SwRI designs Army test vehicle laboratory Aug 19, 2009
It will have eight engineering chambers for evaluating hybrid electric components, advanced energy storage devices, fuel cells, heat exchangers and air filtration systems. This facility should be completed in two years. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Popular energy: What global warming? Aug 16, 2009
That involves massive heat exchangers, over which tons of water or air must be driven, using up some of the power just generated. Considering all that waste, and the violation of the environment, who needs to talk about global warming. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Greensense: Energy savings from the sun Aug 10, 2009
The second type of actively circulating system pumps a non-freezing, heat-transfer fluid through the collectors and a heat exchanger. This heats the water that then flows into the home. (Reading Advocate, MA)
Chart Energy & Chemicals and Toyo Engineering Corporation Sign Mid-Scale LNG Liquefaction Technology and Equipment Supply Agreement Aug 4, 2009
For those opportunities that Chart E&C and TOYO agree to pursue, Chart E&C will provide the LNG liquefaction process technology, including integrated natural gas liquids (NGL) and nitrogen rejection technology as appropriate, together with equipment including brazed aluminum heat exchangers, cold boxes and air cooled heat exchangers ... "This Agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation broadens Chart E&C's value proposition as a leader in mid-scale LNG technology and supplier of highly... (Primezone Releases)
Mines Could Provide Geothermal Energy Aug 1, 2009
Rodr;guez et al. Analysis of the utilization of mine galleries as geothermal heat exchangers by means a semi-empirical prediction method. Renewable Energy, 2009; 34 (7): 1716 DOI. (Science Daily)
REGION: Boxer takes up request by nuke plant activists Jul 29, 2009
Local nuclear activism groups, especially the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, have cited such incidents in asking that the NRC postpone San Onofre's upcoming retrofit project, which would replace two 640-ton heat exchangers inside each of the plant's two concrete containment domes ... At that meeting, Charles Casto, deputy regional administrator for the NRC, said delaying the operation, which would replace two 640-ton heat exchangers inside the dome, was not likely. (North County Times)
Ventilate! It’s good for you! Jul 28, 2009
One solution is to install a heat recovery ventilator (HRV), which routes the exhaust air through a series of pipes called a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger passes the heat from the outgoing warm air into the incoming cold air stream, recycling about 70 to 80 percent of the heat in the exhaust air. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Boeing engines should be tweaked: FAA Jul 25, 2009
Boeing spokeswoman Sandy Angers said the company and Rolls Royce have been working with the FAA and European aviation regulators to certify a redesigned heat exchanger with greater ability to handle ice in the fuel system. "The conditions that seem to have led to the British Airways accident are rare to start with, and we've got interim procedures in place to minimize the effects these conditions will have on airplanes in flight until the new (heat exchangers) are installed," Angers said ...... (Crain's Chicago Business)
NTU unveils green and fastest supercomputer in ASEAN in collaboration with leading IT giants Jul 24, 2009
NTU's HPC system maximises performance with a unique water-cooled technology - IBM's Rear Door Heat eXchanger for the iDataplex Rack ... The IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger for iDataplex will also allow NTU to have a high-density data centre environment that will not increase cooling demands and may actually lower them. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Cagey Solution: Will Nano Traps Make Geothermal Power Earthquake-Safe? Jul 21, 2009
The water must be used in conjunction with a heat exchanger to warm special liquids like alkanes (saturated hydrocarbons such as methane) or perfluorocarbon that have a lower boiling point. As these substances evaporate, they release energy to turn turbines. (Scientific American)
Take extra precautions during this heat wave Jul 17, 2009
Vette Corp Announces Top Feed LiquiCoolTM Rear Door Heat Exchanger. Vette Corp , a leading global provider of data center thermal 000033B0 management solutions, announced today a new addition to its LiquiCool family of liquid cooling products, the Top Feed Rear Door Heat Exchanger ... In these applications, the LiquiCool Top Feed Rear Door Heat Exchanger facilitates rapid, flexible build-out of data center cooling at a total. (Fresno Bee)
New system uses pools to cool homes Jul 12, 2009
The system uses pool water, roughly 10 to 25 degrees cooler than summer air temperatures, and a heat exchanger to more efficiently cool a home. Shea and Shasta estimate the energy savings at 30 to 70 percent. (AZCentral -- Business)
