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A modern approach to characterizing surface roughness
March 08, 2023
Emmanuel Hitimana, Engineer, Research Roughness can be understood as a surface texture or height variation with respect to a perfectly flat or smooth surface. Tube and heat exchanger users are keenly interested in surface roughness because it affects pressure drop and heat transfer, which then impacts the thermal performance and cost...
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Using Vapor Infusion to Maintain Optimal Functionality of Heat Exchangers
October 31, 2022
HTRI staff, Mike Radicone, recently published an article on vapor infusion, an environmentally friendly method that reduces fouling and corrosion in heat exchanger and process equipment that use water as a cooling stream. The use of vapor infusion maintains optimum heat exchanger functionality and cooling water flow by operating the heat...
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Fouling Management Through Digital Transformation
September 30, 2022
HTRI staff Edward Ishiyama, James Kennedy, Simon Pugh, and Hans Zettler recently published an article in the September issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering. This article explores how successful digital transformation is helping ENEOS Group refineries in Japan to eliminate waste, reduce lost time in data processing, and facilitate collaboration between different work...
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