At the London Forum on 25 September, Dave Butterworth reviewed the developments in various aspects of process heat transfer from 1960s until today and then suggest how things might be in 2010.
Interrelated topics covered included the developments in software, availability of heat transfer expertise and the evolution of heat exchanger types. For the most part, it was suggested that the changes will be modest.
The suggested developments are the personal views of Dave rather than a consensus view of the industry. So the Dave's suggestions prompted a discussion from the audience including apposing viewpoints.
This presentation was a repeat of a Keynote lecture given at the 8th UK National Heat Transfer Conference Oxford, 9-10 September 2003. The paper has now been published in Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 8-9, June 2004, pp. 1395-1407.
