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Heat Transfer Research Inc.
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150 Venture Drive
College Station TX 77845
USA
About HTRI:
Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI), the global leader in process heat transfer and heat exchanger technology, was founded in 1962.
Today our industrial research and development consortium serves the engineering needs of nearly 600 companies in more than 45 countries.
We conduct application-oriented research on pilot-scale equipment at our research facility. HTRI staff use this proprietary research data
to develop methods and software for the thermal design and analysis of heat exchangers and fired heaters. In addition to research data
and software, we provide technical support and offer training, consulting, and contract services to both members and non-member
companies.
Our expertise and dedication to excellence assure our customers of a distinct competitive advantage and a high level of operating
confidence in equipment designed with our technology.Project Description:
With the release of HTRI Xchanger Suite 4.0, HTRI has implemented the Unit Operations portion of the CAPE-OPEN 1.0 interface
specification. With this interface, users of the HTRI software can embed shell-and-tube heat exchangers (Xist), air-cooled exchangers
and heat recovery bundles (Xace), and plate-and-frame heat exchangers (Xphe) into CAPE-OPEN compliant process simulators. This interface
allows users to exploit the full power of the rigorous HTRI exchanger models directly in their process modeling workflow. The CAPE-OPEN
interface allows access to the Xchanger Suite interface from within the process simulator environment. This interface has been tested
with HYSYS 3.2, Aspen Plus 12.1, and Aspen Plus 2004. It has also been successfully tested with a development version of PRO/II 7.1.
Current Development:
HTRI is currently implementing the thermodynamic portion of the CAPE-OPEN 1.0 interface specification. Using a CAPE-OPEN compliant
simulator or Thermo System, you can define a set of components, the desired thermodynamic models and then export a CAPE OPEN
thermodynamic package. THE CAPE-OPEN package can then be used by Xchanger Suite to transparently generate fluid physical properties.
Users can define compositions and process conditions and run series of flashes inside Xchanger Suite without reopening the property
generation software. The resultant properties can then be automatically transferred for use in any exchanger module present in HTRI
Xchanger Suite. This interface will be released with HTRI Xchanger Suite 5.0 in early 2006.
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