February 2022
Heat Transfer
Case study: Challenges in the selection of a helical baffled exchanger
In a greenfield project, a proprietary heat exchangera has been found to be preferable to conventional shell-and-tube (S&T) exchangers to optimize the total lifecycle cost (i.e., capital, operating, installation and maintenance costs).
The Authors
Ritabrata Pramanik has more than 35 yr of experience in the design and engineering of heat transfer equipment in the oil and gas, petrochemical, LNG, fertilizer, chemical and power sectors. He was Fluor global Subject Matter Expert (SME) in heat exchanger thermal design and retired as a Design Director from the Fluor New Delhi office.
N. R. Srinath has more than 14 yr of experience in the design and engineering of heat transfer equipment in the energy and chemical sectors. He began his career with Foster Wheeler India in 2007 and has worked at Fluor New Delhi since 2013.
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