Heliodyne Launches New Heat Transfer Appliance for Commercial Solar Hot Water Projects Jul 11, 2009
Some notable features of the HCOM include "plug and play" installation, touch screen interface, advanced controller for remote Wi-Fi based monitoring and data storage, single/double wall heat exchanger and integrated variable speed pumps for system energy optimization. "We're seeing a growing demand in solar thermal commercial projects. We're confident that with the simplicity of installing the HCOM, commercial jobs will not only be an easier task for experienced installers, but also a viable... (PR Newswire)
* Kaori Heat Treatment secures Bloom Energy deal Jul 10, 2009
It is the sole manufacturer of brazed heat exchangers in Taiwan, and has sales in more than 60 countries. Using technology transferred from Bloom Energy, Kaori launched a new production line for SOFC hotboxes in the second half of this year, Han said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Home revolution Jul 7, 2009
We are grade II listed so forget solar panels and air source heat exchangers, our planners would say no. The roof is lagged as best can be done, the oil (no gas) fired boiler is 90%+ efficient. There must be hundreds of thousands with some or all of these problems who are getting fed up with the ideal solution that will never help us. (BBC News -- Science)
Energy-saving Method Checks Refrigerant Level In Air Conditioners Jun 30, 2009
The four sensors are attached to tubing running into and out of components called heat exchangers. In air conditioning and refrigeration systems, liquid refrigerant evaporates in a heat exchanger called an evaporator, cooling the air. (Science Daily)
Lydall Affinity Announces New Management Appointments Jun 26, 2009
Based in Ossipee, NH, Lydall Affinity designs and manufactures a broad line of chillers and heat exchangers that outperform other brands. Affinity brand refrigerated chillers cover a heat load range of 1 to 300kW and the Company's water-to-water units offer even higher heat removal capabilities. (Primezone Releases)
Hopewell Valley district cited for clean energy Jun 17, 2009
Fox said yesterday the introduction of 13 high-efficiency heat exchangers has helped the Hopewell district improve indoor air quality and comfort, "while reducing heating and cooling loads by as much as 30 percent." The school district is reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by nearly 200,000 pounds a year and cutting their annual electricity consumption by more than 300,000 kilowatt hours, according to a prepared statement by the BPU.. The 10-classroom addition at Timberlane Middle School has a... (NJ.com -- Times)
Technology Quarterly Jun 5, 2009
C, the hot oil was pumped to a so-called power block where it went through a series of heat exchangers, turning water into steam and powering a conventional steam-turbine. The turbine then turned a generator to produce electricity. (The Economist)
Gulf Coast Green Energy test project seeking to generate electricity from inactive gas well Jun 2, 2009
Gulf Coast Green Energy will extract geo-fluid essentially hot saltwater from a nonproducing natural gas well and run it through a heat exchanger before dumping it back into a disposal well, creating electricity in the process. The project is part of a series of federal contracts awarded through the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, a Sugar Land nonprofit dedicated in part to advancing technology in maturing oil and gas fields. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Chart to lay off another 99; total of 122 workers affected by cuts May 30, 2009
As of March, the Ohio-based company had 420 hourly and 100 salaried employees at La Crosse s South Side plant, where it makes industrial heat exchangers. The company plans to reduce its total workforce by about 18 percent this year, Biehl said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Dohm Well Drilling adds geothermal loops May 21, 2009
Installation trainees such as Schaus, the third generation of his family in the well-drilling business since 1953, learn about the design and installation of ground heat exchangers, which are the basis of GSHP systems. During winter, water or an anti-freeze solution circulates through buried pipe, collecting heat from the earth and transporting it into the building. (Dowagiac News, MI)
In season, any season May 20, 2009
Heating methods vary, but generally, pumps take geothermal water from the ground and into a heat exchanger ... Their greenhouse depends on a heat exchanger for the main source of heat. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
New Mexico gets unique solar power factory May 13, 2009
Fluid inside the receivers is heated and then flows to a heat exchanger, which creates steam. The steam spins a turbine, creating energy with no carbon emissions. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Great West looks to 30 years of being 'green' May 9, 2009
