1112
Radioscopy, 920
Rating of a compact exchanger, 206-2
1
1
Shah’s method for rating, 21
1
Rating of heat exchangers
of compact heat exchanger, 135
inputs, 135
of shell and tube heat exchanger, 135
steps in rating problem, 137-138
LMTD method, 138
E-NTU
method, 137
Reduced frequency, 430
Reduced period, 320, 329
Reducing agents, 416
Regenerator thermal design
correlation for j and f, 319-320
design methodology, 334-335
designation of regenerators, 326
fluid bypass and canyover, 334
Galerkin method for, 329-330
heat capacity rate ratio, 324
heat transfer, 325
influence of longitudinal heat conduction, 332-333
Romie’s solution, 333
methods, 321
Coppage and London model, 32 1-325
E-NTUo
method, 32 1-329
A-II
method, 329-331
Rozelos method, 331
parameter definitions, 325-326
solution techniques, 321
surface geometrical properties, 3 17-3 19
thermal effectiveness, 32
1
thermo-hydraulic fundamentals
Regenerator mechanical design, 335-337
drive for the rotor, 337
seal design for
rotary
regenerator, 336
thermal distortion and Transients, 337
Regenerators
(see
also
Fixed bed regenerator; Rotary
regenerator; Regenerator thermal design)
construction material, 3
15
corrosion resistance, 3 15
description, 10-
1 1,
158
fixed bed, 307-309
fuel savings due
to
preheating combustion air, 305
gas turbine cycle with regeneration, 304
life, 3 15
recuperator, 306
regeneration principle, 303
rotary
type,
309-3
14
strength and stability, 3 15
in thermodynamic systems, 3
14
for
waste heat recovery application, 304-305
Regenerative burner, 340
Index
Reheat cracking, 724
Remote field slit eddy current testing, 945-947
Repassivation potential, 600
Resonance, 425
Reverse flange, 540
Reversing flow, 413
Reynolds number, 193, 2 10
Ring flange, 540
ROD baffle, 241, 297, 454
heat exchanger design, 297-299
Roll bending machine, 997
Rolling-in process,
amount of thinning of tubes, 974
basic rolling process, 971
criterion for rolling adequacy, 972
expanding in double tubesheets, 978
factors affecting rolling process, 976
joint cleanliness, 975
joint reinforcements by annular grooves, 978
leak testing, 980
leak tightness of rolled joints, 977
length of tube expansion, 974
mock-up test, 974
optimum degree
of
expansion, 972
rolling equipment, 97
1
sequence of tube expansion, 976
size of tube holes, 976
step rolling, 978
strength of rolled joints, 976-977
tube end growth during rolling, 975
Rolling of shell sections, 961-963
Root fluxes
to
protect stainless steel, 750
Rotary regenerator
(see
also
Regenerator),
comparison with recuperators, 3 13-3 14
desirable characteristics for the matrix, 3 12-3
13
drive, 3 10
for gas turbine applications, 3 10
merits, 313
operating temperature and pressure, 3 10
salient features, 309
size,
31
1
surface geometry, 3 10
total heat regenerators, 3 13
types, 310
Ljugstrom type, 309
Rothemuhle type, 308, 309
Rothemuhle regenerative air heater,
1 1,
308
RT (radiographic testing), 891
Ryznar stability index, 642
Salt concentration cell, 582
Salt spray (fog) test, 1038
Scrapped surface exchangers, 20