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The course notes for Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers-Mechanical Aspects have been updated. Viewers should be aware that these notes are based upon Stanley Yokell’s book, “A Working Guide to Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers”, McGraw-Hill 1990, now out of print and … Continue reading →

We have available a CD with 50 annotated photographs of feedwater heater failures and autopsies. We will provide them as a bonus to purchasers of our Closed Feedwater Heater Suite. They are also available for separate purchase for a price … Continue reading →

As of today, MGT Inc.’s copyrighted Closed Feedwater Heater Suite is updated. The current price is $590. We will provide purchasers with a bonus DVD showing the installation of a feedwater heater bundle in the shell during manufacture.

MGT’s course, “Closed Feedwater Heaters-Mechanical Aspects” has been updated to August 2010. MGT’s courses, “Power Plant Auxiliary Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers and Closed Feedwater Heaters” and “Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers, Mechanical Aspets” are in process of updating. The update of our course, … Continue reading →

Stanley Yokell’s paper on hydrostatic testing feedwater heaters and auxiliary heat exchangers Paper No. 2010 – 27106 has been accepted for presentation at the July PowerGen conference in Chicago. The paper demonstrates that pressure gage divisions of typical gages used … Continue reading →

Chemical Engineering Magazine’s April 2101 Feature Report is Stanley Yokell’s article, “Full Length Sleeving for Process Heat Exchanger tubes.”

Stan Yokell is now a Life Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Welding Society (AWS)

A new post on the MGT Blog at http://syokell.blogspot.com/ discusses hydrostatic testing heat exchangers, with emphasis on testing when leaks are not visible as in fixed tubesheet designs and typical closed feedwater heater construction. It discusses weeping from the channel … Continue reading →

MGT Inc., which has made hundreds of presentations in-plant and at public offerings of our courses, “Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers – Mechanical Aspects”, Closed Feedwater Heaters – Mechanical Aspects”, “Tubular Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance and Repairs”, “Tube-to-Tubesheet Joints”, and “Power Plant Heat … Continue reading →