Meet The Speakers

SESSION: Design and modelling (CFD)
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Cost and size optimization of crossflow heat exchangers: A performance-based approach

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SESSION: Heat exchanger operations
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Improving heat exchanger functionality with quantum mechanics technology to achieve net zero

SESSION: Design and modelling (CFD)
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Designing plate and shell heat exchangers for reboiler and vaporizer applications

SESSION: Design and modelling (CFD)
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Experimental and numerical investigation of rotating inserts in heat exchangers: Reducing fouling and enhancing heat transfer with pressure drop penalty mitigation

SESSION: Design and modelling (CFD)
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

ASME VIII pressure boundary bolted joint design method complete revision

SESSION: Digitalization
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Unlocking operational excellence through digital innovation in heat exchanger services

SESSION: Digitalization
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Optimizing process efficiency with digital twins for air-cooled heat exchangers

SESSION: Digitalization
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Use of digital models of heat exchanger networks to optimize process plant efficiency

SESSION: Sustainability and emerging technology
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Advanced heat exchanger systems for sustainable waste water concentration

SESSION: Sustainability and emerging technology
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Optimizing biofuels heat exchangers: Material selection, fabrication, and decarbonization strategies for renewable refineries

Along with Patrick Van Roy, Group COEK

SESSION: Sustainability and emerging technology
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Optimizing biofuels heat exchangers: Material selection, fabrication, and decarbonization strategies for renewable refineries

Along with Barinder J. S. Ghai, Alleima

SESSION: Sustainability and emerging technology
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Improving heat exchanger functionality with quantum mechanics technology to achieve net zero

SESSION: Heat exchanger operations
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Refining batch heating design: Smarter steam use for efficient heat exchanger performance

SESSION: Heat exchanger operations
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Technology update: The next generation of Helixchanger® heat exchangers

SESSION: Maintenance and fabrication
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Crack of 2¼Cr-1Mo welds and fabrication improvement for boiler feed water preheaters in high-temperature hydrogen service

Along with M Norshisyam Awang, Petronas

SESSION: Maintenance and fabrication
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Crack of 2¼Cr-1Mo welds and fabrication improvement for boiler feed water preheaters in high-temperature hydrogen service

Along with Nur Athirah Ishar, Petronas

SESSION: Maintenance and fabrication
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Answering industry’s call for pressure test safety

SESSION: Heat exchanger applications
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Glass-lined heat exchangers – From design and application to recycling

SESSION: Heat exchanger applications
(Wednesday 6 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

R744 (CO₂) heat exchangers for automotive applications

SESSION: Material selection and corrosion
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

SAF 3006 (UNS S83071) new super duplex stainless steel, welding tests, mechanical and corrosion results using different welding filler metals for acidic heat exchangers

SESSION: Material selection and corrosion
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Highly filled graphite–PPS composites for fouling-resistant plate heat exchangers: thermal, mechanical and surface property analysis

SESSION: Maintenance and cleaning
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Thermal heat exchanger cleaning

SESSION: Maintenance and cleaning
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Addressing the limitations of HEX maintenance with safe and cost-effective organic descaling solutions

SESSION: High-efficiency coatings
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 1) 

Integrated maintenance to preserve and repair shell&tube heat exchangers in air conditioning chillers

HTRI Workshop: Introduction to Xchanger Suite
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Xchanger Suite — considered to be the most advanced thermal process design and simulation software—rates, simulates, and/or designs a variety of heat transfer equipment. HTRI‘s calculation methods are backed by over half a century of applied research and data collected on industrially relevant heat transfer equipment

Presenting with Andy Mountford, Senior Consulting Engineer, HTRI

HTRI Workshop: Introduction to Xchanger Suite
(Thursday 7 May 2026, Conference Room 2) 

Xchanger Suite — considered to be the most advanced thermal process design and simulation software—rates, simulates, and/or designs a variety of heat transfer equipment. HTRI‘s calculation methods are backed by over half a century of applied research and data collected on industrially relevant heat transfer equipment

Presenting with Hans Zettler, President, HTRI