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Heat Transfer Dynamics: Augmentation in Process Industries
Sector:
Cross-Industry – Energy Management & Efficiency
Technical Focus Area:
Energy Management & Efficiency (ENM)
About the Course
High-performance thermal systems increasingly rely on augmentation to lift duty, shrink surface area, or recover efficiency. This course builds a practical toolkit for choosing and applying enhancement methods—fins, twisted tapes, inserts, roughened/treated surfaces, surface/texturing, vibration, rotating elements, electromagnetic fields, additives, and compound techniques—matched to process constraints.
You will connect heat transfer fundamentals to real equipment behavior (STHE, PHE, ACHE, compact/PCHE), quantify thermal gains and hydraulic penalties, and employ PEC to compare options fairly. Two-phase modules cover boiling/condensation enhancement and stability/operability issues.
Throughout, we address manufacturability, cleaning and fouling, inspection access, and maintenance. Case exercises guide retrofits that improve efficiency without compromising reliability or safety.
Learning Milestones
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain thermal/flow fundamentals that govern augmentation effectiveness and penalties.
- Apply PEC to compare techniques and select an optimal solution for a given service.
- Design/retrofit single-phase enhancements (fins, inserts, swirl/vortex devices, additives).
- Enhance two-phase heat transfer (boiling/condensation) with treated/rough surfaces and advanced methods.
- Evaluate pressure-drop/pumping-power impacts and specify pumps/compressors accordingly.
- Diagnose deterioration (fouling, maldistribution, vibration) and restore performance using augmentation.
- Plan operations/maintenance for enhanced surfaces (cleaning, inspection, reliability).
- Build a cost-benefit case and roadmap for augmentation projects and retrofits.
- Integrate active techniques (vibration, rotating surfaces, EM fields) where justified.
Professional Audience
- Supervisors & Operators; Process Plant Shift Leaders
- Mechanical Technicians & Maintenance Engineers
- Process/Utilities/Heat Transfer Engineers
- Environmental & Safety Technicians
- Plant/Technical Managers involved in energy and debottlenecking
Modular Syllabus
Equipment Landscape, Need for Augmentation & PEC
- Thermal equipment overview (STHE, PHE, ACHE, compact/PCHE) and KPIs
- Where losses occur: approach temperatures, U-values, maldistribution
- Why augment? Debottlenecking, area reduction, energy savings, compactness
- Classification of techniques: passive, active, compound
- Performance Evaluation Criteria (PEC) and fair comparisons (h/Δp, j/f, area/energy trade-offs)
- O&M/cost baseline: operating & maintenance cost drivers
- **Activity/Workshop:** Build a PEC comparison matrix for three candidate retrofits
Course Dates & Prices
Picture | Location | Starting Date | Price | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dubai (UAE) | 29/12/2025 | 2999 $ | ||
Online | 05/01/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Online | 05/01/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 12/01/2026 | 2749 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 12/01/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Cairo (Egypt) | 19/01/2026 | 2749 $ | ||
Online | 19/01/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Online | 26/01/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Muscat (Oman) | 29/01/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 02/02/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Muscat (Oman) | 16/02/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Online | 16/02/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Online | 23/02/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 23/02/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Online | 02/03/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Online | 09/03/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
London (UK) | 09/03/2026 | 3499 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 09/03/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Online | 16/03/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Istanbul (Turkey) | 16/03/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 16/03/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Online | 23/03/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 23/03/2026 | 4099$ | ||
Doha (Qatar) | 23/03/2026 | 2999 $ | ||
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 30/03/2026 | 4199$ | ||
Online | 30/03/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 06/04/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Istanbul | 06/04/2026 | 2749 $ | ||
Online | 06/04/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 13/04/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Cairo (Egypt) | 13/04/2026 | 2749 $ | ||
Online | 20/04/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 27/04/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Online | 27/04/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
London (UK) | 27/04/2026 | 3499 $ | ||
Istanbul (Turkey) | 04/05/2026 | 2749 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 04/05/2026 | 2999$ | ||
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 11/05/2026 | 4099$ | ||
Online | 11/05/2026 | 2299 $ | ||
Doha (Qatar) | 11/05/2026 | 2999 $ |
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