Technical Reports

HTRI technical reports cover the following areas:

• Air-cooled heat exchangers and extended surfaces
• Boiling
• Condensation
• Fired heaters
• Fouling
• Non-tubular heat exchangers
• Shellside flow and vibration
• Tubeside flow
• Two-phase flow
• Reference reports

Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers and Extended Surfaces

Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers

AC-1	Experimental Study of Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Performance under Both Natural and Forced Draft Conditions (1980)
AC-2	The Application of Propeller Fans to Air-Cooled Dry Heat Exchangers (1981)
AC-3	Study of Backflow and Inert Accumulation in Air-Cooled Condensers (1981; revised 1989)
AC-4	Design Methods which Reduce or Eliminate the Inert Blanketing in Air-Cooled Condensers (1982)
AC-5	Airflow Problems in Forced Draft Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers (1986)
AC-6	Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Construction Practices (1988)
AC-7	Airflow Performance in Induced-Draft Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers (1990)
AC-8	Comparison of the Air-Cooler Model Performance with Forced and Induced Draft (1992)
AC-9	Predicting Fans-Off Operation of Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers (1994)
AC-10	Study on Effects of Tube Pitch and Row for Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers: Data and Method Improvement (1999)
AC-11	Method Evaluation and Improvement for High-Finned Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers (2002)
AC-12	Development of Incremental Row Correction Factors for Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers (2002)
AC-13	Condensation of Vapors from a Gas Stream Outside High-Finned Tubes (2004)
AC-14	Longitudinal Pitch Effect on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer in High-Finned Tubes (2005)
AC-15	Developing an A-Frame Exchanger Model for Xace (2007)

Air Cooler Design

ACD-11	HTRI Air Cooler Research Plant Description of Apparatus and Operation (1972)
ACD-21	HTRI Air Cooler Performance Evaluation - Effect of Fan Tip Clearance (1972)
ACD-22	HTRI Air Cooler Research Plant Effect of Obstructions to Inlet Air Flow (1972)

Extended Surfaces General

ESG-1	Efficiency of Extended Surfaces (1971)
ESG-2	The Testing of Ideal Tube Banks in Wind Tunnels (1971)
ESG-3	Critical Evaluation of Effects of Finned Tube Geometry Parameters and Survey of Data Sources (1971)
ESG-4	Survey and Evaluation of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for Ideal Finned Tube Banks with Staggered Tube Layouts (1972)
ESG-5	The Effect of Tube Pitch on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer for Large Diameter Air Cooler Tubes (1977)
ESG-6	Isothermal Pressure Drop Tests on 2-inch Serrated and Solid Finned Tubes (1978)
ESG-7	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop on Air-Cooler Tubes with Plain and Expanded Slit Fins. A Proprietary Test for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. (1972; renumbered 1978)
ESG-8	Comparison of the Performance of Inline and Staggered Banks of Tubes with Segmented Fins (1973; renumbered 1978)
ESG-9	Thermal Contact and Gap Resistances of Interference-Fit Bimetallic Finned Tubes - Background Report (1979)
ESG-10	Parametric Study of Air-Cooler Finned Tube Bundles (1982)
ESG-11	Fin Bond Resistance of Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Finned Tubes (1986)
ESG-12	Pitch and Layout Effects on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of High-Finned Tube Banks (1986)
ESG-13	The Effect of Fin Serration on the Thermal Hydraulics of Air-Cooler Tubebundles (1987)
ESG-14	Row Effects in Finned Tube Banks (1988)
ESG-15	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Large Diameter Finned Tubes (1989)
ESG-16	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Stud Finned Tubes (1992)

Research Briefs

RB5-1	Row Effects in a Finned Tube Bundle of Preheater Tubes with Zero Fin-Tip Clearance (1979)
RB5-2	Experimental Results for Large Diameter Heat Recovery Tubes with Transverse Fins (1981)
RB5-3	Fin Bond Resistance (1981)
RB5-4	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Data of Stud Fin Tubes (1986)