The ice makers collectively release 90 million BTU which are recovered and transferred through heat exchangers as the building's main heating source. Solar collectors on the roof aid in heating ventilation air. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Hickory manufacturer poised for rapid growth May 8, 2009
Turbotec Products thinks market will favor its new line of heat exchangers ... At the heart of many Turbotec s systems are metal tubes that increase the surface area of heat exchangers ... Using the patented twisted tube array increases the efficiency of the heat exchangers by four times, Raina says. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste May 6, 2009
MSW has a high tendency to form fused ash deposits on the internal surfaces of furnaces and high temperature reactors, and to form bonded fouling deposits on heat exchanger surfaces. The products of the combustion of MSW are also very aggressive, in that the flue gases are erosive and the relatively high levels of chloride containing species in the flue gases can lead to high rates of metal wastage of heat exchange tube surfaces due to high temperature corrosion. (Energy Pulse, CO)
County cuts utility costs with new system May 5, 2009
A heat exchanger unit went out last fall and we were able to get it fixed before anyone noticed the problem, Kritzer said. The county has installed baffles in vents that can be controlled automatically with the system to push more air flow into areas of the building that need greater flow during the day. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Beyond Fossil Fuels: Lucien Bronicki on Geothermal Energy May 1, 2009
Geothermal working at lower temperatures is material-intensive we have big heat exchangers. And therefore the impact from the high material costs of the past few years impacted the cost of the power plant. (Scientific American)
Expanded tax incentive encourages installation of geothermal systems Apr 28, 2009
Geothermal heat pumps and the machines used to put the renewable heat exchangers in the earth are all made in the United States. Additionally, every system installed requires skilled U.S. labor across a variety of trades. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Cap-and-Trade Program Creates Green Jobs Apr 28, 2009
Just started on their six-week training, they already are deep into dense terms: negative vent pressure, induced draft, heat exchangers, sealed combustion furnace components. Before they are done, instructor Mark Donovan will lead them through the intricacies of heating and air conditioning systems, hot water systems, venting, insulation and a host of rules, regulations and government programs offered to encourage homeowners to waste less energy. (Scientific American)
Fatal fire probe finds no working smoke detectors Apr 28, 2009
boxergal wrote on Apr 23, 2009 7:34 AM:" Got that one near my floor and near sleeping areas. I had a furnace red tagged last winter due to bad heat exchangers and leaking co. Also had a hotwater heater catch on fire years ago but thank God I hadn't left for work yet, otherwise my son would probably not be around as he was sleeping in during summer. Serious stuff and I do all I can to prevent a catastrophe. Thanks for the info. ". aswell wrote on Apr 23, 2009 1:26 AM:" and goes with CO nighthawk... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Reinventing Nuclear Power Apr 16, 2009
A heat exchanger running through the whole thing would collect heat from the fusion reaction and the fission reaction and run a turbine, capable of producing one to two gigawatts of power, about the same as today's nuclear power plants. Moses imagines having a demonstration plant running by 2020 and commercial technology by 2030. (Forbes -- Technology)
NASDAQ OMX Announces First Quarter 2009 New Listings Statistics Apr 16, 2009
Other notable listings included specialty pharmaceutical company Impax Laboratories Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ) and SmartHeat (NasdaqGM: - ), a Chinese manufacturer of plate heat exchangers. To view all new listings on The NASDAQ Stock Market in the first quarter, visit. (Primezone Releases)
Basics of Geothermal Energy Production and Use Apr 10, 2009
The two liquids are kept completely separate through the use of a heat exchanger, which transfers the heat energy from the geothermal water to the working fluid ... Heat would be extracted at well head via a liquid/gas heat exchanger to heat pressurized air at constant pressure. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Hydrogen Cars Closer To Reality Apr 4, 2009
The researchers have created the system's heat exchanger, which circulates coolant through tubes and uses fins to remove heat generated as the hydrogen is absorbed by the powder. The heat exchanger is critical because the system stops absorbing hydrogen effectively if it overheats, said Issam Mudawar, a professor of mechanical engineering who is leading the research ... "This presented an engineering challenge because we had to figure out how to fill the fuel vessel with hydrogen quickly while... (Science Daily)
Stocks Under $10 Apr 4, 2009
Manufactures plate heat exchanger products for china's industrial, residential and commercial markets. 93. (Investors Business Daily)
