tube Heat Exchangers	p. 94
Heat Exchanger Process Specifications	p. 98
Design Procedure for a Double-Tube Heat Exchanger	p. 102
Glossary	p. 111
References	p. 113
Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers	p. 115
Design and Construction Standards	p. 115
Principal Components of a Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger	p. 116
Baffles	p. 117
Tubes and Tube Distribution	p. 122
Tubes to Tubesheets Joint	p. 124
Multipass Heat Exchangers	p. 127
Heat Exchangers with Multiple Shell Passes	p. 129
Front Heads (Inlet Heads)	p. 132
Fixed-Tubesheet and Removable-Bundle Heat Exchangers	p. 133
Tube Vibration	p. 141
Specification Sheet	p. 145
Design and Construction of Heat Exchangers	p. 145
References	p. 146
Thermal Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers	p. 147
Basic Principles	p. 147
LMTD Correction Factors for Other Flow Configurations	p. 151
Basic Design Parameters of a Heat Exchanger	p. 157
Convection Film Coefficient and Pressure Drop in the Tube Side	p. 160
Heat Transfer Coefficient and Pressure Drop at the Shell Side	p. 164
Design and Rating of Heat Exchangers	p. 193
Heat Exchanger Effectiveness	p. 205
Glossary	p. 213
Glossary of the Heat Exchanger Geometry	p. 214
References	p. 215
Finned Tubes	p. 217
Double-Tube Heat Exchangers with Longitudinal Fins	p. 217
Air Coolers	p. 231
Glossary	p. 251
References	p. 253
Plate Heat Exchangers	p. 255
Operating Principles and General Description	p. 255
Series-Parallel Combination	p. 258
Components of a Gasketed Plate Heat Exchanger	p. 260
Use and Limitations of Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers	p. 264
Welded and Semiwelded Plate Heat Exchangers	p. 265
Plate Heat Exchangers versus Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers	p. 265
Typical Heat Transfer Coefficients	p. 266
Heat Transfer and Pressure-Drop Correlations for Plate Heat Exchangers	p. 267
LMTD Correction Factor	p. 269
Fouling Resistances	p. 269
Number of Transfer Units and Specific Pressure Drop	p. 272
Glossary	p. 273
References	p. 274
Condensation of Vapors	p. 275
Mechanisms of Condensation	p. 275
Condensation of Single-Component Vapors	p. 277
Single-Component Vapors Condensers	p. 292
Desuperheater Condensers	p. 303
Condensation of Vapor Mixtures	p. 309
The Use of Steam as Process Heating Medium	p. 318
Glossary	p. 327
References	p. 329
Boiling	p. 331
Mechanisms of Heat Transfer to Boiling Liquids	p. 331
Pool Boiling	p. 345
Flow Boiling in Tubes	p. 352
Reboilers	p. 367
Glossary	p. 392
References	p. 394
Thermal Radiation	p. 395
Heat Transfer by Radiation Through Transparent Media	p. 395
Radiant Heat Transmission in Absorbing Media	p. 426
Glossary	p. 438
References	p. 438
Process Fired Heaters	p. 439
Simplified Schematic	p. 439
Combustion	p. 439
Applications of Fired Heaters	p. 446
Heater Types	p. 448
Heater Components	p. 452
Elements for the Design and Verification of the Capacity of a Fired Heater	p. 458
Glossary	p. 482
References	p. 483
Distillation	p. 485
Control Scheme	p. 487
Total and Partial Condenser	p. 488
Simulation of Distillation Columns	p. 488
Phase Equilibrium in a Multicomponent System	p. 489
Mass and Energy Balances	p. 490
Condensation and Boiling Curves	p. 492
LMTD Correction Factors for E-Shell Heat Exchangers	p. 495
LMTD Correction Factors for Air Coolers	p. 501
Tube Count Tables	p. 505
Tube Layout	p. 509
Fouling Factors	p. 523
Typical Heat Transfer Coefficients	p. 527
Dimensions of Tubes According to BWG Standard	p. 529
Physical Properties of Pure Substances	p. 531
Heat Exchanger Data Sheet	p. 547
Unit Conversions	p. 551
Index	p. 555
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Dr. Eduardo Cao is a professor of Heat Transfer Unit Operation at the Chemical Engineering Departments of Buenos Aires University and ITBA (Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires)..

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