Heat exchanger fundamentals and temperature-control-loop training for process, chemical, mechanical, and plant engineers - 1 day in the classroom or 8 hours online, finishing with a completion certificate.
The IHE825 industrial heat exchanger control course teaches process, chemical, mechanical, plant, and equipment engineers how heat exchangers work and how their temperature control loops behave in an operating plant. Heat exchangers are critical heat-transfer equipment in chemical engineering, designed to move heat from one process stream to another without mixing the fluids across the separating wall, and every temperature control loop on a shell-and-tube, plate, or air-cooled exchanger inherits the thermal dynamics of the equipment it controls. IHE825 runs as 1 day of classroom training or 8 hours online.
IHE825 covers heat exchanger classification, the different types of heat exchangers found in industry, construction and material selection, and design parameters using the LMTD and NTU methods, then connects that equipment knowledge to how thermal process dynamics show up on a controller faceplate. Attendees leave able to recognize the common operational problems - fouling, tube leaks, bypass, and flow maldistribution among them - that drive control loop performance and temperature-control troubleshooting on real equipment.
IHE825 moves from heat exchanger fundamentals to design calculations to the operational problems that drive temperature control loop performance in the plant. After completing the course, attendees can select the right heat exchanger for a process, calculate efficiency and required surface area, apply the LMTD and NTU design methods, and connect equipment condition - fouling, bypass, tube leaks - to what shows up as temperature control loop behavior on a DCS or PLC faceplate.
The course covers the following topics.
Once these topics are complete, engineers choose the delivery format that fits their schedule and plant access.
IHE825 is built for the people responsible for heat exchanger selection, design, and temperature control loop performance in the plant: process control engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, plant engineers, equipment engineers, operations engineers, and maintenance supervisors. Some plant experience and/or a 3-year associate's diploma in a technical field is expected, because the course moves quickly from fundamentals into design calculations and applied control-loop troubleshooting.
Build a working equipment model of the heat exchangers behind your temperature control loops, so tuning and troubleshooting decisions account for thermal lag, fouling, and dead time rather than treating the loop as a black box.
Learn the classification, construction, material selection, and LMTD vs NTU design methods needed to select and specify the right heat exchanger for a process, plus the standards and codes that govern safe operation.
Connect fouling, tube leaks, and bypass conditions on the equipment side to the temperature swings, sluggish response, and oscillations operators see on the control loop, so troubleshooting starts from the right root cause.
IHE825 also suits full teams from a single plant. Group participation works well when a team shares responsibility for heat exchanger reliability or a temperature control upgrade, and companies use the course for equipment onboarding, thermal process troubleshooting readiness, and control room upskilling. Onsite corporate training is available on request so a team trains together on its own exchangers.
Heat exchanger theory sticks best when it is tested against equipment that behaves like the real thing. IHE825 references PiControl's PiHEx real-time dynamic heat exchanger simulator for hands-on control practice: PiHEx models shell-and-tube heat transfer, fouling effects, and dual-stream temperature control, so engineers can see how the classification, construction, and design concepts from the classroom translate into thermal process dynamics on a live temperature control loop.
Attendees who want to carry that practice further into loop tuning itself typically continue with PiControl's PID100 PID tuning course, which uses real-time simulation software to tune temperature and other process control loops, including on heat exchangers, with an automatic grading report card.
IHE825 attendees receive a PiControl IHE825 Completion Certificate, which supports professional development records and can be added to a resume or LinkedIn profile. The certificate documents completion of the heat exchanger classification, construction, design, and temperature-control-loop troubleshooting curriculum described above.
Attendees also receive heat exchanger training slides for reference back in the plant. Engineers who want to carry the equipment knowledge from IHE825 into hands-on loop tuning typically continue with PiControl's PID100 PID tuning course.
Short answers to the questions engineers ask most before enrolling in the IHE825 industrial heat exchanger control course.
Request course info on IHE825 to give your engineering team a practical grounding in heat exchanger fundamentals and temperature control, with a completion certificate. Online, 1-day classroom, and onsite formats are available, so teams in any location or time zone can start.
Hands-on practice: try the PiHEx real-time heat exchanger simulator. More training: visit the Training. Questions: info@PiControlSolutions.com, Tel: (832) 495 6436.