Outdated Nuclear Industry
Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchanger, Nuclear, cfd, Heat Transfer randy bogard Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchanger, Nuclear, cfd, Heat Transfer randy bogard

Outdated Nuclear Industry

Nuclear, I get it. You are trying to go fast. But please be like the rest of the world and consider designing with the latest Codes and Standards.

Yes, you can technically use that same 1970โ€™s heat exchanger design in your brand new plant, but why would you want to? New designs will perform better and last longer because they incorporate the latest design rules with M-Star CFD and modern manufacturing techniques.

Did you know that your old heat exchanger designs pre-date the UHX rules? Iโ€™ve seen ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ in fixed exchangers because the old design never checked for tube stress. Iโ€™ve seen ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ in floating tubesheet exchangers when it should have governed the maximum shell side pressure. Iโ€™ve seen nozzles ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ญ in u-tube exchangers which should have failed UHX-4(i)(1). 
Going fast doesnโ€™t have to mean using your old, bad designs. Unsure about your old design drawings and calculations? Metalmark Engineering offers 3rd party view to give your team peace of mind while going fast.

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