HTE EXPERTISE

Heat Transfer Equipment Company (HTE) is
"DEDICATED TO CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF
COMPANY PROCESSES RESULTING IN QUALITY
PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION".
With college-degreed mechanical and thermal engineers,
we have the expertise to thermally and mechanically
design and guarantee shell and tube heat exchanger
equipment from customer supplied process data and
mechanical and metallurgical requirements for the refining,
petrochemical, and gas processing industries. We provide
new designs with full thermal design, check rate of customer
provided designs, and "fabrication only" of customer provided
designs. We provide replacement heat exchangers and parts,
in-kind replacement, replacement with customer specified upgrades and ASME code upgrades. We also provide re-rates, evaluation of existing units for new design cases, and design data verification.

Our manufacturing facility is capable of fabricating either on a routine or emergency basis such as complete shell and tube heat exchangers, replacement tube bundles, replacement channels, shells, shell covers, floating heads, covers, and gaskets. We are an EMbaffle licensee and ROD Baffle heat exchanger manufacturer. All manufactured equipment is designed and fabricated in accordance with TEMA (Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association), HTRI (Heat Transfer Research, Inc.), API (American Petroleum Institute) 660, NBIC (National Board Inspection Code), and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Sect. I, II, V, VIII, and IX (U, S, & R Stamps).

We have been actively involved in both the technical and executive functions of TEMA since 1992. TEMA has established general construction rules and tolerances specific to shell and tube heat exchangers. TEMA has developed and standardized methods of design beyond ASME such as Thick-wall expansion joint FEA calculation methods, Double Tubesheets rules, Bolted cover deflection limits for partition engagement, Partition design and flange load consideration, overall good practice design aids.

HTRI analysis is the industry standard and method of choice for thermal design by HTE. HTE has been an active member and annual stockholder meeting attendee of HTRI since 1992. HTRI continually conducts research and testing on real-world heat exchanger equipment. They use research data to develop and improve methods and software for thermal design and analysis.

 

HTE SHELL AND TUBE EXCHANGERS

Heat exchangers simply exchange heat. Fluids or gases are introduced inside the shell side nozzle inlet. Fluids or gases then go through the shell moving through a series of baffles that guides its progress until it finally reaches the shell side outlet. Meanwhile another fluid or gas with a different temperature is pushed through the tube side inlet of the tube bundle. It then comes out of the tube side outlet. As simple as this process sounds, it is not simple to create. All tolerances for design, workmanship and nondestructive testing are strictly followed.

All manufactured equipment is designed and fabricated in accordance with TEMA, HTRI, API 660, NBIC, ASME Sect. I, II, V, VIII, and IX (U, S, & R Stamps).