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The thermal design of air-cooled heat exchangers is a fascinating activity—sometimes even more so than that of shell-and-tube heat exchangers—for the simple reason that there are more variables: even the coolant (air) flow rate is a variable! This book will have served its purpose if it can inspire the reader to consider the thermal design of air-cooled heat exchangers as a joyous activity rather than a mundane chore.



142 pages, © 2007

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	PRACTICAL THERMAL DESIGN OF AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS
	Dedication
	Acknowledgments
	About the Author
	Preface
	Chapter 1 Introduction
	Chapter 2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Air Cooling
	Chapter 3 Optimization of Air and Water Cooling
	Chapter 4 Construction Features of Air-cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 5 Thermal Design of Single-Phase Air-cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 6 Thermal Design of Condensing Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 7 Optimization of Thermal Design of Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 8 Physical Properties and Heat Release Profiles
	Chapter 9 Overdesign
	Chapter 10 Fouling-Its Causes, Consequences, and Mitigation
	Chapter 11 Control of Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 12 Operating Problems in Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
	Chapter 13 Special Applications
	Index