Unit 1 Basic design methodologies

• Classification and selection of heat exchanger
• Thermal-Hydraulic fundamentals
• Overall heat transfer 6 13 Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) Course / Subject Code : ME01000451 Course / Subject Name : Design of Heat Exchangers coefficient
• LMTD method for heat exchanger analysis for parallel
• multi-pass and cross flow heat exchanger
• e-NTU method for heat exchanger analysis
• Rating and sizing problems
• heat exchanger design methodology

Unit 2 Fouling of heat exchangers

4 lecture hours

• Basic consideration
• effect of fouling on heat transfer and pressure drop
• cost of fouling
• design of heat exchangers subject to fouling
• fouling resistance
• cleanliness factor
• techniques to control fouling

Unit 3 Design of double pipe heat exchangers

6 lecture hours

• Thermal and Hydraulic design of inner tube and annulus
• hairpin heat exchanger with bare and finned inner tube
• total pressure drop

Unit 4 Design of Shell and tube heat exchangers

9 lecture hours

• Basic components
• basic design procedure of heat exchanger
• TEMA code
• conventional design methods
• Bell-Delaware method

Unit 5 Design of compact heat exchangers

7 lecture hours

• Heat transfer enhancement
• plate fin heat exchanger
• tube fin heat exchanger
• heat transfer and pressure drop

Unit 6 Condensers and evaporators

7 lecture hours

• Condenser: Shell and tube condenser
• plate condenser
• air cooled condenser
• direct contact condenser
• condenser for refrigeration and air- conditioning
• thermal design of shell and tube condenser Evaporator: Evaporator for refrigeration and air-conditioning
• thermal analysis of evaporator
• standards for evaporators and condensers

Unit 7 Heat transfer enhancement and performance evaluation

6 lecture hours

• Enhancement of heat transfer
• Performance evaluation of Heat Transfer Enhancement technique
• Introduction to pinch analysis