Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, 5th Edition

Chapter 20: Process Heat Transfer

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• The basics of process heat transfer

• The key relationships for designing and analyzing a heat exchanger

• Analysis of shell-and-tube heat exchangers

• Common correlations for heat transfer coefficients for single-phase and change-of-phase conditions

• The combination of these coefficients with appropriate resistances due to fouling and conduction to determine a single overall heat transfer coefficient

• Equations for extended heat transfer surfaces (fins) for common fin configurations

• Methods to design new heat exchangers

• Predicting the performance of existing exchangers

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the concepts needed to design and determine the performance of typical heat-exchange ...