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Design Procedure for a Heat Exchanger
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Aspen 68/6 W / K .m
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Aspen Plus Simulator 10.01- User Interface (1998)
Branan. Carl. Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers , 2nd
ed. , Gulf Publishing Company , 1998
Coulson and Richardson, Chemical Engineering Fluid Flow
, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer , Volume 1 , 5th ed. ,
Butterworth and Heinemann , 1996.
Geankoplis , Christi J. , Transport Processes and Unit Operation
, 3rd ed. Prentice Hall , 1993.
5. Incropera and Dewitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass
Transfer. 4th ed., John
Wiley and Sons, 1996.
6. Perry, P.H. and Green, D. Perrys Chemical Engineering
Handbook. 7th ed.,
McGraw-Hill Co., 1987.
7. Reid, Prausnitz, and Poling. The Properties of Gases and
Liquids. 4th ed.,
McGraw- Hill Book Co., 1987.

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Carbon - steel 1
Detailed 2
Short Cut 3
Film Coefficient 4
Pass 5
Shell Diameter 6
Clearance7
Bare 8
Fin - tube 9
Triangular pitch 10
Square pitch 11
Layout 12

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