Heat Exchangers - Classification, Selection, and Thermal Design

Heat Exchangers: Classification, Selection, and Thermal Design discusses heat exchangers and their various applications, such as refrigeration, air conditioning, automobiles, gas turbines, and thermal power plants.

Sommario

1. Heat Exchangers: Introduction, Classification, and Selection. 2. Heat Exchanger Thermohydraulic Fundamentals and Thermal Design of Heat Exchangers. 3. Compact Heat Exchangers. 4. Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design. 5. Boiling, Condensation and Steam Generation. 6. Regenerators and Waste Heat Recovery Devices. 7. Plate Heat Exchangers and Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers. 8. Heat Transfer Augmentation.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kuppan Thulukkanam, Kuppan (Indian Railway Service of Mec Thulukkanam
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032399331
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239933-1
• Pagine: 684
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Termodinamica; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General, Mechanical Engineering, Technical design, Applied mathematics, Engineering: general, Engineering thermodynamics, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Heat transfer processes