Tag: AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER
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Visualizing the impact of wind on air-cooled heat exchangers performance
October 13, 2025
Salem Bouhairie, Group Lead Research The performance of air-cooled heat exchangers (ACHE) is prone to the effects of wind. Wind has a greater effect on ACHEs operating in natural draft (buoyancy-driven air flow) than ACHEs operating in forced draft (fan-driven air flow). Subsequently, engineers follow API 661 guidelines that recognize the...
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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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