• To provide a clear understanding of the fundamentals of heat transfer and hydraulics and fluid flow and their application in the thermal design of heat exchangers.
• To become familiar with different types of heat exchangers
• To make delegates aware of cost-effective technologies and best practices for improving performance of heat exchangers
• To gain deeper understanding of fouling, corrosion and included vibrations problems in heat exchangers including inspection, protection and control
• To learn about inspection of heat exchangers
• To learn techniques of failure elimination and appropriate maintenance and troubleshooting procedures.

The course is intended to benefit project, process, mechanical and plant engineers as well as operations and maintenance managers and supervisors involved in the design, operations, troubleshooting and maintenance of heat exchangers and energy conservation in the oil, chemical, power, and other industries. The detailed review of mechanical design is particularly useful to plant and maintenance engineers. The course will be also beneficial to recent engineering graduates

PART 1 GLOSSARY

PART 2 HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS

• Types of heat-transfer fluids
• Properties
• Density
• Thermal conductivity
• Resistance (conductance)
• Conductance
• Resistance
• Heat capacity Latent heat
• Heat transfer
• Pressure
• Flow
• Temperature
• Phase change
• Heat flux or thermal flux
• Emissivity
• Viscosity
• Media properties and use
• Sensible Heat and Latent Heat

PART 3 HEAT EXCHANGER fabrications

Introduction

Shell and tube heat exchanger types

• Fixed tube sheet heat exchangers
• U-tube heat exchangers
• Floating head heat exchangers
• U-tube kettle reboile

Shell and tube heat exchanger design

• Major Parts of a Shell-and-Tube
• Heat exchanger tube patterns.
• Flow Arrangements
• Flow Patterns
• Parallel Flow
• Cross Flow
• Fixed tube sheet heat exchangers
• U-tube heat exchangers
• Floating head heat exchangers
• U-tube kettle re-boiler

Part 4 others heat exchanger

• Plate heat exchanger function, application and main parts
• Double pipe heat exchanger
• Application
• Fin fan heat exchanger

PART 5 HEAT EXCHANGER MAINTENANCE AND OVERHAULS

• Periodic Inspection of Heat Exchangers
• Safety
• Efficiency
• Maintenance procedures
• Heat exchanger service tools
• Maintenance Activities
• Procedures for opening, inspection and repair
• Shell hydraulic test
• Tubes side hydraulic test
• Extraction of heat exchanger bundles from shell
• Extraction by Winch
• Extraction by Hydraulic Jack
• Workshop maintenance activities
• A bundle positioning and plugs removal
• Extraction of the tubes
• Expansion of new tubes into tube sheet
• Retuning of a heat exchanger
• Conical plugs

PART 6 TROUBLESHOOTING

• Fouling
• Fouling Factors
• Fouling Mechanisms
• Fluid Corrosion
• Tube vibrations
• Leakage
• Dead zones
• Vibration problems

PART 7 CASE STUDIES

• Operational case study 1
• Typology Ammonia Plant Water Coolers
• Videos for re-tubing

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.