AEA Technology Engineering Software Updates Program for Fired Process Heater Modelling.HARWELL, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--AEA Technology Engineering Software today released FIHR 1.5, the latest update of it's optimisation system for thermal modelling, part of the HTFS HTFS High Throughput File System software suite for thermal design. FIHR is an engineering tool that gives operators of refining, heavy chemical, and general hydrocarbon processes the potential to optimise processes where major changes are imposed. This includes feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing composition changes, fuel switching; controlled turndown, and low NOx burner retrofit ret·ro·fit v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in . More routine considerations such as minimising shut-down for de-coking are vital to overall process economics. Designers also benefit from access to a program that allows a wide range of heater configurations to be explored quickly and efficiently including: -- hot oil heaters -- charge heaters -- crude distillation distillation, process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation. The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. heaters -- heat recovery trains -- steam generators The advanced Windows interface has many graphical aids to speed the design/modelling process. Analysis of results is eased by extensive use of graphics to show principal design variables such as heat load distributions, process, flue-gas and metal temperature distributions. Fired process heaters are major energy consumers in many key industrial processes. In typical refinery operations, 90% of energy consumption is the combustion of natural gas or by-product by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. by-product Noun 1. fuel in process heaters. The design and operation of this equipment is vital to the economics of these processes. "The advanced modelling capability of FIHR allows you to reveal real operational savings," stated Gareth Pugh Gareth Pugh (born 1981 in Sunderland) is an English fashion designer.[1][2] He currently lives and works in London.[1] Career At 14, Pugh began working as a costume designer for the English National Youth Theatre. , HTFS business manager from AEA Technology AEA Technology plc was formed in 1996 as the privatised offshoot of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Originally it consisted of divisions with expertise in a wide variety of areas, mostly the products of nuclear-related research. Engineering Software. "Even in well designed units the program can show that proper flame fitting and excess air control may realise increase in energy efficiency of 5%. The engineer can explore this type of strategy whilst remaining assured that local maximum heat flux levels and metal temperatures are not exceeded." Critical to the safe operation of heaters is the assessment of heat flux distribution and consequent metal temperatures. The latest release of FIHR incorporates HTFS burner heat release models, which, coupled with the advanced "long furnace" model give the most reliable representation of a wide range of "cylindrical" and "cabin" heaters. In addition to the above benefits, FIHR 1.5 also adds: -- Cabin heaters with double rows of central tubes -- Convection banks with tubes in parallel -- Additional types of extended surfaces in the convection section About AEA Technology AEA Technology Engineering Software is a leading supplier of engineering process design and plant design software through its wholly-owned software companies; Hyprotech, EA Systems, CFX CFX Command Field Exercise CFX Combined Field Exercise CFX Congregationum Fratrorum Xaverianorum (Latin: Congregation of Xaverian Brothers (Roman Catholic religious order) CFX China France Express CFX Compact Form Factor and nCode. As part of AEA Technology plc, one of the world's leading innovation businesses, it supplies innovative technical, safety and environmental solutions to a broad range of industries worldwide. AEA Technology plc, a major international science and engineering company (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :AAT Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) A blood component that breaks down infection-fighting enzymes such as elastase. Mentioned in: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ) delivers innovative technical, safety and environmental solutions to the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, agrochemical agrochemical Any chemical used in agriculture, including chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Most are mixtures of two or more chemicals; active ingredients provide the desired effects, and inert ingredients stabilize or preserve the active ingredients or aid , speciality chemical and fine chemical industries worldwide. AEA Technology employs nearly 4,500 people in 26 locations around the world. More than 2,000 of these employees are graduate scientists or technically qualified individuals. AEA Technology brings science to the marketplace through consultancy, technical services, hardware and software systems, research and development and technology transfer. For more information, visit the AEA Technology web site at www.software.aeat.com or contact Gareth Pugh at +44 (0)1235 432908 / htfs@hyprotech.com or Marie Telepneff at 510/748-4855 / marie.telepneff@hyprotech.com. FIHR and HTFS are trademarks of AEA Technology plc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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