Course detail

CAD Projection of Heat Transfer Equipment for Processes and Power Systems

FSI-KT0Acad. year: 2025/2026

In relation to Heat Transfer seminar, this seminar provides more advanced and profound knowledge on design of process and power equipment for heat exchange, especially knowledge on design, rating and simulation calculation of convection heat exchangers for single-phase and two-phase applications. Seminar presents possibilities of application of particular world recognized professional software systems (HTRI Xchanger Suite, CHEMCAD, DWSIM, Excel) on tasks from industrial practice.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Zdeněk Jegla, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Entry knowledge

Students have passed Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Processes seminars.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course is classified as compulsory-facultative seminar; it is not graded. Assessment consists of award of credit. Course-unit credit requirements: compulsory and active participation in seminars and submission of the assigned tasks.


Attendance at seminars is compulsory and checked.
Credit will be awarded to students who attend the lessons regularly and actively (regular attendance means attendance at minimum of 75 % of the seminar, i.e. 10 lessons out of total 13).

Aims

Student will acquire deeper understanding of (thermal-hydraulic) design of process and power equipment (especially design of heat exchangers of various construction types) and existing computer aided design systems; application of software systems for analysis of existing and design of new heat exchangers and related activities will be further presented. Students will in detail learn about possibilities of world recognized professional software systems (HTRI Xchanger Suite, CHEMCAD) and how to work with them. It will also include an introduction to the advanced features of MS Excel spreadsheet, which is the most widely used program in design offices, and which offers a large number of functions and options that students usually do not know about.


Students will learn to use CAD for design and analysis of process and power equipment and related activities; they will further obtain overview of available software and their application for concrete practical tasks.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hewit G.F. (ed.), Heat Exchanger Design Handbook 2008, 5th Revised Edition, Begell House, Inc., New York, 2009
CHEMCAD Version 7, User Guide, Chemstations, 2016
Rayaprolu K.: Boilers for power and process, CRC Press, 2009.
Stephan P. (editor-in-chief), VDI-GVC: VDI Heat Atlas, 2nd. ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.

Recommended reading

Breden M., Schwimmer M., Excel 2007 VBA – Velká kniha řešení, Computer Press, a.s., Brno, 2009
Walkenbach J., Excel 2010 Power Programming With VBA, Wiley Publishing, Inc., ISBN: 0470475358, 2010

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-PRI-P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Zdeněk Jegla, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lessons in computer labs:

1. week: Introduction to the course content and working method. Introduction into design, check and simulation calculations of convection heat exchangers. Basic work with Excel and its use in the design practice of an engineer.
2. week: Advanced possibilities of Excel and its use in design practice of an engineer - part I.
3. week: Advanced possibilities of Excel and its use in design practice of an engineer - part II.
4. week: Use of VBA in MS Excel environment in the practice of a process engineer. Creation of a computing environment in MS Excel for a simplified design of a heat exchanger.
5. week: Calculations of heat exchangers using simulation software CHEMCAD, DWSIM and examples of related activities - part I.
6. week: Calculations of heat exchangers using simulation software CHEMCAD, DWSIM and examples of related activities - part II.
7. week: Getting acquainted with the environment of the HTRI Xchanger Suite software system, basics of control and its settings. Overview of individual modules and their use. Basic examples for mastering the basic work with the software system (entering input data, program options, displaying the resulting protocol, etc.). Introduction to the Xace module - air coolers and economizers.
8. week: Practical applications - solving tasks using Xace module.
9. week: Practical applications - solving tasks using Xace module.
10. week: Introduction to the Xist module - shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
11. week: Practical applications – solving tasks using Xist module.
12. week: Practical applications – solving tasks using Xist module (single-phase and two-phase applications).
13. week: Introduction to the Xphe module - plate heat exchangers.