Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design

Description

Heat exchangers are essential in a wide range of engineering applications, including power plants, automobiles, airplanes, process and chemical industries, and heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Revised and fully updated with new problem sets, Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Fourth Edition presents a systematic treatment of heat exchangers, focusing on selection, thermal-hydraulic design, and rating. Dedications Contents Preface 1. Classification of Heat Exchangers 2. Basic Design Methods of Heat Exchangers 3. Forced Convection Correlations for the Single-Phase Side of Heat Exchangers 4. Heat Exchanger Pressure Drop and Pumping Power 5. Micro/Nano Heat Transfer 6. Fouling of Heat Exchangers 7. Double-Pipe Heat Exchangers 8. Design Correlations for Condensers and Evaporators 9. Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers 10. Compact Heat Exchangers 11. Gasketed-Plate Heat Exchangers 12. Condensers and Evaporators 13. Polymer Heat Exchangers Appendix A: Physical Properties of Metals and Nonmetals Appendix B: Physical Properties of Air, Water, Liquid Metals, and Refrigerants Index