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Guides on shell and tube heat exchangers: sizing, typical applications and choosing the right design - no marketing haze, with the same formulas our calculation core uses.
Shell and tube heat exchangers: design, operation and use
How a shell and tube heat exchanger is built, how the tube and shell sides work together, and when this design is the right choice.
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Heating with saturated steam: condensation in a shell and tube unit
How condensing saturated steam heats process water: enthalpy instead of temperature spread, what makes condensation sizing different, and what matters.
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Oil coolers with shell and tube heat exchangers: sizing for viscous media
Why oil cooling calculates differently from water: viscosity, heat transfer and choosing the size for hydraulic, gearbox and engine oils.
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Shell and tube or plate heat exchanger: which design fits?
Shell and tube and plate heat exchangers compared: compactness, media, cleaning - and a clear guide to deciding between them.
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Sizing a shell and tube heat exchanger: energy balance, LMTD and margin
Step by step to a sizing: set up the energy balance, determine the log mean temperature difference, and judge pressure drop and margin correctly.
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Heat exchanger effectiveness: what it measures and how to calculate it
Effectiveness measures the temperature approach, not the duty. The formula, the role of the heat capacity rate, and three operating cases in diagrams.