Design and Rate Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

  • Learn the general design considerations of Air Cooled Exchangers. 
  • Examine process side, air side, geometry selection and physical properties, and investigate thermal design principles, cross-flow exchangers and extended surfaces. 
  • Explore process-side events and responses, including single and two-phase heat transfer, condensing and fouling.

Audience:

  • Designers and operators of air cooled heat exchangers in process and power industries 
  • Process enginners looking to integrate Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger to Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS for rigorous heat exchanger modeling
  • Engineers involved in the specification of air-cooled heat exchangers for the full range of process applications including condensers, gas and liquid coolers 
  • Anyone required to assess technical proposals for air cooled heat exchanger equipment
  • Engineers involved in the design, specification, or operation of process or power heat recovery equipment, including heat recovery steam generators will find the material appropriate.
  • New engineers wishing to gain experience in heat transfer and heat exchanger design

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    EHX1021

  • Duration:

    1 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    0.7

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Optimize the investment in Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger software for design and simulation of water coolers and condensers
  • Efficiently use Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger to evaluate:
    • Single-phase exchangers
    • Condensers
    • Air coolers of different configurations

Approach

  • Discussion about the general approach and the key elements for successful simulations
  • Use of Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger in design and simulation exercises covering typical examples in condensing
  • Application of Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger exercises for thermal design, rating, and simulation of tubular exchangers
  • Instruction on basic heat transfer and heat exchanger design topics
  • Detailed course notes

Agenda

Introduction
  • Introductions and course contents
  • Workshop session descriptions
  • Course objectives
Capabilities of Aspen Air-Cooled Exchanger
  • Recognize the features and functional capability of the Aspen Air-Cooled Exchanger application
  • Workshop 1: Design a Water Cooler – Design a single-phase heat exchanger using the Aspen Air-Cooled Exchanger program for a range of outside stream exit temperatures, minimizing the capital operating costs.
  • Workshop 2: Check a Water Cooler – Determine if there is sufficient area available to cool a process fluid to the required temperature for a forced-draught air-cooled heat exchanger.
  • Workshop 3: Simulate a Condenser – Determine the tube side outlet temperature for a forced-draught air-cooled heat exchanger that is operating at a specified altitude.
Applications of Air-Cooled Exchangers
  • Discuss the characteristics and applicability of tubular crossflow exchangers – most notably air-cooled heat exchangers
  • Workshop 4: Simulate an A frame Condenser – Determine the tube side outlet temperature for an A frame condenser given process, geometry and physical properties data
  • Workshop 5: Simulate a Refrigeration Unit – Determine the airside outlet temperature for humid air flowing in a duct.
  • Workshop 6: Water Cooler Using a Fan Curve – Enter a fan curve to determine the operating condition of the exchanger. Vary the fan speed and find the new operating point for the exchanger.
Rigorous Heat Exchanger Modeling using Activated EDR
  • Examine how to implement Aspen EDR software in Aspen HYSYS simulation
  • Demo: Make use of the Activated EDR feature as an improved method for linking Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger or Air-Cooled Exchanger
Thermal Design Overview
  • Discuss and review the scope of calculations performed by Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger
  • Recognize the calculation methodology behind Air Cooled Exchanger
Demonstrations
  • Multiple Service Analysis using Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger

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Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.