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Special Topics in Xist Short Course

Course Fee: US$650

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This short course moves beyond the fundamentals of thermal design to focus on specific design challenges associated with a range of service types. Presented as a series of case studies, each topic is introduced by the instructor before participants delve into Xist to work on solutions which are ultimately discussed amongst the group. The knowledge attained from this short course will allow you to tackle related design challenges in your future work.

Case studies may include:

  • Viscous shellside coolers
  • Feed-effluent exchangers
  • Kettle reboilers
  • Vacuum condensers
  • Falling film evaporators

Suggested Participants

Experienced Xist users who troubleshoot cases and evaluate shell-and-tube exchanger performance

HTRI Software

This course will make use of the following HTRI software: Xchanger Suite® components Xist® and Xvib®.  All training materials are based on the current software version.

Course Credits: 6 hours (PDH/CEU)


Outline

  1. Shellside Viscous Cooler
    • Xist stream analysis
    • MTD Delta correction factor
    • Design guidelines 

  2. Feed-Effluent Heat Exchangers
    • Role and applications
    • Common characteristics
    • Design concerns

  3. Vibration Analysis in Kettle Reboilers
    • Kettle operation
    • HTRI recirculation boiling model (CBM)
    • Vapor blanketing
    • Xist tube vibration analysis for kettles

  4. Falling Film Evaporator
    • Breakdown mechanisms
    • Heat transfer methods and specification in Xist
    • New features in Xist 

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Upcoming Instructors

  • Andy Mountford


  • 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.