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Getting Started: Building Your First Case in Xace Webinar

July 20, 2022 | 9:00 AM CDT (UTC -05:00)


Are you ready to build your first case in Xace? This webinar provides an overview of the program's user interface and basic functionality then demonstrates the specification of an exchanger design in Xace using the information in an API 661 Spec Sheet. Join this session for a step-by-step specification of a new Xace case including process conditions, physical properties, and unit geometry. Additionally, we provide an overview of key performance parameters calculated by Xace.

Registration deadline: July 18, 2022 (11:59 PM US Central Time)



Facilitated by Andy Mountford

Andy mountford

Senior Technical Lead, Training, 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.