HTRI Xchanger Suite Educational
HTRI Xchanger Suite Educational is a version of Xchanger Suite customized for use by educational institutions. Supported by extensive data collected for nearly 50 years on our industrial-scale heat transfer equipment, this software quickly and accurately handles heat exchanger calculations.
Included in this single-integrated environment are three powerful design, rating, and performance simulation modules:
- Xace - cross flow heat exchangers (air coolers and heat recovery bundles)
- Xist - shell-and-tube heat exchangers
- Xphe - compact heat exchangers (plate-and-frame)
Please note that licenses for HTRI Xchanger Suite Educational do not include access to the Member Center of our website, nor to any of our commercial products such as e-Library, Service Packs, or the HTRI Design Manual.
Program Capabilities
Cross flow (Xace)
- Design, rate, and simulate air-cooled heat exchangers (with fans on or off), heat recovery bundles, and natural draft exchangers.
- Enter any tubeside and outside process conditions.
- Access many special features, such as
- links to vendor-supplied fan selection software
- outside maldistribution (of both inlet air flow and temperature)
- multiple services in one bay
Shell-and-tube (Xist)
- Design, rate, and simulate shell-and-tube exchangers.
- Evaluate geometries including
- TEMA E, F, G, H, J, K, and X shells
- kettle and thermosiphon reboilers including piping
- falling film evaporators
- tubeside reflux condensers
- Analyze single-phase, condensation, and boiling processes.
- Preview rigorous tube layout using interactive drawing shown to scale.
Compact (Xphe)
- Design, rate, and simulate plate-and-frame exchangers.
- Calculate each plate channel incrementally using local properties and process conditions.
- Use unique research-based port maldistribution procedure to determine flow through each plate channel.
- Analyze single-phase, condensation, and boiling processes.
System Requirements
You must have the following equipment to run the components successfully:
- 32-bit Intel® Pentium® or compatible processor
- 64-MB memory (RAM) for Microsoft Windows 98/ME; 128 MB for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
- available hard disk space: 260 MB
- SVGA (800 × 600 resolution) graphics adapter
- pointing device (e.g., mouse, touchpad)
- Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system
- CD-ROM drive (for program installation)
HTRI recommends an 800 MHz or faster Pentium IV with 256 MB RAM, Windows XP operating system, and an XGA graphics adapter (1024 × 768 resolution).