2008 Asian Meeting
Beijing, China

Heat Transfer Research, Inc. travels to Beijing, Home of the 2008 Olympic Games, for our 2008 Asian Meeting. Plan to join us at the Crowne Plaza Beijing, located on Wangfujing, in the center of Beijing's tourist, shopping, and business districts.

The 2008 Asian meeting includes a CC-China Meeting, corporate updates, technical presentations, and workshops. Training in Beijing includes Vibration Analysis Workshop, Heat Exchanger Troubleshooting Workshop, and Technology Advances in HTRI Xchanger Suite 6 Workshop.

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Schedule    Courses    Instructors    Hotel Accommodations    Registration

Vibration Analysis Workshop
presented in English

Instructor: Kevin J. Farrell
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

A must for anyone who evaluates the vibration potential of shell-and-tube heat exchangers! In this course, you learn about vibration mechanisms in shell-and-tube heat exchangers and Xist methods to analyze vibration severity. Most importantly, you discover corrective measures to mitigate damage.

• Introduction to vibration phenomena
• Flow-induced vibration in heat exchangers (fluidelastic instability, vortex shedding, turbulent buffeting, acoustic vibration)
• Design options to mitigate vibration
• Field fixes
• Xist Vibration Report
• Example application and case studies

Design and plant engineers responsible for the mechanical condition of shell-and-tube heat exchangers

Technology Advances in HTRI Xchanger Suite 6 Workshop
presented in Chinese and English

Instructors: LiDong Huang, Hirohisa Uozu, and Zhihua "Frank" Yang
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

Come and learn how to use the new features in Xchanger Suite 6 and understand why your results changed for existing cases. Practice using the latest version of our software and quiz the staff on the best modeling practices.

• Modeling A-frame condensers
• Specifying continuous tube-in-plate fins
• Predicting kettle entrainment
• Using the new native interface to property generators
• Specifying non-Newtonian fluids in Xphe
• Evaluating the velocity profile transferred from Xist to Xvib
• Evaluating transition boiling

Users familiar with HTRI Xchanger Suite 5

Heat Exchanger Troubleshooting Workshop
presented in Chinese

Instructors: LiDong Huang and Zhihua "Frank" Yang
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

Design decisions can have a costly impact on heat exchanger operation. Learn by reviewing several real cases in which unit designs had critical commercial consequences for operators/owners. In some cases, the units did not work in service; in others, the designs were revamped before the units began operation.

Each case study is introduced as a problem; participants work individually or in groups to determine the cause and develop solutions. Prior to each case, the instructor reviews related HTRI methods.

• Vertical thermosiphon which does not provide sufficient duty
• Horizontal tubeside refrigerant evaporator which does not adequately chill water
• Vertical shellside condenser with potential tube vibration problems after plant upgrade and duty increase
• F-shell boiler feedwater heater that does not meet performance expectations
• Brine chiller with 20% deficiency in duty
• Gas cooler with inadequate temperature approach

Engineers—from novice to expert—who want to ensure that design problems are identified before operation

Kevin J. Farrell, Senior Project Engineer, Research, graduated from Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, with his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of expertise include fluid dynamics, vibration, and thermal engineering. His responsibilities at HTRI focus on flow-induced vibration, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and fired heaters. Prior to joining HTRI, he worked for 16 years as a researcher and deputy head of the Fluid Machinery Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Pennsylvania State University. A member of ASME and ISA, Farrell is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Pennsylvania and Texas, USA.

LiDong Huang, Senior Project Engineer, Research, holds a B.S. from Shanghai Maritime University and an M.S. from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, where he studied and developed methods for predicting subcooled flow boiling, film boiling, and critical heat flux. Before joining HTRI, Huang worked as an instructor and thermal engineer in the Department of Marine Engineering at Shanghai Maritime University. Since joining HTRI, he has focused primarily on boiling and two-phase flow phenomena but also has done some experimental work on plate heat exchangers and organic fouling. Huang has taught several courses at HTRI meetings and member company sites in China. He is a member of ASME and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas.

Hirohisa Uozu, Regional Manager, Asia-Pacific, holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Nagoya University, Nagoya-City, Japan. Before joining HTRI in early 2001 as the manager of our newly established Asian office, Uozu had worked for Toyo Engineering Corporation, Chiba, Japan, and Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan for a combination of over 25 years. His responsibilities in those positions included design and analysis of heat exchangers and thermal analysis of the space module. He also was involved in software development, including creation of the rigorous tubecount methods (a Toyo Engineering Corporation project) used in Xist. His career experiences and expertise enable him to provide high quality technical support and training throughout Asia. He is a member of JSME (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) and HTSJ (The Heat Transfer Society of Japan).

Zhihua “Frank” Yang, Senior Project Engineer, Research, has a B.S. in Power and Mechanical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York (NY), USA. He has conducted research on multiphase flow and heat transfer for more than 25 years, focusing primarily on condensation. Yang has taught several courses at HTRI meetings and member company sites in China. Before joining HTRI, Yang worked briefly as a mechanical engineer with Analysis and Design Application Company (ADAPCO), New York, NY, USA, and as a research engineer and lecturer with the State Key Laboratory of Multi-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China. Yang, named an ASME Fellow in 2004, is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas, USA.

HTRI will refund your registration fee if you cancel in writing before the registration deadline. Substitutions of attendees are permitted at any time. If a course/workshop is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, HTRI will refund your registration fee for that session. No refunds will be given after the registration deadline.