《Basics of Air cooled Heat Exchangers rev1_good_to_read》.pdf

Basics of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers Amercool Manufacturing Inc. Tulsa, Oklahoma Amercool Manufacturing Inc. Table of Contents Purpose and Uses of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers 2 Basic Heat Transfer principles 3 Air Cooler components 6 Type of Air-cooled Heat Exchangers 8 Coil or Bundle design and construction 13 Finned Tubes 16 Air plenum design 19 Air movers types and general laws 21 Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Noise 22 General Air cooler design practices 23 Air Cooler Governing bodies 24 Basics of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers 1 Amercool Manufacturing Inc. Air Cooled Heat Exchangers – Why are they used? The Air-cooled heat exchanger is a device for rejecting heat from a fluid or gas directly to ambient air. When cooling both fluids and gases, there are two sources readily available, with a relatively low cost, to transfer heat to…..air and water. The obvious advantage of an air cooler is that it does not require water, which means that equipment requiring cooling need not be near a supply of cooling water. In addition, the problems associated with treatment and disposal of water have become more costly with government regulations and environmental concerns. The air-cooled heat exch