To give a broad exposure to heat exchangers (or to a group of related process equipment, if breadth is more important than depth) and to acquaint the students with their actual designs, involving layout, stress analysis and mechanical design, with real examples from the industry. OUTCOME: The student, at the end of the course, should be able - • To conceive a design based on the information provided for a particular application • To learn the sizing of the equipment • To predict the therma