To provide practical and applied knowledge relating to the conditions of heat transfer and the workings of thermal equipment in the chemical and petroleum industries.

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

Participants will be trained in the thermal processes and equipment used in the process industries. The course discusses basic heat transfer principles and how an engineer can use them, in conjunction with the characteristics of the materials and the process to design, specify, and select equipment that will be cost effective and reliable. The examination of existing units to determine whether they will be able to operate at debottleneck conditions is also discussed. The detailed thermal design of shell and tube heat exchangers and heat recovery equipment is also discussed as an optional course module.

This course is intended for all individuals who are inexperienced with heat transfer issues and equipment used in process industries. Also, individuals who will be designing or debottlenecking heat transfer equipment in process industries; or who are managing and performing heat transfer analyses, thermal equipment design, debottlenecking, specification, or purchase.

Day 1:

Fundamentals and Correlations

·         Conduction

·         Natural Convection

·         Forced Convection

·         Boiling

·         Condensation

·         Radiation

Basic Principles

·         Correlation Accuracy

·         Physical Property Data

·         Surface Area Ratio

·         Finned Tube Effects

·         Metal Temperatures (Clean/Fouled, Dew Point, Bubble Point, Corrosion)

Day 2:

Performance of Heat Exchange Equipment

·         Effective LMTD

·         “F” Correction Factor

·         Clean Versus Fouled

·         Under-Surface/Over-Surface

·         Wide/Tight Temperature Approaches

·         Temperature Pinch

·         Co-Current versus Counter-Current

·         Fouling Factors

Selection of Heat Exchange Equipment

·         Mechanical Design

·         Fluid Characteristics

·         Materials/Cost

·         Heat Duty

·         Temperature Level

·         Pressure Level

·         Pressure Drop

·         Cyclic Service

·         Safety/Reliability

Day 3:

Types of Heat Transfer Equipment

·         Shell and Tube Exchangers

·         Air Cooled Exchangers

·         Plate Exchangers

·         Spiral Exchangers

·         Double-Pipe Exchangers

·         Vertical Tube Bayonet Exchangers

·         Fired Heaters

·         Boilers

·         Direct Contact Units

·         Agitated Vessels

·         Scraped Surface Units

·         Evaporators

Applications

·         Heat Loss/Gain Vessels/Tanks/Pipes

·         Heat Transfer in Process Vessels

·         Heat Transfer Fluids

·         Cooling Water Systems

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design

·         TEMA Types

·         Mechanical Design/Code Requirements

·         Baffle Types

·         Fluid Allocation

·         Tube sheet Connections

·         Nozzle Sizing

·         Cleaning Requirements

·         Tube Pitch/Type

·         Materials

·         Effective Temperature Difference

·         Pressure Drop

·         Vibration

·         Correlation Accuracy/Over-design

·         Clean/Fouled Performance

·         Data Requirements and Checking

·         Service Conditions

·         TEMA Specification Sheet

·         Design Pressure and Temperature

·         Pressure Protection

·         Transient Conditions/Thermal Expansion/Start-up/Shut-down

·         Piping Layout

·         Computer Design Tools

Day 4:

Design Methodology

·         Shell-Side Heat Transfer Controlled

·         Tube-Side Heat Transfer Controlled

·         Shell-Side Pressure Drop Controlled

·         Tube-Side Pressure Drop Controlled

·         Vibration Controlled

·         Temperature Pinch Controlled

Condensers

·         Effective Temperature Difference

·         Vacuum Service Issues

·         Pressure Drop

·         Low Pressure Drop Designs

·         Cross-flow

·         Single Pass Vertical/Horizontal

·         Multi-pass

·         Knock-Back

·         Nozzle Design

·         Inerts/Venting

Vaporizers

·         Natural Versus Forced Circulation

·         Vertical and Horizontal

·         Vacuum/Static Head Effects

·         Line Sizing/Return Nozzle Sizing

·         Stability/Flow Regime

·         Fouling/Tube Velocity

·         Heat Flux

·         Tube Pitch

·         Metal Temperature

·         Layout

·         Tube Length/Static Head/Column Cost

·         Enhanced Surface Tubes

·         Kettle Reboilers

·         Entrainment/Disengagement Space

Day 5:

Heat Recovery Coils

·         Materials

·         Mechanical Design

·         Metal Temperature

·         Over-Surface Effects

·         Pressure Drop

·         Tube Pitch

·         Finned Tubes

·         Radiation Effects

·         Control

·         Design

Specifications of Vendor-Designed Equipment

·         Heat Duty

·         Temperature Profile

·         Design Temperature and Pressure

·         Description of Duty

·         Pressure Drop

·         Fouling

·         Nozzle Locations

·         Materials

·         Gasket Materials

·         Fluids

·         Corrosion Allowance

·         Layout Requirements

Checking Performance/Debottlenecking (Fouling, Vibration, Leakage, Corrosion, Pressure Drop)

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

·         (30%) Based on Case Studies

·         (30%) Techniques 

·         (30%) Role Play

·         (10%) Concepts

·         Pre-test and Post-test

·         Variety of Learning Methods

·         Lectures

·         Case Studies and Self Questionaires

·         Group Work

·         Discussion

·         Presentation

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Daily Course Timings:

    08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea

    08:20 - 10:00       First Session

    10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

    10:20 - 12:20       Second Session

    12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break

    13:30 - 15:00       Last Session