The course will dive into the possible mechanisms of fouling in heat exchangers and provide practical suggestion on how to better monitor, troubleshoot and clean heat exchangers in the refining industry.
At the end of the course, the attendee will be able to:
Heat Transfer Engineers
Unit engineers
Energy and Profitability analysts
Process Engineers/Simulation groups
The full training lasts for one day, and it includes a half day session with the instructors to troubleshoot specific problems in the plant.
Introduction
Crude oil fouling science
Chemical Structure and Molecular Weight Characterization
Modelling and design
Cleaning methodologies
Monitoring and predictive maintenance of heat exchangers
Mitigation techniques
A distinguished world leader in heat exchanger design and fouling mitigation with over 34 years of experience working for major oil companies, Himanshu has held various important roles such as Subject Matter Expert for fouling, heat exchanger technology application, and heat exchanger monitoring with a focus on energy conservation. During his career, he has been deeply involved in heat exchanger monitoring, leading the development of tools and the application of results. Himanshu has dealt with all aspects of heat exchangers including design, fabrication, field troubleshooting, training course development, and various R&D projects related to technology.
The course will cover all aspect of Process Heat Transfer introducing the attendees to the advantages and disadvantages of the main heat exchanger types (conventional and unconventional), fundamentals of heat transfer (in both single phase and two phase flow), theory of heat exchanger design, design methodologies, costing and operational aspects.
At the end of the course, the attendee will:
The full training lasts for two days, and it includes a half day session with the instructors to troubleshoot specific problems in the plant. However, for ten or more participants, it will be possible to customize the topics so that it can be shorter or longer, depending on needs.
Introduction to heat exchangers types
Deep dive into Shell-and-tube heat exchangers:
Condensers:
Reboilers, steam generators:
A distinguished world leader in heat exchanger design and fouling mitigation with over 34 years of experience working for major oil companies, Himanshu has held various important roles such as Subject Matter Expert for fouling, heat exchanger technology application, and heat exchanger monitoring with a focus on energy conservation. During his career, he has been deeply involved in heat exchanger monitoring, leading the development of tools and the application of results. Himanshu has dealt with all aspects of heat exchangers including design, fabrication, field troubleshooting, training course development, and various R&D projects related to technology.
