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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

HTRI Software

This course will make use of the following HTRI software: Xchanger Suite® component Xist®. All training materials are based on the current software version. 

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

  • Shayne Gregson


  • Engineer, Technical Support, graduated in 2019 with a BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. During her studies, she completed an internship in the oil and gas industry, with a focus on Front End Engineering Design. After graduation she worked in the nuclear safety industry briefly before joining HTRI, helping to ensure safe design principals for a nuclear waste treatment facility. Since joining HTRI, her primary focus has been on technical support and contracts with recent endeavors to assist in the development of additional materials for HTRI’s technical program.

  • Brandon White


  • Engineer, Experimental Research, holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas, Tyler, Texas, USA. Before joining HTRI, White worked as a requisitions engineer, designing and procuring heat transfer equipment and various other mechanical equipment. At HTRI, White performs experiments in multiple areas of research. Experimental proficiency includes but is not limited to areas associated with process control, equipment design and modeling, data acquisition, and data analysis. His research focuses on developing heat transfer and pressure drop correlations, two-phase flow studies, and new process heat transfer technologies.