Uncommon lessons: Shell-and-tube heat exchangers—Part 1

Kuntak Daru is a Pressure Vessel Engineer with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. He works in the mechanical equipment division of Air Products, supporting engineering and design activities of AP projects worldwide from the company’s Houston, Texas location. Prior to working with Air Products, Daru was a Technical Director in mechanical engineering at Fluor Corp. He has more than 30 yr of experience in the design, engineering and specification of static equipment in the refining, oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical industries. Daru has been published more than 15 times in his field and holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from SVNIT in Surat, India. Daru is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Texas and Louisiana, U.S. The author can be reached at Darukm@airproducts.com or Kuntak.Daru@Gmail.com.

is an Independent Consultant in Mumbai, India. He has more than 15 yr of hands-on experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer in butyl rubber, gasification, ethane cracker, chlorinated PVC and various revamp projects. He previously worked for L&T Heavy Engineering, Bechtel India Ltd., Jacobs Engineering, Reliance Industries Ltd. and KIPIC, Kuwait. He holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering and an MS degree in industrial process equipment design. He is a Certified Chartered Engineer and Professional Engineer in India. The author can be reached at anil0208@gmail.com.

is a Senior Design Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd. and is part of the project management team. She has worked on benzene recovery units, extract hydrotreater units, SCAN-Finer units, as well as pressure vessels, shell-and-tube heat exchangers and packaged items. Prior to Reliance Industries Ltd., she worked for Bechtel India and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Ms. Gala graduated from L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, India, in mechanical engineering.