The decarbonization of the HVACR industry is on full display in 2023. This is largely because legislators worldwide have set net-zero targets for the carbon dioxide (CO 2) expelled into the atmosphere ...

Heat exchangers are used to transfer thermal energy from one type of liquid or steam source to another kind of liquid source at a wide range of facilities. Whether heating a space or some type of ...

A semi-automated and patented process for decontaminating and recycling radioactively contaminated heat exchanger tubes has been successfully demonstrated at the Ignalina nuclear power plant in ...

Design engineers are rethinking cooling strategies from the ground up as the data center industry evolves to meet surging demands driven by AI computing and 24/7 uptime. Among the most impactful ...

The overall performance of power industry projects depends upon maximizing the efficiency of the heat transfer processes that occur at any individual system of the plant. Thus, heat recovery boilers ...

One key to becoming a good process engineer or effective operator is understanding heat transfer. The 10 most common heat-transfer malfunctions are: • Internal bypassing. • Vapor binding. • Flux ...

Heat exchangers are important in all thermal power plants and in many other applications. If not properly operated and maintained, a variety of failures can occur, resulting in downtime, reduced ...

Time and again, the authors have reviewed new power project specifications in which the plant designers routinely select 304 or 316 stainless steel as the tube material for condensers and auxiliary ...