

It may happen sometimes that due to human error, manual design results may come out to be somewhat inaccurate. Likewise, manual design should also be verified with industrial software like HTRI. But it is also important to verify the results with manual calculations. HTRI is the most widely used software in the industry.

HTRI has a rigorous and integral approach which gives more accurate results as well. It has been observed that manual calculations often become lengthy and iterative. After comparative analysis the reasons for variation have been identified, critically reviewed and discussed. The results have been compared with HTRI. The manual calculations are based on standard co-relations available in various literatures. Ammonia-Water system is widely used in the refrigeration industry. The primary objective of this study is to design a desuperheater-condenser for Ammonia-Water system. The paper provides information about the types and classification of condensers. In this paper, the thermal design of a desuperheater-condenser has been carried out manually as well as using HTRI software. Using ProSimPlus, an end-user may use third-party software such as HTRI XChanger Suite.Condensers are widely used in chemical industry, refrigeration, air-conditioning and power generation systems. The video shows there is no need for any coding, interfacing being managed by the CAPE-OPEN interfaces implemented in both ProSimPlus and HTRI XChanger Suite. The video shows how the conditions of each stream may be accessed. Being able to use HTRI software within a process simulator such as ProSimPlus gives access to the conditions of each stream in the flowsheet within one single calculation. So an end-user remains in a familiar environment all along. The video shows how the configuration of HTRI Unit Operations is identical to the configuration accessed by an end-user with the standalone HTRI software. Three shell and tubes heat exchangers are set up in a ProSimPlus flowsheet, with material recycles between the heat exchangers. This demonstration of interoperability relies on CAPE-OPEN technology. Through the following video, ProSim explains how to make use of Unit Operations from HTRI XChanger Suite into ProSimPlus.
