04172nam a2200325Ii 4500991003230089707536070806s2001 ne a s 001 0 eng d97800804283900080428398b13652229-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Ingegneria Innovazione - Sez. Ingegneria Innovazioneeng621.402522Hesselgreaves, John E.282047Compact heat exchangers[e-book] :selection, design, and operation /John E. Hesselgreaves.Amsterdam ;New York :Pergamon,2001xviii, 398 p. :ill. ;25 cmSelected Contents. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Industrial Compact Exchangers. Chapter 3 The Heat Exchanger as Part of a System: Exergetic (Second Law) Analysis. Chapter 4 Surface Comparisons, Size, Shape and Weight Relationships. Chapter 5 Surface Types and Correlations. Chapter 6 Thermal Design. Chapter 7 Compact Heat Exchangers In Practice.AppendicesThis book presents the ideas and industrial concepts in compact heat exchanger technology that have been developed in the last 10 years or so. Historically, the development and application of compact heat exchangers and their surfaces has taken place in a piecemeal fashion in a number of rather unrelated areas, principally those of the automotive and prime mover, aerospace, cryogenic and refrigeration sectors. Much detailed technology, familiar in one sector, progressed only slowly over the boundary into another sector. This compartmentalisation was a feature both of the user industries themselves, and also of the supplier, or manufacturing industries. These barriers are now breaking down, with valuable cross-fertilisation taking place. One of the industrial sectors that is waking up to the challenges of compact heat exchangers is that broadly defined as the process sector. If there is a bias in the book, it is towards this sector. Here, in many cases, the technical challenges are severe, since high pressures and temperatures are often involved, and working fluids can be corrosive, reactive or toxic. The opportunities, however, are correspondingly high, since compacts can offer a combination of lower capital or installed cost, lower temperature differences (and hence running costs), and lower inventory. In some cases they give the opportunity for a radical re-think of the process design, by the introduction of process intensification (PI) concepts such as combining process elements in one unit. An example of this is reaction and heat exchange, which offers, among other advantages, significantly lower by-product production. To stimulate future research, the author includes coverage of hitherto neglected approaches, such as that of the Second Law (of Thermodynamics), pioneered by Bejan and co- workers. The justification for this is that there is increasing interest in life-cycle and sustainable approaches to industrial activity as a whole, often involving exergy (Second Law) analysis. Heat exchangers, being fundamental components of energy and process systems, are both savers and spenders of exergy, according to interpretationElectronic reproduction.Amsterdam :Elsevier Science & Technology,2007.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser.Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 2, 2007).Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutionsHeat exchangersElectronic books.localOriginal00804283989780080428390(DLC) 2001023226(OCoLC)45871204Referexhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080428390An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for informationTable of contents onlyhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001023226-t.htmlPublisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001023226-d.html.b1365222903-03-2224-01-08991003230089707536Compact Heat Exchangers673185UNISALENTOle02624-01-08m@ -engne 00