FOUNDATIONS OF HTRI METHODS HTRI Technical Reports provide member companies with information on state-of-the-art technology in heat transfer and fluid flow. The reports included here are MUST reads if you are new to HTRI. HTRI STREAM ANALYSIS
BT-1
Boiling Heat Transfer in a Vertical Thermosiphon Reboiler Boiling mechanisms, limitations, and correlations
Experimental Study of Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Performance under Both Natural and Forced Draft Conditions
BK1-1
Original HTRI research on natural and forced draft air coolers
(1969)
F-4
(1978)
Thermal Design of Kettle Reboiler Bundles
The foundation of the original HTRI stream analysis model
• Basic boiling theory • HTRI reboiler bundle and heat transfer and heat flux correlations • Steps for rating/designing kettle reboiler bundles
S-SS-3-1
Stream Analysis Method for Prediction of Shellside Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Segmentally-Baffled Exchangers (1967; revised 1977; revised 2007)
STV-1
CG-1
Survey of Condensation Heat Transfer and Condenser Design (1969)
Comprehensive review of condensation heat transfer
Tube Vibrations in Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
CG-8
Overview of vibration problems, prediction methods, and mitigation
(1995; revised 2006)
(1974; revised 1978)
STG-2
Mean Temperature Difference - A Reappraisal (1976; revised 1986)
Review of Published Methods for Tubeside Condensation
(1980)
Design Fouling Resistances: Recommended Good Practice (1989)
• Fouling resistances – importance, selection, and effects • HTRI software interpretation of fouling parameters and implications
F-EX-1-3
Fouling - The Major Unresolved Problem in Heat Transfer (1972)
Provides a systematic roadmap for the treatment of fouling
Identifies area of uncertainty in tubeside condensation
TPG-1
Principles of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Calculations (1976)
Summarizes basic principles of two-phase flow for heat exchangers