1. Introduction 1
1.1 Significance of heat transfer enhancement 1
1.2 Progress in heat transfer enhancement technology 3
1.3 Engineering applications of heat transfer enhancement 8
1.4 Heat transfer enhancement of the whole plant 20
References 27

2. Basic principles and methods of heat transfer enhancement 29
2.1 Basic principles of heat transfer enhancement 29
2.2 Heat transfer enhancement technology 35
2.3 Commonly used enhanced heat transfer elements and equipment 49
2.4 Heat transfer network synthesis technology 72
References 85

3. Heat transfer enhancement in typical oil refining units 89
3.1 Crude oil distillation unit 90
3.2 Catalytic cracking unit 112
3.3 Hydrocracking unit 124
3.4 Hydrotreating unit 139
3.5 Heavy oil hydrotreating unit 152
3.6 Hydrogen production unit 165
3.7 Delayed coking unit 177
3.8 Adsorption desulfurization unit for catalytic cracking gasoline 196
3.9 Alkylation unit 204
References 216

4. Heat transfer enhancement in a typical aromatic complex 219
4.1 Naphtha hydrotreating and catalytic reforming unit 220
4.2 Aromatics extraction unit 238
4.3 Disproportionation unit
4.4 Xylene isomerization unit 262
4.5 Paraxylene separation and xylene fractionation unit 271
References 293

5. Heat transfer enhancement in typical ethylene plants and downstream units 295
5.1 Steam cracking 296
5.2 Ethylene separation 312
5.3 Ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol unit 331
5.4 Propylene oxide unit 346
5.5 Styrene unit 353
5.6 C5 separation unit 363
5.7 Butyl rubber unit 371
References 379

6. Heat transfer enhancement and overall plant energy saving 383
6.1 Innovative methodology for systematic energy saving 384
6.2 Global heat integration optimization design 393
6.3 Typical cases of heat transfer enhancement across the plant 399
References 432

Index 433