Xist operates directly with process simulators such as HYSYS®, PRO/II, UniSim® Design, Petro-SIM, and VMGSim, as well as with Aspen Plus through CAPE-OPEN. Xace, Xist, and Xphe also have a DLL interface that can call these modules. Because Xchanger Suite is an automation server, other applications such as Microsoft Excel can call the exchanger modules (e.g., Xist) directly. You can insert an air cooler, a heat recovery bundle, a shell-and-tube, or a plate-and-frame heat exchanger into any process simulator that supports the CAPE-OPEN 1.0 standard, giving you instant access to HTRI’s technology while running the simulation.Īll fluid property input panels have property grid input options that can interface with process simulator programs. HTRI Xchanger Suite is CAPE-OPEN–compliant.
All components are designed to connect easily with many applications. Direct connections are provided to some software from the graphical interface in other cases, components create an output file specifically tailored for input to database software. Xchanger Suite components link to other software, including process simulators, mechanical design programs, physical property data banks and systems, and integrated engineering software.
You can instantaneously access explanatory text, helpful illustrations, and reference information, as well as learn how to enter specific cases. Process conditions, geometry, nozzles, and other common elements print in the same areas of reports.Īll components fully incorporate documentation as online help. Output from the various components also is similar. You can set units across an entire case or item-by-item. Most components have identical input structure: process conditions and physical properties are entered in the same way, using the same input panels. Customary, MKH, and user-specified units. Tubeside condensation (horizontal, inclined, vertical, and reflux)Įach Xchanger Suite component accepts data and can provide output in SI, U.S. Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations are continually reviewed and updated as part of our ongoing research program.Ī partial list of HTRI data banks follows: These data have been used to develop the methods and correlations integral to our software. Since 1962, HTRI has collected and analyzed data from industrial-sized units. HTRI Xchanger Suite components share many common features.
With the addition of our latest component-Xspe-HTRI’s premier technology and expertise are available in a full complement of products for all your engineering needs. 26 Embedding heat exchanger in PRO/II Direct link CAPE-OPENĢ7 Embedding heat exchanger in PRO/II Direct link CAPE-OPEN (current) Air cooler (Xace) Economizer (Xace) Shell and tube exchanger (Xist) Plate and frame exchanger (Xphe) Spiral plate exchanger (Xspe)Ģ8 Upcoming developments Xchanger Suite 7 Service Pack 1 Adding CAPE-OPEN option for plate-fin exchangers (Xpfe) Support for CAPE-OPEN Thermo 1.HTRI Xchanger Suite, the most advanced tool for the design, rating, and simulation of heat exchangers, brings our rigorous research to end users in an integrated graphical environment.