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This individual will develop, maintain, and enhance HTRI engineering software, including calculation methods evolving from ongoing HTRI research. Principal responsibilities  Develop, modify, and enhance HTRI software Identify, track, and resolve programming bugs; develop and document workarounds for end-users Use engineering expertise to plan and implement engineering methods into software modules Write...
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HTRI announces the release of SmartPM 4.2. Licensed users can now download this version from the Downloads page. SmartPM uses plant monitoring data and HTRI’s detailed proprietary heat exchanger calculation methods to evaluate past performance and predict future refinery throughput, energy consumption, emissions, and optimum heat exchanger maintenance schedules. SmartPM 4.2...
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Both the USA and the UK offices will be closed December 23 – January 1 for the holidays. The offices will reopen on Thursday, January 2. Emails to support@htri.net will be monitored....
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Component: Xist Applicable to: All supported versions (versions 7.3 and 8) Date posted: 5 December 2019 Disk-and-doughnut baffles are an alternative to conventional segmental baffles. Figure 1 illustrates a generic disk-and-doughnut baffle configuration. In many industrial units, tubes are present only in the overlap region between the disk baffles and the...
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HTRI experimentally evaluated the thermal-hydraulic performance of a water-water plate-and-shell heat exchanger at the Research & Technology Center and then used the results to calibrate a solution approach through computational fluid dynamics. The tortuous flow paths through the corrugated channels of the plate pack were modeled effectively using porous media. Inertial resistance...
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Located at our Navasota headquarters, this person will manage and execute assigned HTRI research projects involving the acquisition of experimental data, analytical research, and the correlation of data related to crude oil and/or water fouling. Principal Responsibilities Prepare project specifications for short- and long-range research projects. Draft schedules for assigned projects....
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Our USA office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on November 28 – 29. The office will re-open on Monday, December 2. Emails to support@htri.net will be monitored....
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Both the USA and the UK offices will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2019 for holiday. The offices will reopen on Tuesday, November 12. Emails to support@htri.net will be monitored....
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SmartPM™ is performance monitoring and predictive maintenance software for shell-and-tube exchanger networks. This webinar introduces SmartPM and highlights the new capabilities in version 4.1. With this software, you can connect SmartPM to OSIsoft PI System™ for two-way data transfer easily reconcile and simulate data identify ways to save energy and manage...
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This report provides a comprehensive look at the turndown operation of a vertical tubeside thermosiphon reboiler (VTTR), including predictions of thermal and hydraulic performance and quantitative criteria for turndown limits. Data were collected for water, n-pentane, p-xylene, and n-pentane/p-xylene mixtures in an industrially relevant VTTR flow loop. The unit was systematically turned...
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