e-Book

The GRETh e.Book is a book dedicated to heat exchangers that includes a numerical application called EchTherm which can be used to calculate exchange coefficients and pressure drops, among other things, and can also be used for dimensioning purposes.

The GRETh e.Book is made up of several VOLUMES, providing members with a comprehensive, annually-updated book on heat exchangers, covering technological description, sizing and operating problems. It covers the following topics

VOLUME 1 - Heat Exchangers: Technologies, design and sizing
Heat exchanger technologies Sizing methods Thermal elements: conduction, convection, radiation Heat exchanger sizing and simulation tools Technology selection: tools and case studies Heat exchanger sizing: Tools and case studies View Volume 1	View Volume 1

VOLUME 2 - Heat exchangers: Diagnosis of heat exchangers operation
Heat transfer intensification Mechanical damage to heat exchangers: Main causes and remedies Diagnostic avancé des performances thermohydrauliques des échangeurs de chaleur Heat exchanger fouling: Mechanisms, metrology and data analysis methods View Volume 2	View Volume 2

VOLUME 3 - Heat exchangers: Technologies, design and sizing
Cost evaluation of heat exchangers The heat exchanger market Energy optimization using the pinch method Case studies View Volume 3	View Volume 3

VOLUME 4 - Heat exchangers: Description, selection and advanced technology choices
Description and selection of tube and shell heat exchangers Geometric parameters and design data Main effects to be taken into account when designing evaporators and condensers Condenser & evaporator types (Reboilers) Case studies - Choosing a TEMA configuration (coming soon) View Volume 4	View Volume 4

VOLUME 5 - Correlations for heat transfer and pressure drop evaluation
Single-phase flow - Heat transfer and pressure drop in forced convection Flow inside a smooth, rectangular annular space Flow outside a smooth tube bundle Flow outside a tube bundle with smooth circular fins Flow outside a continuous finned tube bundle Flow in corrugated plate heat exchangers Flow inside corrugated / grooved tubes Flow through tubes fitted with helical inserts Shell-side flow in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger Flow in plate-fin heat exchangers Louvered fin (for flat-tube or microchannel heat exchangers) Flow in mini and micro channels Flow in spiral exchangers Flow in pillow-plate exchangers Specific case of singular head losses View Volume 5	View Volume 5

The book is updated by continuous scientific monitoring of calculation methods and correlations (exchange/friction) published in the open literature, and the book is enriched with new methods when significant progress is made. This evolution is also reflected in EchTherm.

The tool's quality assurance is ensured by archiving the reference articles that make up the sources of the e.Book and secondly, by submitting specialized chapters to outside experts for review.