Alive with real-world experience, Heat Exchanger Engineering Techniques provides guidance for engineers and other technical professionals who select, build, assemble, ship, and install heat transfer equipment for process, power, industry, air conditioning, and cooling electronics. Most professionals select heat exchangers that are thermally correct. After installation, however, they frequently find that the geometry and construction is unsuitable for reasons other than thermal. Demonstrating that better construction choices avoid the majority of field problems, Michael J. Nee details several hundred cases that illustrate how you can avoid problems by considering the application before placing the order, by noting trouble-causing conditions, and by being aware of common oversights. Drawing on his experiences with both users and suppliers of equipment. the author traces many failures to the omission of a requirement from the specifications or the overlooking of first principles. He notes that field problems differ substantially by industry and that operating conditions often change in the air conditioning and electronic industries. Whatever the existing system, new tenants may have different cooling requirements, or they may need to upgrade the electronics. In any industry, the problem may not be the exchanger, but the mating equipment. Heat Exchanger Engineering Techniques documents several hundred actual problems and provides workable corrections. In addition to discussing difficulties faced by manufacturers who select equipment and make recommendations, it also addresses users who inherit long-term system problems that require different skills and far more time to solve. For bothaudiences, this unique book supplies data to improve the performance of exchangers and facilities, while minimizing outages and costs.