HEAT TRANSFER BOOK LIST

These books are useful references for both

novice and experienced heat transfer engineers.
D. Q. KERN

Process Heat Transfer

McGraw-Hill (1950)

This is an excellent source for the

process engineer. Many of the rules
of thumb are still used.
R. SERTH AND T. LESTINA

Process Heat Transfer:

Principles, Applications
and Rules of Thumb
2nd ed., Elsevier (2014)

The text bridges the gap between

undergraduate heat transfer studies
and the use of software for industrial
exchanger design.

Handbook of Heat Transfer

3rd ed., eds. W. M. Rohsenow, J. P. Hartnett,

and Y. I. Cho, McGraw-Hill (1998)

A thorough reference for many heat

transfer applications including heat
exchangers.
R. L. WEBB AND N. H. KIM

Principles of Enhanced
Heat Transfer
Taylor & Francis (2005)

A good introduction to many

enhanced heat transfer surfaces.
T. L. BERGMAN, A. S. LAVINE,
F. P. INCROPERA, AND D. P. DEWITT

K. J. BELL AND A. C. MUELLER

Wolverine Engineering
Data Book II
Wolverine Tube, Inc.

This free online book contains many

useful correlations and rules of thumb
for exchanger design.
www.wlv.com/heat-transfer-databook
J. R. THOME

Wolverine Engineering
Data Book III
Wolverine Tube, Inc.

This introduction to boiling and

condensation includes video clips.
www.wlv.com/heat-transfer-databook

Heat Exchanger
Design Handbook

ed. G. F. Hewitt, Begell House (2008)

This is the tome for heat exchangers.

S. KAKA, H. LIU, AND
A. PRAMUANJAROENKIJ

Heat Exchangers: Selection,

Rating, and Thermal Design

The standards for shell-and-tube

heat exchangers.

API Standard 661:

Petroleum, Petrochemical,
and Natural Gas
IndustriesAir-cooled
Heat Exchangers
7th ed., American Petroleum
Institute (2013)

The standard for air-cooled heat

exchangers.
D. G. KRGER

Air-cooled Heat
Exchangers and Cooling
Towers
PennWell (2004)

A detailed and comprehensive

text on practices for air-cooler
and A-frame design.

This reference provides a foundation

for the basic calculations used for
heat exchanger design.
S. YOKELL

Fundamentals of
Heat and Mass Transfer

A widely used heat transfer textbook

and reference for industry.

Another perspective on shell-and-tube

heat exchanger design.

201503 Heat Transfer Research, Inc.

9th ed., TEMA (2007)

3rd ed., CRC (2012)

A Working Guide to
Shell-and-Tube
Heat Exchangers

7th ed., Wiley (2011)

Standards of the Tubular

Exchanger Manufacturers
Association

McGraw-Hill (1990)

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