Tubular Heat Exchanger: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair

Today's cost-conscious process and manufacturing industries require the life of tubular heat exchangers to be extended. That's why engineers and technicians will welcome this guide, packed with inspection checklists and tips for cost containment that reduce the need for new equipment.

Advice on evaluating heat exchangers and on inspection strategies for both operating and out-of-service equipment will help prevent the need for costly reapairs. Additional benefits include tips on tube plugging, retubing, shell-side repairs and alterations, maintenance, repair, and alteration of closures, channels, bonnets, and tubesheets.

Carl F. Andreone, P.E., is president of Heat Transfer Consultants, Inc., and a consultant on power generation heat transfer equipment to Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. An internationally recognized authority on specifying feedwater heaters and auxiliary exchangers, he has worked on projects for more than 400 closed feedwater heaters in the last 15 years. Stanley Yokell, P.E., is past president of MGT, Inc., and a senior consultant to Hagler, Bailly Consulting, Inc., an international economics and engineering consulting firm. He is a leading expert on tube-to-tubesheet joining of tubular heat exchangers, and has been involved in the design and construction of over 3,000 tubular heat exchangers. Since 1979, he has consulted on a variety of problems with process and power generation heat exchanger problems. The authors have presented more than 100 short intensive courses on shell-and-tube heat exchangers, closed feed water heaters, and tubular exchanger inspection, maintenance, and repair in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Both are Fellows of the ASME.