Boiling

General Problems of Boiling, Heat Transfer, and Pressure Drop

BG1-1	Nucleate Pool Boiling of Hydrocarbon Mixtures (1983)
BG1-2	Status and Critical Evaluation of Research in Boiling of Mixtures (1969)
BG1-3	Advanced Prediction Methods for Pool Boiling of Hydrocarbon Mixtures (1984)
BG1-4	Nucleate Pool Boiling of Hydrocarbons on Horizontal Low-Finned Tubes (1984)
BG1-5	Nucleate Boiling of Refrigerants on Horizontal Low-Finned Tubes (1986)
BG1-6	Nucleate Pool Boiling of Water-Hydrocarbon Mixtures (1988)
BG1-7	Multicomponent Effect for Wide-Boiling-Range Mixtures (1989)
BG1-8	Heat Transfer in Boiling of Multicomponent Mixtures (1992)
BG1-9	Single Tube Boiling Data for Hydrocarbon Mixtures at High Pressure - Analysis of Paderborn Data (1992)
BG1-10	Turndown Limits for Thermosiphon Reboilers (2003)
BG1-11	Onset of Nucleate Boiling for Plain Surfaces (2008)

Boiling in Tubes

BT-1	Boiling Heat Transfer in a Vertical Thermosiphon Reboiler (1978)
BT-2	Pressure Drop in Vertical Tubeside Boiling (1978)
BT-3	Boiling of Mixtures inside Vertical Tubes (1978)
BT-4	Two-Phase Flow Instabilities in Vertical Thermosiphon Reboilers (1978)
BT-5	Falling Film Vaporizers (1980)
BT-6	Vertical Thermosiphon Boiling in Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers (1982)
BT-7	Two-Phase Flow Instability - A State-of-the-Art Review (1984)
BT-8	Application of Advanced Mixture Boiling Methods to Vertical Thermosiphon Reboiler Design (1986)
BT-9	Vertical Tube Falling Film Evaporation - State-of-the-Art Report (1986)
BT-10	Falling Film Evaporation of Wide-Boiling-Range Mixtures (1989; revised 1990)
BT-11	Film Breakdown in Falling Film Evaporation of Ethylene Glycol/Water and Ethylene Glycol/Water/I-Propanol Solutions, Preliminary Evaluation (1991)
BT-12	Critical Heat Flux for Intube Boiling of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Review of Status and Proposed New Approach (1991)
BT-13	Falling Film Evaporation of Aqueous Multicomponent Mixtures (1992)
BT-14	Falling Film Evaporation Under Vacuum Conditions (1995)
BT-15	Twisted Tape Methods and the Prediction of Field Tubeside Vaporizer Data (1999)
BT-16	Falling Film Evaporation of Ultra-Viscous Fluids (1999)
BT-17	Estimation of Nucleate Boiling Film Breakdown in Falling Film Evaporation (2000)
BT-18	Tubeside Downflow Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop (2001)
BT-19	Development of Pressure Drop and Pure Component Heat Transfer Methods for Intube Flow Boiling (2001)
BT-20	Intube Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Mixtures (2001)
BT-21	Modeling Tube Wall Dryout of Horizontal Intube Flow Boiling (2002)
BT-22	Non-Equilibrium Model for Mist Flow in Tubes (2002)
BT-23	Evaporation inside Horizontal Enhanced Tubes (2002)
BT-24	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Methods for Intube Flow Boiling with Twisted Tape Inserts (2002)
BT-25	Falling Film Flow Distribution Methods – State of the Art (2002)
BT-26	Improved Correlation for Intube Subcooled Flow Boiling Pressure Drop (2003)
BT-27	Film Boiling inside Tubes (2003)
BT-28	Pressure Drop in Tubeside Falling Film Evaporators (2003)
BT-29	Thermal Non-Equilibrium: The Effect of Noncondensable Gas on Boiling Fluids (2003)
BT-30	Tubeside Boiling in Vertical Upflow and Downflow (2004) rev 10/2005
BT-31	Intube Flow Boiling of Fluids with Noncondensable Gases (2004)
BT-32	Vaporization of Light Hydrocarbons from Nonvolatile Components (2005) rev 10/2005
BT-33	Boiling of Immiscible Mixtures in Vertical Tubes (2006)
BT-34	Transition Boiling in Vertical Tubes (2007)
BT-35	Complete Vaporization in Horizontal Tubes (2007)

