System and method for controlled heat exchanger swapping

A system, comprising:

• a controller of a reciprocating engine, wherein the controller is configured to:
• detect a threshold reduction in performance of at least one heat exchanger of a discrete plurality of heat exchangers coupled to an exhaust circuit of the reciprocating engine, wherein the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are configured to be shuffled between a plurality of unique arrangements of positions along the exhaust circuit, wherein the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are disposed in a first unique arrangement of the plurality of unique arrangements of positions along the exhaust circuit, wherein each of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers includes a common mounting interface having common fluid connections enabling each of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers to fluidly couple to the exhaust circuit and one or more fluid supplies when the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are shuffled between the positions along the exhaust circuit, and the common fluid connections comprise common input connections and common output connections;
• and
• generate an output indicative of a second unique arrangement of the plurality of unique arrangements of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers along the exhaust circuit, wherein the plurality of unique arrangements are different from one another, wherein the second unique arrangement of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers has a greater predicted remaining useful life than the first unique arrangement of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers.

A system, comprising:

• a reciprocating engine;
• an exhaust circuit coupled to the reciprocating engine, wherein the exhaust circuit comprises a discrete plurality of heat exchangers coupled with the exhaust circuit in different positions, wherein the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are configured to be shuffled between a plurality of unique arrangements of positions along the exhaust circuit;
• and
• a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
• detect a threshold reduction in performance of at least one heat exchanger of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers coupled to the exhaust circuit of the reciprocating engine, wherein the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are disposed in a first unique arrangement of the plurality of unique arrangements of positions along the exhaust circuit, wherein each of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers includes a common mounting interface having common fluid connections enabling each of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers to fluidly couple to the exhaust circuit and one or more fluid supplies when the discrete plurality of heat exchangers are shuffled between the positions along the exhaust circuit, and the common fluid connections comprise common input connections and common output connections;
• and
• generate an output indicative of a second unique arrangement of the plurality of unique arrangements of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers along the exhaust circuit, wherein the plurality of unique arrangements are different from one another, wherein the second unique arrangement of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers has a greater predicted remaining useful life than the first unique arrangement of positions of the discrete plurality of heat exchangers.