What’s new with Version 9.1

Changes in this release include the following:

• Method improvements
  • Heat transfer and pressure drop for forced vs. natural draft in air coolers
  • Shellside/tubeside film boiling heat transfer
  • Shellside heat transfer for both horizontal and vertical unbaffled shells
  • Shellside critical heat flux
  • Mixture shellside condensation
• Significant enhancements
  • Electric heater option in Xist
  • Automatic tube removal for deresonating baffles in Xist
  • Simple to detailed piping conversion in Xist
  • Fouling estimation option in Xist
  • Bundle layout drawing in navigation pane in Xace
  • API 661 specification sheet input panel in Xace
  • Acoustic vibration check for economizers
• Other notable improvements
  • Exporting the pass arrangement drawing independently of the tube layout dawing in Xist
  • Improvements to use of property packages to use a single package across multiple process streams
  • Additional options in Program Settings for CAPE-OPEN to allow control over stream naming and extensive logging options