Description
The success in achieving productivity targets and improving existing processes depends on one’s understanding and ability to assess system performance, perform accurate design and sizing calculations, and diagnose and troubleshoot faults.
Participants in this course will learn how to design, size, select, and assess the performance of various components in commonly used thermal-fluid systems such as gas piping systems (fans, compressors, and ducts), liquid piping systems (piping and pumps), and heat exchangers (shell and tube, double pipe, plate and frame, and cross-flow).
The material presented here is for individuals who have a little background on the subject; while providing valuable information for personnel having experience with thermal-fluid systems.
Course outline
- Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics
- Selected Topics in Thermodynamics
- Selected Topics in Heat Transfer
- Gas Piping Systems
- Liquid Piping Systems
- Double Pipe Heat Exchangers
- Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
- Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers
- Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers
- Equipment Selection, Operation, and Troubleshooting
What you’ll learn
After attending this course, trainees will be able to:
- Apply principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics in piping and heat exchanger design and sizing.
- Use analytical and empirical tools in the design and analysis of piping and heat exchangers
- Evaluate technical alternatives while bearing in mind practical limitations and criteria.
Who should attend
Design and project engineers, technologists, plant and facility engineers, consultants, mechanical engineers and technologists, maintenance and operation personnel, and other technical personnel who need to upgrade/refresh their current knowledge of HVAC systems.
Group training
This course can be customized and delivered to your group of staff at your facility, saving time and money.
Workforce Development Agreements
The cost of this course could be covered by your province or territory’s Workforce Development Agreement. Your company may be eligible for funding!
10:00 AM EST — Session begins
5:00 PM EST — Adjournment
There will be a one-hour lunch break each day in addition to a number of breaks throughout each day.
Syllabus
DAY 1
Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics
- Fluid Properties
- Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics
- Flow in Pipe Systems
Selected Topics in Thermodynamics
- Ideal gases and its properties
- Steam properties
Selected Topics in Heat Transfer
- Modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation).
- Calculation of heat transfer coefficients in different configurations.
DAY 2
Gas Piping Systems
- Steam Piping
- Compressed air piping
- Types of compressors
- Sizing compressed-air-system components
- Compressed-air receiver size and pump-up time
Workshop I: Participants will size a compressor for a compressed-air system under the instructor’s guidance.
Day 3
Liquid Transporting Systems
- Types of pumps
- Pump testing methods
- Cavitation and net positive suction head
- Dimensional analysis of pumps
- Specific speed and pump types
- Design and sizing of water piping systems
Double Pipe Heat Exchangers
- The Double Pipe Heat Exchanger
- Analysis of Double Pipe Heat Exchangers
- Effectiveness-NTU Analysis
- Design Considerations
DAY 4
Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
- The Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
- Analysis of Shell and Tube Exchangers
- Effectiveness-NTU Analysis
- Increased Heat Recovery
- Design considerations
- Optimum outlet temperature analysis
Plate and Frame and Cross Flow Heat Exchangers
- The Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger
- Analysis of Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers
- Cross Flow Heat Exchangers
Equipment Selection, Operation, and Troubleshooting
- Selecting the type of heat exchanger for specific applications
- Performance enhancement
- Fouling factors in heat-exchanger sizing and selection
- Troubleshooting
Workshop II: Participants will size a heat exchanger under the instructor’s guidance.
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