Do research before cleaning home's air ducts Apr 3, 2009
"That means the coils, the drain pan, the air plenum, the heat exchanger, and the blower motor and assembly," he says. Not cleaning each part of the system properly can cause a lot of damage to the home and even the HVAC system, he says. (AZCentral -- Home)
The Potential for Air-cooled High-Temperature Nuclear Reactors Apr 2, 2009
Air or nitrogen-cooled HTR technology could offer higher efficiency using twin-spool turbine engine operation that includes after-cooling between the low-pressure and high-pressure compressors, reheating the gas between the high-pressure and low-pressure turbines and recovering exhaust heat in a recuperative heat exchanger ... Helium has an efficiency advantage over air in single stage, simple-cycle turbine operating without a recuperative heat exchanger ... The addition of such a heat exchanger... (Energy Pulse, CO)
Breakthrough made in energy efficiency, use of waste heat Apr 2, 2009
What makes the technology unique is the use of microchannel heat transfer components and an efficient "vapor expander" to provide high heat transfer rates and smaller, lighter and more efficient heat exchangers. "Right now, about 75 percent of the fuel energy in most stationary diesel generators used to produce electricity is lost in the form of waste heat," Peterson said. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Feds propose big cut in restricted area at Hanford Mar 30, 2009
The outer zone includes about 180 waste sites such as ponds used for cooling water from heat exchangers in industrial facilities that may have had some chemical contamination, as well as areas where animals have spread radioactive contamination near the surface and areas where water that was used to shield irradiated fuel spilled as it was moved from reactors. A key goal is to reduce the 80 square miles of contaminated ground water plumes at Hanford to a few small areas, mostly in the central... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Do-it-yourselfer Q&A Mar 20, 2009
A. It sounds like you are interested in an air-to-air heat exchanger ... You can also get more information by using a computer search engine and the words Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
A 'Green' House Scores 'Platinum' in New Milford Mar 20, 2009
Mechanical ventilation with a heat exchanger provides fresh air and removes moisture in the heating season while reclaiming some of the heat from the outgoing air. And of course, the house is equipped with state-of-the-art, high efficiency lighting fixtures, compact fluorescent bulbs and Energy Star appliances. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Green Beer for Fewer Greenbacks Mar 17, 2009
This broiling liquid passes through pipes into a heat exchanger, which transfers the heat energy to water stored in a massive 1,500-gallon (5,680-liter) tank in the brewery. This storage tank supplies not only for the brewing process but for the kitchen and bathroom sinks, too, according to Geist. (Scientific American)
NTSB recommends redesign of 777 jet part Mar 14, 2009
The NTSB issued an urgent recommendation to to redesign fuel/oil heat exchangers (FOHE) used in its Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 800 Series engines. Investigations into two incidents during 2008 implicated a build up of ice in the fuel/oil heat exchangers most likely caused uncommanded loss of engine power. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Airliners to k00003FFCeep flying despite... Mar 14, 2009
Rolls-Royce admitted that the component, the fuel/oil heat exchanger, was flawed but said that the replacement part had to be tested and certified and would not be ready for installation for up to 12 more months. Other airlines operating 777s with Rolls-Royce engines include Singapore Airlines and American Airlines. (New York Post -- Business)
TAT Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results Mar 13, 2009
TAT Technologies Ltd. (TAT), directly and through its subsidiaries, provides a variety of services and products to the aerospace industry, such as the manufacture, maintenance and repair of a broad range of heat transfer components (such as heat exchangers, pre-coolers and oil/fuel hydraulic coolers) used in mechanical and electronic systems on-board commercial, military and business aircraft; other environmental control and cooling systems and a variety of other electronic and mechanical... (PR Newswire)
'High risk' of plane fault repeat Mar 13, 2009
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US is now calling for a re-design of a component - known as a fuel/oil heat exchanger - to eliminate the potential for ice build-up. Mark Rosenker, acting chairman of the NTSB, said: "With two of these rollback events occurring within a year, we believe that there is a high probability of something happening again.". (BBC News -- UK)
British space plane concept gets a boost Mar 12, 2009
