Helical coil heat exchanger software (HCHex) demonstrates the thermal design and sizing calculations for helical coil heat exchanges. The Software will perform a series of calculations to produce the final outcome, this includes but not limited to the exchanger area, length, number of spiral windings for tube along with any missing flow rates temperatures…etc. The software will also calculate the heat transfer coefficients.  HCHex will generate a summary of all results.

Below are some features for this software along with any limitations.

Features

  1. Design helical coil heat exchangers, choose between two models. Model 1 With core tube and coiled tube inside vessel or Model 2 without core tube and only contains a coiled tube inside vessel
  2. Support S.I Units and English (U.S) Units of measurement.
  3. Units converter includes 23 measurements units with 200-unit conversion
  4. Nusselt number estimation
    Helical coil heat exchanger design software includes Nusselt number correlations and will also allow you to use your own correlations in three formats.
  5. The software will also allow you to enter your own Nusselt number or enter a heat transfer coefficient if needed.
  6. Area and heat load (heat duty) calculations
  7. The software will also accept heat load as input and calculate the other needed variables.
  8. Vessel dimensions and length
  9. Number of spiral turns for the helical tube and its length.
  10. Add your own Nusselt correlation
  11. Save/Load results
  12. Ability to calculate unknown Cold or Hot side temperatures. Unknown exit temperatures on both sides or any two temperatures on both sides
  13. Unknown Flow rate on either hot or cold side or both flowrates when heat duty and temperatures are specified.
  14. Pressure Drops for both shell and tube sides (frictional, inlet, outlet and total)
  15. Overall heat transfer coefficients, heat transfer coefficients for shell and tube sides.
  16. Plot temperature profile for counter current flow and co-current flow. detect temperature cross.
  17. Export Results summary to Microsoft Excel Engineering Datasheet format. Save/Load results. Generate/Print a summary of results
  18. Display multiple cases in results grid
  19. Export Results summary to .rtf file format that can be opened in Microsoft Word
  20. Physical properties estimation software that allows you to estimate the Physical properties of pure components for more than 1450 fluids; the database has the ability to estimate Thermal Conductivity, Density, Heat Capacity and Viscosity. The database also included critical properties, boiling and melting points and come as a standalone interface but easily integrated with the software.
  21. Estimate mixture properties. (ALL ESTIMATION METHODS CURRENTLY SUPPORT LIQUIDS ONLY)
  22. User database functions to allow user to add/delete fluids, Tube geometric sizes and heat transfer coefficients and load to hot/cold side (Empty database!).
  23. Fouling factors
  24. Add your own Nusselt number correlations, three formats are available.
  25. Other Option for physical properties (Sold Separately), is the PhysPro Fluid properties, this software can also be integrated with the product for physical properties.

Limitations

Helical coil heat exchanger software currently support Single phase fluid operations and Single tube units, multi tubes units and phase change operations are not supported.

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Helical coil heat exchanger

 

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Please note that the demo version of this software will only operate with set examples which are restricted in our demo version.  The full version of this product does not have any restrictions. Demo version may not include all updates that has been added to full version, to check the latest version file history click here.

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System Requirements

Helical coil heat exchanger software needs the following to operate:

1. Microsoft Windows operating system
2. 64 MB RAM
3. 30 MB free disk space
4. Microsoft Dot Net 4.8.1 Framework

Windows platform:
Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
32 bit & 64 bit operating systems

Latest Demonstration Video

Some of the videos below are for an older version for features that has not changed. Below is a play list of all videos and examples.