Heat exchanger engineering techniques process, air conditioning, and electronic systems : a treatise on heat exchanger installations that did not meet performance
Title:
Heat exchanger engineering techniques process, air conditioning, and electronic systems : a treatise on heat exchanger installations that did not meet performance
Author:
Nee, Michael J., 1924-
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Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 electronic text ( xxvi, 324 p.) : ill., digital file.
Contents:
Part 1. Process exchangers -- 1. Personnel and requirements -- 2. Considerations before finalizing the selection -- 3. Considerations in selecting shell-and-tube exchangers -- 4. Air coolers -- 5. Extended-surface metallurgy -- 6. Air cooler fans or blowers -- 7. Exchangers with longitudinal-fin tubes -- 8. Plate exchangers -- 9. Comparing exchanger types -- 10. Fouling factor considerations -- 11. Manifolds and headers -- 12. Freezing -- 13. The iterative process of exchanger selection -- 14. Techniques to reduce the size of an exchanger -- 15. Techniques to reduce exchanger or system cost -- 16. Adding surface while minimizing downtime -- 17. Features that should make selections unacceptable -- 18. The significance of metal temperature -- 19. Thermally correct systems that do not perform -- 20. Recirculation -- 21. Shipping and handling -- 22. Relative humidity --
Part 2. Air-conditioning exchangers -- 23. Characteristics, components, and performance of A/C system exchangers -- 24. Underperformance in A/C systems due to ducting problems -- 25. Other conditions that cause A/C systems to underperform -- 26. Ways of increasing the cooling capacity of a system -- 27. Conditions that can make an A/C system unacceptable --
Part 3. The cooling of electronics -- 28. Electronic installations and their heat problems -- 29. Lessons for electronic engineers -- 30. Overheating electronics and corrective steps to take -- 31. The cause of most field problems.
Abstract:
This book addresses hundreds of field problems faced by the author over the course of a career. Most exchangers selected are thermally correct, but some constructions are not suitable for an application and can cause field problems. The author describes constructions that have a negative influence on plant operation, maintenance, metallurgy, requirements, cost, handling, shipping, freezing, recirculation, tolerances, manifolding, distribution, noise, availability, and pressure drop, to name a few. The effect of adjoining non-exchanger related constructions on performance should not be overlooked. A/C and electronic cooling system problems can often be traced to undersized mating equipment and other constructions as evidenced by examples. The effect of filters, racks, screen rooms, packaging, heat sinks, hot spots, blowers, and ducting on performance is included. Techniques for identifying, correcting and avoiding problem areas are given. They are arranged to aid the reader in recognizing them. The book was designed for training engineering and non-engineering personnel.
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