Boiling, Kettle Reboilers, Data Analysis

BK1-1	Thermal Design of Kettle Reboiler Bundles (1969)
BK1-2	Analysis and Prediction of Entrainment and its Application to Kettle Reboiler Shell Sizing (1970)
BK1-3	Boiling on the Outside of Horizontal Finned Tubes (1974)
BK1-4	Kettle Reboiler Performance Criteria for Very Large Bundles (1976)
BK1-5	Boiling on Tubes with Sintered Surfaces (1978)
BK1-6	Enhanced Boiling Surfaces as Single Tubes and Tube Bundles (1983)
BK1-7	Circulation Boiling Model for Analysis of Kettle and Internal Reboiler Performance (1982)
BK1-8	Flooded Refrigerant Evaporators (1990)
BK1-9	Enhanced Tubes in Kettle Reboilers (1992)
BK1-10	Prediction of Kettle Entrainment (2005) post 12/2005
BK1-11	Two-Dimensional CFD Simulations of Kettle Reboilers (2008)

Crossflow Boiling Outside Horizontal Tube Bundles

BX-1	Horizontal Thermosiphon Reboiler Heat Transfer Performance with "E," "G," and "X" Shell Configurations (1985)
BX-2	High Pressure and Multicomponent Mixture Boiling in an "E" Shell Horizontal Thermosiphon Reboiler (1986)
BX-3	Boiling in Cross and Axial Flows Outside Tubes: A State-of-the-Art Review (1986)
BX-4	Heat Transfer Prediction Methods for Shellside Flow Boiling in Horizontal Baffled Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1988)
BX-5	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Horizontal Thermosiphon Reboilers: Plain-Tube Bundles (1995)
BX-6	Development of a Nucleate Boiling Suppression Factor and Mass Transfer Coefficient for Shellside Flow Boiling (1996)
BX-7	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Horizontal Thermosiphon Reboilers: Enhanced Tube Bundles (1997)
BX-8	Incremental Shellside Flow Boiling Methods (1999)
BX-9	Falling Film Evaporation on Horizontal Tubes and Tube Bundles (1999)

Research Briefs

RB3-1	Enhanced Boiling Surfaces as Single Tubes and Tube Bundles (1981)
RB3-2	Physical Property Based Correlation for Nucleate Pool Boiling (1981)
RB3-3	Improved Reduced Properties Correlation for Nucleate Boiling of Pure Hydrocarbons and Comparison to the Stephan-Abdelsalam Correlation (1985)
RB3-4	Nucleate Pool Boiling of Alcohol-Water Mixtures (1985)
RB3-5	Falling Film Evaporators - Areas of Application and Recommendations for Future Research (1986)
RB3-6	Update of the RTF Program Modification 7.05 for Better Prediction with Wide-Boiling-Range Mixtures (1989)
RB3-7	The Effect of Pressure on the Nucleate Pool Boiling Mixture Correction - Initial Assessment Based on the System R22/R114 (1990)
RB3-8	Falling Film Evaporation of Ethylene Glycol-Water Solutions, Prediction by HTRI Boiling Range Method (1990)

Condensation

General Studies in Condensation

CG-1	Survey of Condensation Heat Transfer and Condenser Design (1969)
CG-2	Condensation of Multicomponent Mixtures and Mixtures with Noncondensables - A Critical Review (1976)
CG-3	Condensation of Immiscible Mixtures - A Critical Review (1976)
CG-4	Composition Profile Method for Condensation of Vapor-Gas Mixtures (1986)
CG-5	Condensation of Multicomponent Vapors and Vapor-Gas Mixtures (1986)
CG-6	A Comparison Between the Resistance Proration Method and the Composition Profile Method (1991)
CG-7	Film Theory Methods for Condensation of Multicomponent Vapors or Vapor-Gas Mixtures (1994)
CG-8	Review of Published Methods for Tubeside Condensation (1995)
CG-9	Reflux Condenser Design: State of the Art (1998)
CG-10	Reflux Condensation Temperature Profiles (2002)
CG-11	Shellside Reflux Condensers (2006)