That means the air-breathing mode would rely on a revolutionary heat exchanger pre-cooler, which cools the air that gets compressed and fed to the rocket engine along with hydrogen fuel ... "We have a working demonstration of the frost control system at flight engine scales, and we have construction of a flight standard heat exchanger module," Hempsell said. (MSNBC -- Technology)
IBM Article: Green Servers Provide a Competitive Advantage Mar 8, 2009
The IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger uses a sealed-coil chilled-water line to absorb heat before it exits the rack and removes it from the data center. It can eliminate up to 55 percent of the heat from a fully populated rack. (IntranetJournal)
Home and Garden Show gives people a glimpse of spring Mar 4, 2009
"Especially check for carbon monoxide, cracked heat exchangers and things like that.". Reach staff writer Matt Oliver at moliver@newsrepublican. (Boone Today, IA)
Chart Industries Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results Feb 25, 2009
Our Air Cooled Heat Exchanger business was a notable exception for the quarter, as continued demand from the U.S. domestic natural gas market as well as new applications related to improved energy efficiency for the power industry drove strong order intake coupled with improved operating performance. D&S segment sales increased by 13% to $83. (Primezone Releases)
• How to efficiently banish those lingering odors Feb 24, 2009
Incoming fresh air and outgoing stale air pass each other in a heat exchanger. The two air flow paths are kept separate, but they transfer heat and/or moisture between them as they pass each other. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
How to Use Solar Energy at Night Feb 19, 2009
Simply use the sunlight to heat up the salts and put those molten salts in proximity to water via a heat exchanger. Hot steam can then be made to turn turbines without losing too much of the original absorbed solar energy. (Scientific American)
Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost Feb 19, 2009
Page last updated at 02:07 GMT, Thursday, 19 February 2009. By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- Technology)
Reno's space-age Fleischmann Planetarium Feb 14, 2009
Designed to follow the sun to either soak up or reflect its heat, depending on the weather, the panels were linked to a basement heat exchanger. The system is now inoperative, but volunteers from the university's engineering department hope to have it working again, Ruby says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
New Refrigeration System Based On Magnetics More Economical And Quieter Than Current Technology Feb 13, 2009
6, 2001) Modern microchannel tube technology widely used in the automotive industry for heat exchangers offers an excellent opportunity to rethink the use of ammonia as a refrigerant, say. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Enjoy The Ride of Your Life -- Join Bicyclist-Author Stanley Israel as He Celebrates His 59th Birthday Bicycling From California to New Jersey Feb 11, 2009
He is the author of A Working Guide to Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1990 and with Carl F. Andreone, co-author of Tubular Heat Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance and Repair, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1997. He has written numerous technical papers on tubular heat transfer equipment and he holds two patents. (Primezone Releases)
• COLUMN: Sun in your eyes? Put the rays to work Feb 10, 2009
Dear Jim: I have an outdoor wood-burning boiler with a heat exchanger in my new propane furnace. It seems like the blower lets the room temperature drop too much before coming on. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Announces 2008 Business Results Feb 10, 2009
In the heat exchanger business, sales rose in Asia and Europe, although sales in Japan and the United States fell. Sales of ShoticTM forged products decreased because of the sharp drop in shipments to the automobile industry in the second half of the year. (JCN Network, Japan)
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Works Out 'Passion Extension' for 2009 and 2010 Feb 10, 2009
e) AluminumWe are reducing production of high-purity foils for capacitors, aluminum cylinders for laser printers, Shotic forged products and heat exchangers ... (iii) Heat exchangers for automobilesWe will accelerate restructuring of our production site in North America and expand production capacity in Asia. (JCN Network, Japan)
Building bridges that last Feb 9, 2009
The name of the ironworks and foundry was changed to Augusta Iron Works, and the brothers continued with heavy industrial fabrication for seven more years, making boilers, barges and large heat exchangers. The business changed in the 1950s with the beginning of the interstate highway system. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Woody Biomass Utilization for Power Generation -- An Overview Feb 7, 2009
Hot combustion gases are passed through a heat exchanger in which water is boiled to create steam. Biomass is dried, sized into smaller pieces and then pelletized or briquetted before firing. (Energy Pulse, CO)
