Heat Exchangers
DOE-HDBK-1018/1-93
OBJECTIVES
TERMINAL OBJECTIVE
1.0
Without references, DESCRIBE the purpose, construction, and principles of operation for
each major type of heat exchanger: parallel flow, counter flow, and cross flow.
ENABLING OBJECTIVES
1.1
STATE the two types of heat exchanger construction.
1.2
Provided with a drawing of a heat exchanger, IDENTIFY the following internal parts:
a.
Tubes
b.
Tube sheet
c.
Shell
d.
Baffles
1.3
DESCRIBE hot and cold fluid flow in parallel flow, counter flow, and cross flow heat
exchangers.
1.4
DIFFERENTIATE between the following types of heat exchangers:
a.
Single-pass versus multi-pass heat exchangers.
b.
Regenerative versus non-regenerative heat exchangers.
1.5
LIST at least three applications of heat exchangers.
1.6
STATE the purpose of a condenser.
1.7
DEFINE the following terms:
a.
Hotwell
b.
Condensate depression
1.8
STATE why condensers in large steam cycles are operated at a vacuum.
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