Condensation in Tubes

CT-1	Pure Component Condensation Inside Horizontal and Inclined Tubes (1974; revised 1980)
CT-2	Flow Regimes in Horizontal Tubeside Condensation (1975; revised 1980)
CT-3	Condensation of Multicomponent Vapors and Mixtures with Noncondensing Gases Inside Horizontal Tubes: Resistance Proration Methods (1983)
CT-4	Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Tubeside Condensation (1977)
CT-5	Condensation of Pure Components in Downflow inside Vertical Tubes (1977)
CT-6	Downflow Condensation of Mixed Vapors with Noncondensable Gases inside Vertical Tubes (1978)
CT-7	Resistance Proration Methods for Downflow Condensation of Mixed Vapors with Noncondensing Gases inside Vertical Tubes (1982)
CT-8	Parametric Study of the Performance Range of the Vertical Intube Condensation Unit (1987)
CT-9	Data and Analysis of Heat Transfer Performance of Pure Component Condensation in a Vertical Tube (1996)
CT-10	Vertical Intube Condensation of Mixtures and Pure Components in the Presence of Noncondensables-Data and RPM Improvement (1997)
CT-11	Two-Phase Pressure Drop Method for Vertical Downflow Intube Condensation: Data and Improvements (1998)
CT-12	Data and Analysis of Heat Transfer Performance for Multicomponent Vapors Condensing in Vertical Tubes (1999)
CT-13	Reflux Condensation Inside Vertical Tubes (2000)
CT-14	Improvements to Resistance Proration Method for Horizontal Tubeside Condensation of Mixed Vapors with Noncondensable Gases (2000)
CT-15	Enhanced Tubeside Condensation Using Twisted Tape Inserts (2001)
CT-16	Condensation of Superheated Vapor (2002)
CT-17	Improved Composition Profile Method for Downflow Condensation of Vapor-Gas and Mixtures in Vertical Tubes (2003)
CT-18	Modifications to Pressure Drop Method for Partial Reflux Condensation inside Vertical Tubes (2004)
CT-19	Vertical Intube Upflow Condensation in Shear-Controlled Flow (2007)
CT-20	Two-Phase Pressure Drop Method for Tubeside Reflux Condensation (2008)

Condensation on the Shell Side

CS-1	Shellside Condensation of Pure Components Outside Horizontal Plain Tube Bundles (1975; revised 1977)
CS-2	Horizontal Shellside Condensation of Multicomponent Mixtures and Mixtures with Noncondensables (1976)
CS-3	Shellside Condensation of Pure Components on the Outside of Horizontal Finned Tube Bundles (1984)
CS-4	Comparison of Condensation of Steam on Plain and Spirally Grooved Tubes in a Baffled Shell-and-Tube Condenser (1978)
CS-5	Shellside Condensation of Mixtures and Pure Components in the Presence of Noncondensable Gases on Horizontal Tube Bundles (1986)
CS-6	Shellside Condensation of Immiscible Mixtures on Horizontal Tube Bundles (1987)
CS-7	Shellside Condensation of Ethylene Glycol/Water Mixtures on Plain and Finned Tubes (1991)
CS-8	Condensation on 11-Fins-per-Inch Tube Bundles - Comparison with Previous Results (1994)
CS-9	Improvements to the Resistance Proration Method for Shellside Condensation of Mixtures in the Presence of Noncondensable Gases (1996)
CS-10	Improvement of Two-Phase Pressure Drop Method for Shellside Condensation in Plain and Finned Tube Bundles (1998)
CS-11	Application of the Rose-Briggs Method to Shell-and-Tube Finned-Tube Condenser Design (1998)
CS-12	Shellside Crossflow Condensation for Pure Components with Noncondensable Gas (2004)
CS-13	Shellside Condensation of Mixtures in Vertical Cross Downflow on Plain and Low-Finned Tubes (2005)
CS-14	Shellside Condensation on Plain and Low-Finned Tubes in Horizontal Cross Flow (2007)

