Research
Heat exchanger design excellence through research
The special partnership between HTFS® and its customers via the Research Network™ ensures that AspenTech's heat exchange software will meet both current and future business needs.
Open literature heat exchange methods may be sufficient for simple heat exchange, but are inadequate for the exacting challenges of modern process design and optimization. Often the engineer is faced with processes involving multi-component boiling, condensing or simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Advanced methods generated from an on-going programme of research are therefore required. HTFS Research comprises both painstaking experimental study and expert analysis to develop our proprietary theoretical models and correlations. This on-going programme ensures that the latest and most accurate methods are available within AspenTech's HTFS+™ family of heat exchanger software. In addition, methods and source data are directly available to members through the Research Network on-line. Research results update methods in our software on an ongoing basis. In turn, the Research Network documents the methods applied.
The research covers the following areas:
HTFS Research Network members are intimately involved in directing our research and product development through participation in Review Panels which monitor progress and assist in the definition of priorities. Feedback from all members is obtained through an Annual Questionnaire.