Steam Surface Condensers

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About the Author Born and educated in London, England, Richard E. Putman has been a Chartered Mechanical Engineer since 1952. After a number of positions with British companies, including extended overseas assignments in Canada, Sweden and Australia, in 1965 he joined the then fledgling Computer Systems Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh. This was an exciting period in the application of a new technology and he led a number of projects that became pioneering computer applications in the power and process industries, several eventually becoming the subject of US Patents. Following his distinguished career with Westinghouse spanning 25 years, in 1991 he joined Conco Consulting Corp. in Pittsburgh, PA and, for the past 9 years, has been their Technical Director. A Member of ASME and of both the IEEE and ISA, over a long career, he has had more than 80 papers published and 39 U.S. patents granted. He and Agnes, his wife for 38 years, now live in Punta Gorda, FL.... Tovább

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About the Author Born and educated in London, England, Richard E. Putman has been a Chartered Mechanical Engineer since 1952. After a number of positions with British companies, including extended overseas assignments in Canada, Sweden and Australia, in 1965 he joined the then fledgling Computer Systems Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh. This was an exciting period in the application of a new technology and he led a number of projects that became pioneering computer applications in the power and process industries, several eventually becoming the subject of US Patents. Following his distinguished career with Westinghouse spanning 25 years, in 1991 he joined Conco Consulting Corp. in Pittsburgh, PA and, for the past 9 years, has been their Technical Director. A Member of ASME and of both the IEEE and ISA, over a long career, he has had more than 80 papers published and 39 U.S. patents granted. He and Agnes, his wife for 38 years, now live in Punta Gorda, FL. They have a daughter, Caroline, an insurance executive residing with her family in Charlotte, NC; and a son, William, who is deeply involved with the high-tech industry in Pittsburgh, PA. About the Book Steam Surface Condensers: Basic Principles, Performance Monitoring, and Maintenance is a comprehensive presentation of analytical theory and real-world practical solutions. It clearly illustrates updated approaches that plant managers and performance engineers can use in judging condenser performance and in making maintenance decisions. The author examines current methods for modeling, diagnosing, and improving condenser performance. He describes how to calculate heat transfer coefficients, provides details of the new ASME Power Test Code PTC.12.2-1998, and explains the significance of heat transfer coefficients in measuring the overall performance of an operating condenser. Further discussion includes condenser cleaning schedules that save money and reduce C02 emissions, diagnostic methods that help unit operators pinpoint problem areas, monitoring techniques that help predict the onset of tube fouling and deposit accumulation, and proper methods of tube plugging. Vissza