2008 Asian Meeting
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Heat Transfer Research, Inc. invites you to join us in Kuala Lumpur for a week of corporate presentations, technology updates, and workshops.

Kuala Lumpur, known as KL to the locals, represents the heartbeat of Malaysia. HTRI looks forward to welcoming you to the Crowne Plaza Mutiara, an award winning hotel, situated amid five hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s "Golden Triangle" commercial district.

Training is a key part of HTRI’s mission. Training in KL includes three workshops and one short course: HTRI Xchanger Suite Essentials Workshop, Condensers Workshop, Kettle Reboilers and Vaporizers Short Course, and Technology Advances in HTRI Xchanger Suite 6 Workshop.

We hope to see you there!

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Schedule    Courses    Instructors    Hotel Accommodations    Registration

HTRI Xchanger Suite Essentials Workshop

Instructors: Thomas G. Lestina and Hirohisa Uozu
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

Do you need a review of modeling techniques and HTRI methods in HTRI Xchanger Suite? After a brief introduction to the component software, you receive debugging tips and a checklist for data needed to set up a case.

Using hands-on examples, learn about HTRI’s latest guidelines to specify fluid properties, boiling and condensing method options, and general recommendations to review results.

• Overview of Xchanger Suite components and data entry
• Geometry input for shell-and-tube, air-cooled, and plate-and-frame exchangers
• Process specifications for rating, simulation, and design
• Guidelines for specifying fluid properties
• Introduction to HTRI analysis methods

Both novice users of Xchanger Suite and engineers who need an update on the latest HTRI recommendations

Condensers Workshop

Instructors: R. Stanley Kistler and Hirohisa Uozu
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

Learn the fundamentals of condensation mechanisms and how they apply to condenser designs! Apply guidelines to develop Xchanger Suite cases for accurate performance assessment. This course provides a foundation for understanding the basis for thermal design of typical industrial heat exchangers.

• Film condensation on vertical surfaces
• Condensation on horizontal tube bundles
• Interfacial vapor shear effects on condensation heat transfer
• Condensation inside horizontal tubes
• Desuperheating and subcooling
• Condensation with mixtures
• Condensation with enhanced heat transfer surfaces
• Two-phase pressure drop
• Venting inerts
• Drainage

Engineers who design and evaluate condenser equipment

Kettle Reboilers and Vaporizers Short Course

Instructors: R. Stanley Kistler and Thomas G. Lestina
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$500

Thermal design methods for kettle reboilers have evolved over the years and old rules-of-thumb no longer apply. New research results, software advances and feedback from industry all contribute to improved design practices.

The course presents the most up to date research in kettle reboilers, provides our current recommendation to use Xist to model kettles accurately, and discusses future research and software development to improve predictions. Many example problems will be provided illustrating recommended good practice using Xist, interpreting warning messages, improving designs, and troubleshooting cases. Practice sizing a propane vaporizer for increased capacity, evaluate the performance of a propane vaporizer with low wall superheat, troubleshoot a stabilizing reboiler, design an amine reboiler, and much more.

• Shellside boiling methods
• Recirculation
• Liquid level and bundle dryout
• Differences between bundle composition and feed composition
• Kettle sizing
• Entrainment
• Vibration
• Fouling

Thermal design engineers and heat exchanger experts

Technology Advances in HTRI Xchanger Suite 6 Workshop

Instructors: R. Stanley Kistler and Thomas G. Lestina
Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 17:30
Fee: US$350

• 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

R. Stanley Kistler, Vice President, Research & Technology, obtained his undergraduate and master’s degrees as well as his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis in boiling, from the University of Missouri – Rolla, Missouri, USA. Although Kistler’s career at HTRI has focused on software development, he also conducted experimental research on shellside single-phase flow. Since 1995 he has led HTRI’s software development efforts; in 2003 he also assumed responsibility for HTRI’s research activities. Kistler has helped develop many HTRI workshops and over the course of his career has taught dozens of courses and workshops around the world. He also serves as a guest lecturer for academic courses and has been involved in various engineering events in academia. Named an AIChE Fellow in 1996, Kistler is past chair of the Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion division. He has chaired numerous sessions at National Heat Transfer Conferences.

Thomas G. Lestina, Vice President, Engineering Services, has over 20 years of engineering project management experience. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He is a member of ASME and serves as the chair of the technical committee for the ASME Performance Test Code 12.5, Single Phase Heat Exchangers. Prior to joining HTRI, he worked as a Lead Engineer for MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Lestina leads HTRI’s training initiatives; he develops, customizes, and routinely teaches courses at HTRI events and member companies. In addition, he has developed and taught Heat Exchanger Design and Operation for ASME/AIChE. He also manages our contract services and technical support activities. Lestina is 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).

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.