CHAPTERS: Chapter 1. Heat transfer and heat exchange; Chapter 2. Runaway reactions and thermal excursions; Chapter 3. Temperature measurement and control; Chapter 4. Drying, cooling and condensation, Chapter 5. Heaters and desuperheaters |
Thermal design of the shell-and-tube |
Allan Jones, Consultant |
Designing and troubleshooting plate heat exchangers |
Mark Sloan, Alfa Laval Thermal |
A closer look at integrally finned-tube heat exchangers |
Glennwood K. Pase, Sr., Joseph Oat Corp. |
Constrained optimization of heat exchangers |
K. Ramananda Rao, U. Shrinivasa, and J. Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Science |
Debottlenecking using heat transfer enhancement |
Graham Polley and Ian Gibbard, Cal Gavin, Inc., and Bruce Pretty, Veritech |
Heat exchangers: Is it time for a change? |
Larry Trom, Alfa Laval Thermal, Inc. |
Refurbishing worn-out heat exchangers |
Stanley Yokell, MGT, Inc. |
Sizing up heat transfer fluids and heaters |
Gerald E. Guffey II, Eastman Chemical Co. |
Heat transfer in agitated vessels |
Robert Dream, Lockwood Greene Engineers |
Make the right choices in thermal maintenance |
Henry Gaines and Steve Row, Controls Southeast |
Jacket zoning in reactor scaleup |
Edward Steve, Day & Zimmerman International |
Aspect ratio and jacket zoning in reactor scaleup |
Edward Steve, Day & Zimmerman International |
Estimate batch reactor heating or cooling time |
V.V. Mahajani, University of Bombay |
Transfer heat in a resin sheath |
Samuel R. Wharry, Jr., Haveg Div., Ametek |
Put fouling in its place |
Graham T. Polley, Pinchtechnology.com |
Fouling, viscosity, and the heat transfer coefficient |
Alejandro Anaya Durand, Mexican Petroleum Institute |
Safe scaleup of exothermic reactions |
Jasbir Singh, Hazard Evaluation Laboratories, Inc. |
Avoiding runaway reactions |
Bob Venugopal, Chilworth Technology |
Accommodating potential reactions |
Edward Steve, CDI Engineering Group |
Exothermic reactors: The stable, the unstable and the uncontrollable |
F. Greg Shinskey, Process Control Consultant |
Prevent thermal runaways in carbon beds |
Thomas Hofelich, Marabeth LaBarge, and Denise Drott, Dow Chemical Co. |
Calculate accelerated temperature changes in vessels |
Edward Steve, CDI Engineering Group, Inc. |
Tempering loops for temperature control |
Stephen Winter, Consultant, and Jimmy Peress, Tritech Consulting Engineers |
Two circuits are better than one |
Edward Steve, CDI Engineering Group |
More-precise temperature measurements |
Clifford Lewis, Accutech |
Hands-off temperature measurement: IR thermometry finds CPI niches |
Alan Young, Raytek Corp. |
A low-signal selector can prevent equipment meltdown |
Mukund Joshi and Mikhail Budanitsky, American Hydrotherm Corp. |
Electric heat tracing — A better design path |
Mitchell Todd, Nelson Heat Tracing Systems, and Robert Ragno, Kvaerner Process |
Steam tracing keeps fluid flowing |
Joseph Radle, Spirax Sarco, Inc. |
Understanding impedance heating |
Fred S. Epstein and Gary L. White, Indeeco |
Direct vs. indirect drying: Optimizing the process |
Greg Kimball, Hosokawa Bepex |
The ins and outs of indirect drying |
Georgios Raouzeos, List AG |
Process calculations for partial-recycle dryers |
Edward M. Cook, Energy Saving Consultants |
Troubleshooting the convection-conveyor dryer |
Paul McKeithan, Aeroglide Corp. |
Optimizing drying performance through better control (1) |
Béla Lipták, Lipták Associates P.C. |
Optimizing dryer performance through better control (2) |
Béla Lipták, Lipták Associates P.C. |
Vacuum and microwaves dry granulated products |
Barry Fox, L.B. Bohle |
Gravity effects in horizontal condensers |
Alejandro Anaya Durand, Cynthia A. Aguilar Guerrero, Edgar Amaro Ronces, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Optimizing process vacuum condensers |
James R. Lines and David W. Tice, Graham Manufacturing Co. |
Select flow directions in laminar-flow coolers |
Alejandro Anaya Durand and Mauricio Marquez Lucero, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Design basics for cooling systems |
Sajjad Ahmed and John Bayers, Bechtel Corp. |
Improving cooling towers |
James L. Willa, Willa, Inc. |
Quenching hot exhaust — A key aspect of pollution control |
Wayne Buckley and Boris Altshuler, Croll-Reynolds Co. |
Get the most from your fired heater |
Ashutosh Garg, Furnace Improvements |
Choosing a fired heater |
Butch Magee and Jeffrey Adams, Uniflux/Exotherm Corp. |
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Get the most out of your electric process heater |
Craig Tiras, Texas Systems and Controls, Inc. |
Desuperheater selection and optimization |
Kristin Donohue, Graham Corp. |
Protect against rotating equipment loss: Steam turbines |
Edward E. Clark, The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. |
Efficiently generate steam from cogeneration plants |
V. Ganapathy, ABCO Industries |
The challenge of low-temperature sealing |
Robert Keller, Parker Hannifin Corp. |
Help workers cope with heat stress |
John O’Grade, American Management Systems |