Software & Technology
Thermal Energy Transfer
Engineers can study heat transfer effects at heat exchangers, pipes and fittings.
Overview
Heating and cooling of fluids is fundamental to any process plant, particularly in Chemical + Petrochemical industries. Full evaluation of heat transfer for energy recovery or energy efficiency is a critical task that can be performed easily within FluidFlow. A comprehensive database of insulation materials means engineers can optimize energy usage by including conduction, radiation, and convection losses.
Engineers can choose from a range of heat transfer options:
- Buried pipe calculations.
- Pipe heat loss/gain calculation.
- Fixed heat transfer rate.
- Fixed temperature change.
- Ignore heat loss/gain.
Features:
- Outside Surface temperature calculated.
- Heat energy transfer calculated.
- Overall heat transfer coefficient calculated.
- Fluid temperature changes calculated.
- FluidFlow is provided with a database of thermal conductivity values for pipe materials, coatings, insulation and soil types. You can also add new data.
- Track changes in fluid phase state arising from heat transfer.
- Buried pipe heat transfer.