2025 HTRI Global Conference & Annual Meeting of Stockholders
September 22 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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.
Visit our conference website for more information about this event.
Training Courses
Check-in begins at 8:00 AM. Courses run from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM daily.
Course fees include arrival tea/coffee, lunches and snacks at breaks and training materials (workbooks, solutions booklets, and electronic copies of the case files). Computers with Xchanger Suite are available for use during the training event. Computers may be shared with other attendees.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Kettle Reboilers and Vaporizers Short Course (US$750)
Instructors: Andy Mountford and Ashley Hinojosa
Thermal design methods for kettle reboilers and vaporizers have evolved over the years and some old rules-of-thumb no longer apply. New research results, software advances, and feedback from industry all contribute to improved design practices. The course presents the most up-to-date research in kettle design, provides our current recommendation to use Xist to model kettles accurately, and discusses future research and software development to improve predictions. Several example problems illustrate recommended good practices for using Xist, interpreting warning messages, improving designs, and troubleshooting cases.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Designing Exchangers for Waste Heat Recovery Short Course (US$750)
Instructor: Tom Lestina
Recovering and reusing waste heat in heat exchangers can reduce overall energy costs. A renewed emphasis on sustainability has refocused attention on improving existing design practices for heat exchangers. This course critically examines thermal design practices of waste heat recovery equipment and identifies potential improvements. After a review of the fundamentals of thermodynamics, the course addresses how the second law impacts waste heat recovery efficiencies. The challenges to improving heat recovery practices are discussed for a variety of process applications: reformer feed-effluent streams, wet crude pre-heat, gas turbine recuperation, and low temperature economizer designs. Participants will learn practical performance limits for current design practices and discuss where improvements in heat exchanger technology can improve efficiencies. The course leverages discussions at the 2024 Horizons Symposium.
Venue
1111 14th Street,
Denver, Colorado, USA, 80202
+1.303.389.3000
Hotel Information
Located in the heart of downtown Denver’s bustling Theatre District, Four Seasons Hotel Denver is an urban retreat just minutes from the restaurants and boutiques of historic Larimer Square and the famed 16th Street Mall. The hotel is just a few blocks away from three major sports arenas, as well as the aquarium, botanic gardens, and the renowned Denver Zoo.
Parking
Daily valet parking for USD 65 per day with unlimited in-and-out privileges.
Complimentary car service within a 2-mile (5-kilometre) downtown radius.
Time
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Amy Chambless
+1.979.690.5050 office
[email protected]
Lead Project Engineer, Engineering Services, graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. During her studies, she completed two internships with oil & gas equipment company Proserv, gaining experience with product testing and technical writing. She worked in heat exchanger sales, covering the Houston, Waco, and Dallas/Fort Worth areas, for almost two years before joining HTRI. As a member of the Engineering Services group, she focuses on technical support and contracts but also assists with development of other materials for HTRI's technical program.
Senior Vice President, Engineering, has more than 30 years of engineering project management experience. He directs HTRI's contract and consulting services, as well as oversees research and technical support. Lestina also assists in developing and customizing training and teaches courses. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA, and an MS in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Prior to joining HTRI in 2001, he worked as a Lead Engineer for MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Besides being a member of ASME, he serves on the technical committee for the ASME Performance Test Code 12.5, Single Phase Heat Exchangers. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas.
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.
Other Events
December 08 - 11, 2025
- Session 1 targeted for audience in Europe and Asia.
- Session 2 targeted for audience in USA and Europe.