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Sneak Preview: Xchanger Suite 8.2 Webinar

September 02, 2020 | 9:00 AM CDT (UTC -05:00)


Xchanger Suite® 8.2 streamlines your workflow and offers you more insight into your exchanger designs. This version incorporates the latest design guidance about no-tubes-in-window (NTIW) baffle configurations and annular distributor sizing in shell-and-tube exchangers, as well as the most effective way to model one-fan-off operation in air-coolers. New warning messages notify you about possible longitudinal bypass and high-effectiveness designs. In this webinar, we identify some of the most notable features included in this software update and discuss how they affect your workflow.

Registration deadline: August 31, 2020



Facilitated by Andy Mountford

Andy mountford

Senior Consulting Engineer, Technical Services and Sales, provides technical support and training for HTRI. He earned a BSc and MSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Organometallic and Materials Chemistry from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. During his tenure there, he conducted research at Wolfson Laboratory for Materials and Catalysis. He previously held the position of Thermal Design Supervisor at Tecnicas Reunidas in Madrid, Spain, gaining valuable experience using HTRI methods and software. Mountford oversaw the development of several high-profile PWR and BWR nuclear plant projects, as well as gained valuable experience in the thermohydraulic design of heat transfer equipment for the petrochemical and nitric acid/nitrates industries. His experience in using HTRI Xchanger Suite makes him uniquely qualified to bring an end-user’s perspective to the HTRI training program and to share techniques for effectively working with the software.