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[owais]

Hi!

I wants some relevant information about the manufacturing of Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger.
That is, what are the important factors that should have to be considered while manufacturing.

owais,

[Art Montemayor]

owais:

There are two basic levels to deal with:
1) the subject of how heat exchangers are built (on the design level) and
2) how they are built (on the manufacturing, or actual fabrication level).

I don't believe that you literally mean that you want to learn how to fabricate (weld, drill, roll, machine, cut, expand tubes, bore out shells, etc, etc.). I believe you are not expressing yourself correctly and really mean that you want to know what goes into the fabrication of a heat exchanger and what is the relevancy of the components (& perhaps how you calculate the components' mechanical dimensions). Correct me if I am wrong.

If I am correct, there are many Chemical Engineering Unit Operations text books that show you what a heat exchanger is made of and how it is put together. Some that come to mind are Ernest Ludwig's great classic on Chemical and Petrochemical Process Design, Smith & McCabe on Plant Design, Brown on Unit Operations, etc., etc. Those are some of the classics. Today, there are more illustrated text books on the subject. After you read those books, I highly recommend that you obtain (borrow or buy) a copy of "Standards of the Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association". My copy is the seventh edition (1988). It won't be cheap - but then no engineering books today are cheap.

I don't know what your intentions are. You may just merely be curious and wanting to know more. That's good; however, the TEMA book is expensive as I said. If you are seriously thinking of specializing in heat exchanter process AND mechanical design, then you should have your own copy of this book. If you live outside the USA, then I would find out who are the local fabricators of heat exchangers and visit or call them to find out if they will help you by telling you where they got their copy or if they will loan you their copy for your reading it. By looking at it you can determine if it contains the information you are after. I think it does.

Engineering libraries in countries such as India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and many more should have this book for loaning out or reading.