What you'll learn:
- Design, inspect, maintain and operate heat exchangers and analyze their performance in a professional manner
- Select and size a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given duty
- Understand design guidelines and specifications when allocating fluids
- Identify the problems in operation that lead to performance deterioration
- Determine correct troubleshooting techniques
- Know, understand and interpret TEMA standards and terminologies for shell and tube heat exchangers
- List advantages and drawbacks of TEMA Types and associate the most appropriate type with operating conditions and fluids properties
- Describe the heat exchange laws and identify key parameters impacting the exchange coefficients and pressure drops
- Employ the concepts of heat transfer coefficients and determine their overall effect on heat exchanger fouling
- Be an active and efficient communicator during meetings with heat exchanger vendors
- Test your knowledge with 200+ question quiz
- Get access to useful charts and diagrams to solve daily heat exchanger problems
- Get access to valuable shell and tube heat exchanger design tables according to DIN 21184 - 21191 and TEMA std to properly design shell and tube heat exchangers
Heat Exchangers Masterclass: Design, Operation & Troubleshooting
The Complete Guide to Industrial Heat Exchangers—Principles, Components, Best Practices & TEMA Standards
Heat exchangers are the backbone of heat transfer in the refining, petrochemical, power generation, and process industries. This comprehensive course delivers the essential knowledge and practical insights you need to understand, operate, design, and troubleshoot heat exchangers for optimal plant performance.
Why Take This Course?
Industry-Relevant Skills:
Heat exchangers are everywhere—mastering them is vital for any engineer or technician working in process industries.Proven, Practical Methods:
Learn from real industry experience, common mistakes, and best practices in line with the latest TEMA standards.Visual, Hands-On Learning:
Experience heat exchangers like never before with graphics, cross-sectional views, 3D animations, and real-world video footage.
What You’ll Learn
Heat Exchanger Fundamentals:
Core heat transfer theory and process control concepts
Overview of popular designs: shell and tube, plate and frame, fired heaters, double pipe, spiral heat exchangers
Focus on shell and tube exchangers—the industry’s workhorse
Component Deep Dive:
3D animations and cross-sectional illustrations of key parts: tube bundles, baffles, floating heads, tube sheets, and more
Functions, operating limits, and material selection for each component
Operation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting:
Best practices for safe, efficient operation
Maintenance routines and troubleshooting strategies
Guidelines fully aligned with the latest TEMA standards
Step-by-Step Design Methodology:
How to design a heat exchanger from scratch
Calculating the effective temperature difference and heat transfer coefficient
Real-world tips to avoid common design and commissioning mistakes
Practical examples from project startup, debottlenecking, and commissioning
Who Should Enroll?
Mechanical, chemical, and process engineers
Plant operators, maintenance technicians, and reliability professionals
Engineering students and recent graduates
Anyone working with heat transfer equipment or seeking practical thermal engineering skills
Course Features
High-quality video lessons with 3D animations, cross-sectional views, and real-world footage
Step-by-step design and troubleshooting guides
Practice sessions, quizzes, and downloadable resources for hands-on learning
Lifetime access: Study at your own pace, anytime, anywhere
Instructor support via Udemy Q&A
By the End of This Course, You Will:
Confidently explain how heat exchangers work and identify all major components
Apply TEMA standards and best practices in operation and maintenance
Troubleshoot common problems and optimize heat exchanger performance
Design effective heat exchangers using proven, industry-accepted methods
Avoid costly mistakes with insights from real-world project experience
Get Started Today!
Preview the free course videos and detailed curriculum. Join engineers and professionals worldwide who trust WR Training for clear, practical technical education.
Click “Enroll Now” and master industrial heat exchangers today!
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COURSE UPDATES
June 25
We have added new video lectures. In addition, new quizzes are being added to help you test your knowledge and emphasize the key learning points. The quiz will include:
True/False questions
Multi-choice questions
Images, cross-sectionnal views
Solved problems
and much more...
When you think you’ve got a good grasp on a topic within the course, you can test your knowledge by taking the quiz. If you pass, wonderful ! If not, you can review the videos and notes again or ask us for help in the Q&A section.
