Abstract
This chapter discusses various aspects of the development of expert systems for the application of heat exchangers and heat pumps in energy conservation. The determination of the optimum heat exchanger design for a specific, well defined application can be regarded as a two-stage process. The first stage is concerned with the selection of the most appropriate heat exchanger type. The second stage involves the preparation of a detailed design which matches the design parameters of the chosen type to the requirements of the application. The use of computer based procedures is usually restricted to the second stage of the design process. The problem of type selection, that is, the first stage of the overall design process, is different to the detailed design because it cannot easily be expressed in algorithmic terms. The direct use of expert opinion to provide the information for the knowledge base has been found to be the only acceptable procedure. General opinion among experts indicates that an advisory software package for heat exchanger selection would be a useful facility.
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