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The efficient and optimised operation of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers is vital in all Petrochemical and Refinery operations where low grade heat is released to the environment. The need for continuous operation of these exchangers has often discouraged routine condition monitoring with the inevitable fall-off in performance with time. This paper explains how these exchangers can be performance tested and describes instruments, test methods, data analysis and diagnostic procedures used in maintaining and improving performance. The use of condition monitoring and good design and installation practices can lead to financial benefits with very short pay-back periods.
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Berryman, R.J. (1992). Condition Monitoring of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers. In: Roetzel, W., Heggs, P.J., Butterworth, D. (eds) Design and Operation of Heat Exchangers. EUROTHERM Seminars, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84450-8_20
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