HEAT TRANSFER BOOK LIST

These books are useful references for both

novice and experienced heat transfer engineers.
D. Q. KERN K. J. BELL AND A. C. MUELLER Standards of the Tubular
Process Heat Transfer Wolverine Engineering Exchanger Manufacturers
McGraw-Hill (1950) Data Book II Association
This is an excellent source for the Wolverine Tube, Inc. 9th ed., TEMA (2007)
process engineer. Many of the rules This free online book contains many The standards for shell-and-tube
of thumb are still used. useful correlations and rules of thumb heat exchangers.
for exchanger design.
» www.wlv.com/heat-transfer-databook
R. SERTH AND T. LESTINA
Process Heat Transfer: API Standard 661:
Principles, Applications J. R. THOME Petroleum, Petrochemical,
and Rules of Thumb Wolverine Engineering and Natural Gas
2nd ed., Elsevier (2014) Data Book III Industries—Air-cooled
The text bridges the gap between Wolverine Tube, Inc. Heat Exchangers
undergraduate heat transfer studies This introduction to boiling and 7th ed., American Petroleum
and the use of software for industrial condensation includes video clips. Institute (2013)
exchanger design. » www.wlv.com/heat-transfer-databook The standard for air-cooled heat
exchangers.

Heat Exchanger
Handbook of Heat Transfer
3rd ed., eds. W. M. Rohsenow, J. P. Hartnett, Design Handbook D. G. KRÖGER
and Y. I. Cho, McGraw-Hill (1998) ed. G. F. Hewitt, Begell House (2008)
Air-cooled Heat
A thorough reference for many heat This is the tome for heat exchangers.
Exchangers and Cooling
transfer applications including heat
exchangers.
Towers
S. KAKAÇ, H. LIU, AND PennWell (2004)
A. PRAMUANJAROENKIJ A detailed and comprehensive
Heat Exchangers: Selection, text on practices for air-cooler
R. L. WEBB AND N. H. KIM and A-frame design.
Principles of Enhanced Rating, and Thermal Design
3rd ed., CRC (2012)
Heat Transfer This reference provides a foundation
Taylor & Francis (2005)
for the basic calculations used for
A good introduction to many
heat exchanger design.
enhanced heat transfer surfaces.

S. YOKELL
T. L. BERGMAN, A. S. LAVINE,
F. P. INCROPERA, AND D. P. DEWITT A Working Guide to
Fundamentals of Shell-and-Tube
Heat and Mass Transfer Heat Exchangers HEAT TRANSFER
7th ed., Wiley (2011)
A widely used heat transfer textbook
McGraw-Hill (1990)
Another perspective on shell-and-tube
ACADEMY
and reference for industry. heat exchanger design.

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