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Condensers Short Course

Course Fee: US$650

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Learn the fundamentals of condensation mechanisms and how they apply to condenser design! Apply guidelines to develop Xchanger Suite cases for accurate assessment of performance. This course provides a foundation for understanding the basis for thermal design of typical industrial heat exchangers.

Key Topics

  • Film condensation of pure components
  • Relationship between pressure drop and saturation temperature
  • Condensing flow regimes: Vertical units/Horizontal units, tube side and shell side
  • Specifying pure component condensers in Xist
  • Noncondensables and mixture condensation
  • Specifying mixture condensers and inerts in Xist
  • Vapor phase coefficient
  • Desuperheating and subcooling
  • Bulk-equilibrium vs. two-layer subcooling model
  • Venting inerts
  • Drainage
  • Baffle design in condensers
  • Condensation with enhanced heat transfer surfaces
  • Vacuum condenser design challenges

Suggested Participants

Engineers who design and evaluate condenser equipment

Course credits: 6 hours (PDH/CEU)


Outline

  1. Pure Component Condensation
    • Filmwise condensation
    • Pressure drop vs. saturation temperature
    • Condensing flow regimes

  2. Noncondensables and Mixture Condensation 
    • Vapor-phase coefficient
    • Diffusion function

  3. Desuperheating and Subcooling 
    • Dry-wall vs. wet-wall desuperheating 
    • Bulk equilibrium vs. two-layer subcooling model

  4. Design Considerations 
    • Is it clean? Is it vented? Is it drained?
    • Baffle design
    • Enhanced surfaces
    • Vacuum condenser design challenges

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Upcoming Instructors

  • Andy Mountford


  • Senior Technical Lead, Training, provides technical support and training for HTRI. He earned a BSc and MSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Organometallic and Materials Chemistry from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. During his tenure there, he conducted research at Wolfson Laboratory for Materials and Catalysis. He previously held the position of Thermal Design Supervisor at Tecnicas Reunidas in Madrid, Spain, gaining valuable experience using HTRI methods and software. Mountford oversaw the development of several high-profile PWR and BWR nuclear plant projects, as well as gained valuable experience in the thermohydraulic design of heat transfer equipment for the petrochemical and nitric acid/nitrates industries. His experience in using HTRI Xchanger Suite makes him uniquely qualified to bring an end-user’s perspective to the HTRI training program and to share techniques for effectively working with the software.