The heat exchanger course training course covers essential skills such as:

• Definition of heat exchanger inspection Monitoring, Fault Diagnostics and Failure
• Heat exchanger Maintenance Strategies and their application (pros and cons)
• Principles of repair and tube plug or change
• Predictive Maintenance
• Various Techniques of testing
• Performance Analysis and control

To provide the delegate with a detailed knowledge of the principles and engineering practice of the subject of heat exchangers in the following areas:

• Types of heat exchangers
• Principles of heat transfer applied to different types
• Design of heat exchangers
• Industrial problem areas and solutions
• Improvement in heat exchanger efficiency
• The topics are presented in such a way that the mathematical treatment of the subject is simplify
• and the more important issues of design, operation and good practice are highlighted

This course is suitable to a wide range of technical professionals but will greatly benefit :

• Mechanical, Process and Chemical Engineers
• Operation, Technical Service and Maintenance Professionals
• Plant Operators
• Engineers, Consultants and Sales professionals
• Technical professionals responsible for heat transfer equipment inspection
• Technical professionals responsible for interdisciplinary energy projects

The heat exchanger design operation and maintenance training course will combine presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video materials, activities and case studies. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in relating the principles of heat exchanger theory and how to improve the efficiency to the particular standard

Day 1 Introduction             

• Heat transfer fundamental
• Laminar flow
• Turbulent flow
• Heat transfer properties of fluids
• Understanding the basic concept and design methodology
• Heat exchanger design procedure
• Estimate overall heat transfer coefficient
• Analysis required in design of heat exchanger

 Day 2 Understanding the basic concept and design methodology                                      

• Understanding the basic concept and design methodology
• Heat exchanger design procedure
• Estimate overall heat transfer coefficient
• Analysis required in design of heat exchanger                                  
• Heat exchanger design calculation
• Work examples

Day 3 Heat pipes

• Materials and general Description
• Operating Principles
• Operating Limits
• Design Consideration
• Fouling and corrosion
• Excel spread sheet to perform parametric analysis and optimization of heat exchanger
• Work examples

Day 4 Classification of heat exchangers                       

• Tube Heat Exchangers
• Double-pipe heat exchangers
• Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
• Spiral heat exchanger
• Mechanisms of Shell-Side Flow
• Controlling Parameters
• Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Evaluations

 Day 5 Maintenance, Operation and Troubleshooting                                                  

• Locating leak and repair
• Tube inspection technique
• Troubleshooting
• Performance monitoring and cleaning strategies and methods
• Flow-induced vibration, mechanisms, vibration prediction, damage numbers,
• Design procedure to avoid vibration including baffle selection, rod baffle exchangers, twisted tube exchangers

Cost-effective maintenance and repair of heat exchangers

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