Research Briefs

RB2-1	Shellside Condensation - Plain Tube (C5) Bundle Pressure Drop Data (1980)
RB2-2	Shellside Condensation - Plain Tube (C5) Bundle Heat Transfer Data (1980)
RB2-3	Shellside Condensation Finned Tube Bundle Heat Transfer Data (1982)
RB2-4	Shellside Condensation Finned Tube Bundle Pressure Drop Data (1982)
RB2-5	Fogging in Partial Condensers (1986)
RB2-6	Effect of Noncondensing Gas in Condensation of Vapor-Gas Mixtures (1986)
RB2-7	Condensation of Pentane/p-Xylene Mixture in Shear Regime Inside a Tube (1991)

Fired Heaters

FH-1	Radiant Heat Transfer to Shock Tubes in a Cylindrical Firebox (2002)
FH-2	Considerations of Flow Patterns in Fired Heater Tubes (2003)
FH-3	Modified Pressure Drop Methods for Large Diameter Tubes (2003)
FH-4	Radiant Heat Transfer to Shock Tubes in Box Heaters (2005)

Fouling

Basic Research in Fouling

F-EX-1-1	A Theoretical Study of Fouling and the Factors Which Influence It (1964; revised 1979)
F-EX-1-3	Fouling - The Major Unresolved Problem in Heat Transfer (1972)
F-EX-1-4	Fouling Measurement Techniques and Apparatus (1975)
F-EX-1-5	Fouling Research on Copper and Its Alloys - Seawater Studies (1976)
F-EX-1-6	Discussion of Cooling Tower Water Treatment as It Relates to Fouling (1975)
F-EX-1-7	The History and Status of Research in Fouling of Heat Exchangers in Cooling Water Service (1976)
F-EX-1-8	Plate Heat Exchanger Fouling Study (1976)
F-EX-1-9	Seawater Studies of Fouling on Copper and Its Alloys (1978)
F-EX-1-10	Shellside Fouling from Cooling Tower Water (1982)
F-EX-1-11	Crystalline Fouling Studies (1982)

Physical and Transport Properties of Fluids

P-1	Capacity and Thermal Conductivity of Oils (1964)
P-2	Physical Properties of Liquids - Status of Present Knowledge and Importance in Design Methods for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (1971)

Fouling

F-1	The Effect of Corrosion Inhibitors on the Fouling Characteristics of Cooling Tower Water (1987)
F-2	Final Report of the HTRI/TEMA Joint Committee to Review the Fouling Section of the TEMA Standards (1988)
F-3	The Effects of Selected Corrosion Inhibitors on the Fouling Characteristics of Cooling Tower Water (1989)
F-4	Design Fouling Resistances: Recommended Good Practice (1989)
F-5	Organic Fouling - The State of the Art (1991)
F-6	The Fouling Characteristics of a Crude Oil (1993)
F-7	The Effect of Corrosion Inhibitors on the Fouling Characteristics of Cooling Tower Water (1995)
F-8	Cooling Tower Water Fouling Summary (1999)
F-9	Quantifying Petroleum Fouling of Refinery Heat Exchangers: A Literature Survey (1999)
F-10	Fouling Data for Six Crude Oils (2001)
F-11	Comparison of Crude Oil Fouling on Plain and Finned Tubes in Longitudinal Flow (2001)
F-12	Improved Use of Fouling Allowances in Heat Exchanger Design (2002)
F-13	Analysis of HTRI Crude Oil Fouling Data (2003)
F-14	Wax Fouling (2005)
F-15	Crude Oil Fouling Case Study: Mechanism Fouling and Mitigation (2007)
F-16	High Temperature Fouling Unit Redesign - Part I: Annular Test Section (2007)

Research Briefs

RB6-1

Hydrocarbon and Boiling Fouling Literature Review (1979)

Non-Tubular Heat Exchangers

Agitated Vessels

AV-1	Heat Transfer in Vessels with Mechanical Agitators (1988)

