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Heat Exchangers: Operation, Performance, and Maintenance covers heat exchanger installation, commissioning and operation, and maintenance and performance deterioration in service. It also discusses various cleaning processes and repair methods.
List of contents
1. Flow-Induced Vibration of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. 2. Fouling. 3. Corrosion. 4. Boiler, Thermal Power Plant and Heat Exchangers of Feed Water and Cooling Water Systems. 5. Heat Exchanger Installation, Operation, and Maintenance.
About the author
Kuppan Thulukkanam, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Ministry of Railways, retired as Principal Executive Director, CAMTECH, Gwalior, RDSO. He has authored an article in the
ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. His various roles have included being an experienced administrator, staff recruitment board chairman for a zonal railway, and joint director, Engine Development Directorate of RDSO, Lucknow (Min. of Railways). He was also involved in design and performance evaluation of various types of heat exchangers used in diesel electric locomotives and has served as chief workshop engineer for the production of rolling stocks like coaches, diesel and electric multiple units, wagons, electric locomotive, etc. and as Director, Public Grievances (DPG) to the Minister of State for Railways, Railway Board, Government of India. Kuppan received his BE (Hons) in 1980 from the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Madras University, and his MTech in production engineering in 1982 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Summary
Heat Exchangers: Operation, Performance, and Maintenance covers heat exchanger installation, commissioning and operation, and maintenance and performance deterioration in service. It also discusses various cleaning processes and repair methods.
