Upcoming Events

Beyond the Basics: Multi-Objective Optimization for Design of Heat Exchangers Webinar

May 21, 2025
9:30 AM CDT (UTC -05:00)
Targeted for audience in Europe and Asia

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Description

Commercial heat exchangers in the process industries are designed according to standards from entities such as TEMA or API. The designer’s goal is to maximize the heat transfer coefficient and minimize cost, area, and pressure drop. However, these objectives often conflict. For example, changing a geometric design parameter such as tube diameter may simultaneously cause a favorable change in one performance aspect and an unfavorable change in another. Heat exchanger design thus falls in the domain of multi-objective optimization (MOO).

In this webinar, we review what MOO is, how it differs from single-objective optimization, and how and why a heat exchanger design problem is a MOO problem. We illustrate how to solve the problem using readily available tools in Python^®. A heat exchanger designer may have to change many parameters (often one at a time) to identify a single “best” design. This webinar illuminates how applying MOO in an automated process may allow the designer to choose among a class of best designs instead of derivig only one.

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Duration: Approximately 60 minutes

Registration deadline: May 16, 2025 (11:59 PM US Central Time)

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Xace Workshop

June 23 - 26, 2025
Multiple session times available

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Schedule

This online course consists of recorded lectures available on demand and live Q&A sessions. Your registration gives you access to course content during the four-day access period. All course instruction will be provided in pre-recorded videos available to view on demand. The live Q&A sessions are available to you for clarification on topics and answers to questions that you may have regarding the course.

Registrants will receive an email containing instructions on how to access the online course and live Q&A sessions. The email will be distributed at least (2) business days prior to the start of the four-day access period. Instructor-led Q&A sessions are hosted in Microsoft^® Teams^®. Xchanger Suite^® examples are used to complete case study exercises. If a registrant does not have access to HTRI software through a member company, HTRI will provide a temporary license for use during the event. All training materials are based on the current software version.

Description

Do you design air-cooled heat exchangers? Evaluate their performance? Then this workshop is for you. Learn how to use Xace effectively to rate and design air-cooled heat exchangers, economizers, and air preheaters. All example problems and practice exercises relate to geometries handled only by Xace.

Key Topics

• Overview of Xace capabilities and applications
• Geometry inputs for air coolers and economizers
• Process specifications for rating, simulation, and design
• Guidelines for specifying fluid properties
• Introduction to HTRI analysis methods

Suggested Participants

Designers of air-cooled heat exchangers and process engineers who evaluate their performance

HTRI Software

This course will make use of the following HTRI software: Xchanger Suite^® component Xace^®

Course Credits: 6 hours (PDH/CEU)

Course Fee: US$450

Course Outline

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Beyond the Basics: Multi-Objective Optimization for Design of Heat Exchangers Webinar

July 02, 2025
9:30 PM CDT (UTC -05:00)
Targeted for audience in Europe and Asia

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Description

Session targeted for audience in Asia (July 03, 2025 at 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM India Standard Time, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM China Standard Time, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Japan Standard Time).

Commercial heat exchangers in the process industries are designed according to standards from entities such as TEMA or API. The designer’s goal is to maximize the heat transfer coefficient and minimize cost, area, and pressure drop. However, these objectives often conflict. For example, changing a geometric design parameter such as tube diameter may simultaneously cause a favorable change in one performance aspect and an unfavorable change in another. Heat exchanger design thus falls in the domain of multi-objective optimization (MOO).

In this webinar, we review what MOO is, how it differs from single-objective optimization, and how and why a heat exchanger design problem is a MOO problem. We illustrate how to solve the problem using readily available tools in Python^®. A heat exchanger designer may have to change many parameters (often one at a time) to identify a single “best” design. This webinar illuminates how applying MOO in an automated process may allow the designer to choose among a class of best designs instead of derivig only one.

Join this webinar to learn more.

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes

Registration deadline: June 27, 2025 (11:59 PM US Central Time)

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2025 HTRI Global Conference & Annual Meeting of Stockholders

September 22 - 25, 2025

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Description

Denver, Colorado | September 22 - 25, 2025
Registration opening in May 2025

Four Seasons Hotel Denver
Denver, Colorado, USA

Pre-conference Meetings: Saturday, September 20 – Sunday, September 21, 2025
General Sessions: Monday, September 22 – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Training: Wednesday, September 24 – Thursday, September 25, 2025

Located in the heart of the Mile High City, Four Seasons Hotel Denver is an urban retreat just minutes from the restaurants and boutiques of historic Larimer Square. The hotel is nestled in the city’s theater district, walking distance to the art complex, and just a few blocks away from three major sports arenas.

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