Plate Heat Exchangers

PHE-1	A Review of Present Methods for Predicting Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in PHEs (1990)
PHE-2	Data and Analysis of Plate Heat Exchanger Performance (1992)
PHE-3	Data Analysis of UFX-26 Plate Heat Exchangers (1998)
PHE-4	A Review of Present Methods for Predicting Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers (1998)
PHE-5	Port Pressure Drop and Flow Distribution in Plate Heat Exchangers (1999)
PHE-6	A Review of Present Methods for Predicting Phase-Change Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Plate Heat Exchangers (1999)
PHE-7	Welded Plate Heat Exchangers: State of the Art (2000)
PHE-8	Development of PHE Incremental Method for Single-Phase Flow (2001)
PHE-9	Evaporation in Plate Heat Exchangers: Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Methods (2004)
PHE-10	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for Non-Newtonian Fluids in Plate-Type Heat Exchangers (2005)
PHE-11	Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers: Single-Phase Methods (2005)
PHE-12	Condensation in Plate Heat Exchangers—Heat Transfer (2006)
PHE-13	Two-Phase Flow Regimes in Plate Heat Exchangers (2007)

Shellside Flow and Vibration

Critical Review and Evaluation of Present Shellside Calculation Methods

S-SS-1-1	Review of Methods of Donohue, Kern, Bell-Delaware and C.F. Braun (1963)
S-SS-1-3	Evaluation and comparison of Present Shellside Methods to Experimental Data (1964; revised 1975)
S-SS-1-4	Analysis and Evaluation of Tinker's Method (1964; revised 1978)

Shellside Heat Transfer and Pressure-Drop Correlation Methods Development

S-SS-3-1	Stream Analysis Method for Prediction of Shellside Heat Transfer and Pressure drop in Segmentally-Baffled Exchangers (1967; revised 1977)
S-SS-3-2	Parametric Response Study of Segmentally Baffled Shell-and-Tube Exchanger Performance (1967)
S-SS-3-3	Performance of 11 Fin/Inch Medium-High Fin Tubes in Shell-and-Tube Exchangers with Segmental and Double-Segmental Baffles (1971)
S-SS-3-4	Performance of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers with Double-Segmental Baffles (Comparison with Segmental Baffles and No Baffles) (1972)
S-SS-3-5	Tube-Baffle Leakage Flow Analysis for Integral Finned Tube Bundles (1982)
S-SS-3-6	Improvements to the Stream Analysis Method for Prediction of Shellside Heat Transfer (Emphasis on Laminar Flow) (1985)
S-SS-3-7	Heat Transfer Performance of Integral Low-Finned Tube Bundles; Liquid Application (1986)
S-SS-3-8	Theoretical Method to Evaluate Shellside Temperature Profile Distortion Correction Factor, (1986)
S-SS-3-9	Improvements to the Stream Analysis Method for Prediction of Shellside Pressure Drop (1987)
S-SS-3-10	Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer in NTIW Bundles (1992)
S-SS-3-11	Analysis of ANL Shell-and-Tube Pressure-Drop Data and Comparison with the ST-5 Computer Program (1993)
S-SS-3-12	Non-Segmental Baffles in Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1999)
S-SS-3-13	Re-evaluation of the HTRI Delta Factor for Incremental Calculations (2001)
S-SS-3-14	CFD Study of NTIW Bundles (2004)
S-SS-3-15	Heat Transfer Performance of Shellside Single-Phase Flow for Plain and Low-Finned Tubes (2004)
S-SS-3-16	CFD Study of Flow Distribution in TEMA X Shells (2004)
S-SS-3-17	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Methods for Square One Baffles (2007)
S-SS-3-18	CFD Simulations of Single-Phase Turbulent Shellside Flow (2008)

