Tag: AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER
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AC-21 Development of Enhancements for Air-cooled Condensers
February 25, 2025
Under the sponsorship of the RAPID Institute, HTRI investigated the use of fluttering reed and acoustic actuation technologies to enhance the performance of air-cooled condensers. Performed on a “radiator-sized” brazed plate-fin test exchanger in the Scaled-down Air Cooler Unit (SACU), testing demonstrated that the fluttering reed technology enhances heat transfer despite imperfect flow passages. While...
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HTRI Training: A Global Success Story
February 11, 2025
Over the past year, HTRI Training has been well received, engaging over 900 users across the globe. We conducted 14 online workshops, 13 live webinars, 9 in-person events (in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, and US), and 6 sessions for individual companies (in Australia, Canada, India, Spain, and US). Click images to enlarge...
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Experimental testing of two-phase maldistribution in air-cooler headers can lead to more effective header design
April 03, 2024
Salem Bouhairie, Group Lead, Research Air-cooled heat exchangers (ACHEs) in the oil, gas, and power industries often process two-phase fluids, and their performance is usually limited by the airside thermal transfer resistance. However, flow on the tube side can undergo phase change, such as by vapor condensation or liquid vaporization, producing...
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