Transport Phenomena

Options abound, but operators need to balance performance and safety considerations.

When considering improvements to cooling towers, it's important to perform an economic analysis of the options.

Improve your modeling skills to construct accurate, effective meshes that simulate or optimize a process in less time.

The first step in specifying a shell-and-tube heat exchanger is choosing the right shell to meet process requirements.

Computational fluid dynamics has moved from mainframes to PCs and laptops. Newer and better software lets you conduct analyses not possible before, and regular engineers, not just experts, can now carry out CFD.

Use these correlations to determine the overall heat-transfer coefficient and the frictional pressure drop in dimple jackets.

Consider such factors as thermophysical properties, toxicity, environmental concerns, and economics when choosing a fluid.

Pinch analysis retrofit procedures can be extended to handle compact exchangers.

Use these correlations to compute swirl flowrate and jacket heat-transfer coefficients as functions of agitation nozzle flow.