Fundamentals of Industrial Heat Exchangers

Dr Nemati has more than 22 years of academic and industrial experience. He is the author and co-author of 43 top peer-reviewed journals and conference articles. Besides his academic activities, he is a professional in the design and construction of different types of exchangers, especially shell and tube heat exchangers and air coolers. He has cooperated on several large-scale petrochemical projects. Since 2013 Dr Ardekani has been actively involved in the design and optimisation of new technologies and devices in the fields of renewable energy (solar thermal technologies in particular), thermal energy storage, and multiphase-based (including nanofluid) heat sinks. He has published 55 articles in top peer-reviewed journals and prestigious conference proceedings, one book, two book chapters and a webinar in collaboration with different research institutes and companies around the world including Imperial College London (UK), the University of Clarkson (USA), and the National Technical University of Athens (Greece). He has secured research grants for, managed, and delivered funded projects worth over £1.7m. Previous to his academic career, he worked in solar thermal, oil, gas and petrochemical plants for over 4 years. His scientific activities have earned him the international Green Talent Award from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which introduced me as a top young scientist in Green Energy in 2015, while he was also named a Promising Young Researcher (Y2 rating) by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. He is on 3 editorial boards and a reviewer of 19 notable accredited journals. James Mahootchi is a senior project engineer and a consultant. He is a chartered professional engineer of Engineers Australia in Mechanical Engineering and Pressure Equipment Design Verification. Having many years of experience in oil, gas, petrochemical and aviation industries, he has performed mechanical design of numerous pressure vessels, heat exchangers and etc. His main focus regarding heat exchangers includes mechanical design of shell and tube heat exchangers. He has also (co)authored another book called “Pressure vessel Design, Guides and Procedures”. As his latest work, he has been part of the design team of Western Sydney International airport. Prof Josua Meyer, is a professor at Stellenbosch University. His research has a broad focus on the thermal sciences, but with a narrower focus on heat exchangers. His heat exchanger work focuses on fundamental work in internal forced convection, the transitional flow regime, nanofluids, boiling, and condensation. On an applications level his work focuses on thermal-solar, wind- and nuclear energy. He has received 11 different teaching awards from three different universities. He has won more than 43 research awards including 33 awards for best article of the year or best conference paper. His is a “highly cited researcher” and is amongst the top 2% scientists in the world. He is on the editorial board of 13 journals and is editor of 7 journals in his field of research. He has (co)authored more than 800 articles, conference papers, book chapters, and patents and has (co)supervised more than 150 research masters and PhD students