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ISSN Online: 2377-424X

ISBN Print: 0-89116-559-2

International Heat Transfer Conference 8
August, 17-22, 1986, San Francisco, USA

Design of Process Heat Exchangers by Computers -A Short History

Get access (open in a dialog) DOI: 10.1615/IHTC8.2450
pages 239-248

Résumé

The development of calculation methods used by the process industries to design shell-and-tube heat exchangers has been propelled largely by the explosive development of computer hardware over the past 30 years. Beginning with simple nonreiterative calculations from Kern's Process Heat Transfer, the methods have come to include multiple nested loop stepwise calculations, extensive data banks, warning messages, and even a degree of "user friendliness." Future trends will include more interactive interfaces, multidimensional analysis, more optimization, and some forays into the field of Artificial Intelligence.