Shell and Tube General

STG-2	Mean Temperature Difference - A Reappraisal (1976; revised 1986)
STG-3	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Performance of Integral Low-Finned Tube Bundles; Effect of Fin Spacing (1981)
STG-4	Experimental Study of the Shell Nozzle Entry Region (1981)
STG-5	Mean Temperature Difference Correction Factor for the TEMA "H" Shell (1982)
STG-6	Pressure Drop in Shell-and-Tube Nozzles, Headers, and Annular Distributors (1985)
STG-7	Performance Prediction of RODbaffle Exchangers (1987)
STG-8	Analysis of Data from Brine - Hydrocarbon Heat Exchangers Used in the Heber Geothermal Binary Power Plant (1988)
STG-9	Advanced Computational Methods for Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Design (1993)
STG-10	Gas Radiative Component in the Thermal Calculation of Tubular Heat Exchangers (1994)
STG-11	Single-Phase Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Double-Pipe Heat Exchangers with Longitudinal Fins (2001)
STG-12	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for Two Immiscible Liquids Flowing in Tubes (2002)
STG-13	Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Impingement Plates (2002)
STG-14	Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Double-Pipe Heat Exchangers with Longitudinal Fins (2003)
STG-15	Preventing Freezing in Heat Exchangers (2004)
STG-16	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Methods for Longitudinal Flow over Low-Finned Tubes (2005)
STG-17	Annular distributors: A parametric design study (2005)

Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Vibration

STV-1	Tube Vibrations in Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1974; revised 1978)
STV-2	Shellside Flow-Induced Tube Vibration in Typical Heat Exchanger Configurations (1986)
STV-3	Flow-Induced Vibration in Tube Bundles with a Pitch Ratio of 1.42 (1988)
STV-4	Flow-Induced Acoustic Vibration in Tube Bundles (1988; revised 1994)
STV-5	Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers to Avoid Flow-Induced Vibration Problems (1989)
STV-6	Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of Straight Tubes (1991)
STV-7	Comparison of HTRI Computer Vibration Analysis Predictions with Experience for Cases in the DOE/ANL/HTRI Vibration Data Bank (1991)
STV-8	A Comparison: 1988 TEMA Standards Vibration Section and HTRI Vibration Analysis (1993)
STV-9	Review of Two-Phase Flow-Induced Vibration in Heat Exchangers (1999)
STV-10	Evaluation of Fluidelastic Instability Analysis (2000)
STV-11	Design Guidance for Tube Vibration with Two-Phase Flows (2002)
STV-12	Updated Methods to Predict Acoustic Vibration in Heat Exchangers (2002)
STV-13	Calculating Tube Vibration Amplitude (2004)
STV-14	Updated Method for Predicting Critical Velocity for Fluidelastic Instability (2006)
STV-15	Select Crossflow Velocity Distributions for Analyzing Tube Vibration Potential (2007)

Research Briefs

RB1-1	Theoretical Basis for the Shellside Temperature Profile Distortion Correction Factor (1979)
RB1-2	Tube Vibration Tests in Industrial-Sized Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1980)
RB1-3	HTRI Analysis of New Cases in the DOE/ANL/HTRI Tube Vibration Data Bank (1980)
RB1-4	HTRI Computer Programs Vibration Analysis U-Bend Simulation Problem Adjustments (1980)
RB1-5	Some Field Fixes for Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers with Flow-Induced Tube Vibration Problems (1981)
RB1-6	Flow-Induced Tube Vibration Tests of Full and No-Tubes-in-Window Bundles with Six Crosspasses and 30 Degree Layout with a Tube Pitch-to-Diameter Ratio of 1.25 (1981)
RB1-7	Proposed Approach for Prediction of Theoretical Delta Correction Mixing Factor (1981)
RB1-8	Improvement of the Shellside Heat Transfer Tuberow Correction Factor, (1982)
RB1-9	An Investigation of the Applicability of the ST-4 Mod. 5.30 Computer Program to Near-Critical and Supercritical Fluids (1982)
RB1-10	FIVER - A New Design Concept to Prevent Tube Damage from Flow-Induced Vibration in Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1983)
RB1-11	Vibration Test of Simulated U-Tube Bundle with Exit Nozzle Inside of U-Bend Tangent (1985)
RB1-12	End Zone Effectiveness in Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers (1987)
RB1-13	Additional FIVER Tests (1987)

