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Condensers Short Course
Course Fee: US$650
Learn the fundamentals of condensation mechanisms and how they apply to condenser designs! Apply guidelines to develop Xchanger Suite cases for accurate assessment of performance. This course provides a foundation for understanding the basis for thermal design of typical industrial heat exchangers.
Key Topics
- Film condensation in vertical surfaces
- Condensation in horizontal tube bundles
- Interfacial vapor shear effects on condensation heat transfer
- Condensation inside horizontal tubes
- Desuperheating and subcooling
- Condensation with mixtures
- Condensation with enhanced heat transfer surfaces
- Two-phase pressure drop
- Venting inerts
- Drainage
Suggested Participants
Engineers who design and evaluate condenser equipment
Outline
- Condensation and Condenser Characteristics
- Condensation heat transfer
- Typical tubular condensers
- HTRI Condensing Methods
- Flow regimes and flow regime map
- Bulk condensation, desuperheating, and subcooling
- Resistance proration method (RPM)
- Condensation with inserts
- Two-phase pressure drop
- Design Considerations
- Baffles
- Enhancements
- Operational issues
- Mechanical concerns
- Design checklist
- Reflux Condensers
- Reflux characteristics
- Design considerations