Challenging the Way Design Margins Are Added to Heat Exchangers
David King, Operations Efficiency, BP, Chertsey Road,, Sunbury-on-Thames,, Middlesex, United Kingdom

The traditional method of sizing heat exchangers often leads to unnecessarily large design margins that increase capital cost, footprint & weight and lead to poor operating efficiency. An alternative approach is proposed that is based on tackling the root causes of loss of performance and uses a revised design methodology to mitigate against fouling.

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Heat Exchanger Fouling: a Messy Business

The Preliminary Program for 2007 Spring National Meeting