Heating and Cooling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: The most important characteristic of any glass melt furnace is that the lining be able to withstand the highly corrosive fumes frequently generated by glass chemistry at high temperatures. High ...

Description: A re-circulating chiller is used to supply a steady flow of temperature-controlled fluid to an application. The fluid temperature coming from the chiller could be used to cool, maintain or even ...

Description: This article takes an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of steam and hot water for jacketed heating, and compares indirect and direct steam injection systems for making hot water. ...

Description: Inline direct steam injection is more energy efficient than indirectly heating water in a tank. Use this overview of DSI equipment to select the appropriate system for your application. ...

Description: Landfill gas is becoming increasingly important as a source of fuel for process heating. This is primarily due to its carbon footprint, which can be harnessed to do work instead of being vented or ...

Description: A heat sink gives waste energy a place to go. A properly sized heat sink maintains the semiconductor junction temperature at or below the max. allowable temperature. ...

Description: Practical Applications for Heat Pipe Technology: Heat Carrying Capacity Formed Heat Pipes / Flattened and Bent Limitations of Bending / Min Radius Examples of the Technology: Heat spreading Increased ...

Description: In 1834 Jean Peltier discovered that when electrical current passes through a closed circuit made up of two dissimilar metals, heat energy is absorbed at one dissimilar metal junction and discharged ...

Description: Learn about the role that thermoelectric modules perform in various applications involving heat exchangers. ...

Description: Discover why thermoelectric modules are so reliable, and the factors that play key roles in their overall reliability. ...

Description: Multistage gas compression is one of the most common processes in any industrial plant. Applications vary from one industry to another and include natural gas processing, petroleum refining, and ...

Description: Significant gains in energy efficiency have been elusive for heat transfer systems that use high-volume air-movement systems such as cooling towers, chillers and evaporative coolers. Although much ...

Description: When heat densities rise to very high levels, air cooling may prove inadequate, but designing a liquid-cooled heat sinking system may at first seem formidable. In reality, it is a very straightforward ...

Description: The following photos of a complex heat sink assembly demonstrate a wide variety of high technology cooling solutions. This cooler for an RF power amplifier is capable of dissipating many hundreds of ...

Description: Many designers will turn to copper as an alternative material to improve heat sink performance when an aluminum sink may not provide enough cooling. In some cases this switch is justified, in other ...

Description: Although fin skiving is not a new manufacturing technology it has seen an increase in satisfying the need for low cost, high fin ratio thermal management parts. Ideal for cooling ultra-fast ...

Description: Data centers contain racks of computers used to store and administrate vast amounts of information. Heat generated by these computers routinely reaches levels high enough to cause system failure. To ...

Description: Water & Wastewater International, November 2007 — Proper maintenance of cooling towers can be a dangerous, expensive and tedious undertaking. Here's some information on ways to make the process ...

Description: This guide discusses general issues related to the selection of industrial equipment for heat processing. Since nearly all products manufactured today require heat application at some point in the ...

Description: Batch-type ovens, which include cabinet-type to truck-loaded (or walk-in type) designs, are the more common type of oven used. ...

Description: This guide discusses general issues related to the selection of industrial equipment for heat processing. Since nearly all products manufactured today require heat application at some point in the ...