Tubeside Flow

Tubeside Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations

S-ST-1-1	Heat Transfer Correlations for Intube Turbulent Flow of Liquids and Gases (1981)
S-ST-1-2	Tubeside Heat Transfer to Liquids and Gases (Pr > 0.5) in Turbulent and Transitional Flow (1964; revised 1981)
S-ST-1-3	Non-Isothermal Pressure Drop in Laminar and Transitional Flow of Liquids Inside of Tubes (1965)
S-ST-1-4	Heat Transfer to Liquids in Laminar Flow Inside of Tubes (1965)
S-ST-1-6	Heat Transfer Correlations in the Transition Range - Summary Report of Methods Recommended for Tube-side Calculations (1965)
S-ST-1-8	Improved Heat Transfer Correlations for Liquids in Laminar Flow Inside of Tubes (1973)
S-ST-1-9	A Stepwise Procedure for Determining Tubeside Heat Transfer Coefficients (1975)
S-ST-1-10	Laminar Flow in Large Pipes (2007)
S-ST-1-11	Evaluation of Laminar Heat Transfer Methods for Horizontal Tubes (2007)

Tubeside Enhanced Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop

TE-1	Survey and Evaluation of Techniques to Augment Convective Heat Transfer (1972; revised 1978)
TE-2	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Flow Inside Spirally Grooved Tubes in the Turbulent Regime (1979)
TE-3	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Performance of Turbotec Spirally-Grooved Tube in the Laminar and Transition Regime (1978)
TE-4	Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Methods for Tubeside Single-Phase Flow with Twisted Tape Inserts (2002)
TE-5	A CFD Study of Single-Phase Flows with Twisted Tape Inserts (2006)

Shell-and-Tube Studies

STS-1	Field Data and Performance Analysis for Gas-Gas Exchangers with Glycol Injection (1972)
STS-2	Mean Metal Temperatures in Shell-and-Tube Exchangers (1979)
STS-3	Non-Newtonian Flow and Heat Transfer in Tubes (1988)

Research Briefs

RB4-1	Tubeside Turbulent Flow Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Results for General Atomic Fluted Tubes (1979)
RB4-2	Performance Analysis of Gas-Gas Exchangers with Glycol Injection (1987)
RB4-3	Flow and Heat Transfer with Immiscible Liquids in Tubes (1989)

Two-Phase Flow

TPF-1	Summary and Evaluation of Void Fraction Correlations (1973)
TPF-2	Pressure Drop in Two-Phase Flow Across Tube Banks (1976)
TPF-3	Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Windowflow of Baffled Tube Bundles (1977)
TPF-4	Two-Phase Shellside Pressure Drops for Condensation on Low Integral Finned Tube Bundles (1982)
TPF-5	Two-Phase Flow on the Shell Side of Heat Exchangers: Published Methods (1987)
TPF-6	Multiphase CFD: U-Bends and Turnaround Headers (2004)
TPF-7	Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Bends (2005)

General Two-Phase Flow

TPG-1	Principles of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Calculations (1976)
TPG-2	Flow Distribution and Pressure Drop Calculations for Shellside Two-Phase Flow in Baffled Exchangers (1977)
TPG-3	Generalized Two-Phase Flow Separation Model (1999)
TPG-4	Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Slurries: Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Methods (2006)

Research Briefs

RB7-1	Two-Phase Flow Distribution in the Pass Header of a Horizontal Tubeside Condenser (1982)
RB7-2	Vapor/Liquid Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Large Vertical Pipes (Presentation of Initial Data) (1984)
RB7-3	The Katto Correlations for Saturated Boiling Critical Heat Flux in Vertical Tubes (1984)
RB7-4	Two-Phase Horizontal Crossflow over Tube Banks (1986)
RB7-5	Friction and Entrainment in Two-Phase Tube Flow (1987)
RB7-6	Shellside Condensation Pressure Drop on 11 Fins/In. Tubebundles (1987)
RB7-7	Start-up of Thermosiphon Reboilers (1991)
RB7-8	Two-Phase Flow in Tubes: Condensation Data (1991)

Reference Reports

RR-1	Convergence Procedures: ACE-2 Computer Program Natural Draft Option (1994)
RR-2	Stream Analysis Modification to Improve Handling of the Number and Size of Seal Rods (1995) reposted 01/12/2006
RR-3	Maldistribution Effects Due to Axial Tubeside Nozzles (1995)
RR-4	Scoping Experiments on Boiling Inception in Falling Films (1996)
RR-5	Implementation of a Heat Exchanger Simulation Code using Advanced Computational Methods (1996)