Recent HTRI News

Last month HTRI members and staff met for the HTRI Global Conference & Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Take a look at some of the activities they enjoyed. The annual meeting initiated the conference the morning of September 18.   Our poster sessions afforded attendees the opportunity to...
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Simon Pugh, Senior Product Lead: SmartPM Edward Ishiyama, Senior Research Project Engineer Acquired by HTRI in 2016, SmartPM has primarily been used in crude refinery preheat trains, where it aids management of fouling by closely monitoring performance to assist with predictive maintenance. Its capabilities now extend beyond preheat trains to other...
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The HTRI USA offices will be closed on Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The office will re-open on Monday, November 27, 2016. In addition, our HTRI USA and UK offices will be closed for the holidays from Friday, December 22, through Monday, January 1, 2018. The...
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Michael Radicone, President, I2 Air Fluid Innovation, will present “Reducing shipboard heat exchanger fouling with I2 Vapor Infusion” at the Green Ship Technology (GST) North America 2017 Conference on Thursday, November 16, at 9:40 AM EST. I2 Vapor Infusion is a patented, ecofriendly technology with the potential to substantially reduce biofouling...
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HTRI and organizer Technology Transfer Management Ltd (TTM) are collaborating to bring this industrial heat exchange event to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event focuses on ways to improve the performance of industrial heat exchangers, such as increasing throughput, lowering energy use, reducing downtime, increasing reliability, and lowering environmental emissions. Learn from...
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David Burton, Director, Research & Technology Center Salem Bouhairie, Senior Project Engineer, Research Airside heat transfer resistances limit the performance of an air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE). To address member concerns about airflow predictions, HTRI is expanding its current research capabilities with the installation of a modular ACHE at the Research &...
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Kevin J. Farrell, Principal Engineer, Computational Simulation & Validation When heat exchangers perform ineffectively, engineers often turn to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for insight. In fact, most companies use CFD in this reactive manner to validate and troubleshoot their operating exchangers. But innovative companies use CFD proactively to explore designs and...
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The Exchanger is premier way to keep up on the most recent work at HTRI. This version covers the most recent information as of October/2017...
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Our concern and warmest thoughts go out to the people affected by the most recent acts of nature, including the deadly earthquakes in Mexico and Hurricane Maria. We are relieved our staff in devastated central Mexico is safe. While deeply saddened by the destruction and loss of life, we also hope...
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Enter your email address below to request more information about SmartPM. Performance monitoring and predictive maintenance software for shell-and-tube heat exchanger networks SmartPMTM simulates complex networks of shell-and-tube heat exchangers to help engineers and plant operators manage fouling. Used in exchanger networks such as refinery preheat trains, SmartPM estimates future performance...
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