HTRI MEMBER SUCCESS STORY CONTEST

Recognizing Achievements: HTRI Member Success Story Contest Winners

HTRI is pleased to announce the winners of the HTRI Member Success Story Contest.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry. We were honored to receive so many outstanding stories showcasing the innovative ways members use HTRI’s tools, resources, and expertise to achieve meaningful results. The quality of submissions was exceptional, making the judging process extremely challenging.

The contest highlighted the impact, clarity, and creativity demonstrated throughout the HTRI member community. We greatly appreciate each participant’s willingness to share their experiences and achievements.

Congratulations to Our Winners

After careful review, the following entries were selected as the top submissions:

Processor

1st Place: Sumanta Sarkar, Reliance Industries Limited – Successful troubleshooting of a thermosiphon reboiler tube failure through HTRI Xist® suite-based thermo-hydraulic redesign

2nd Place: Ahmed Alqahtani & Nipun Soni, Sadara Chemical Company – Eliminating momentum-driven erosion in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger using HTRI

3rd Place: Uma Shankar Pal, Shell Global Solutions Canada Inc. – Determining safe shell-side operating limits for Scotford vertical exchanger

Equipment Manufacturer

1st Place: Bipin Rohit, Kelvion Thermal Solutions W.L.L – Mastering complex thermal challenges with HTRI analytical power

2nd Place: Engineering team, Kapp Nederland – Transforming an unreliable heat exchanger into a reliable one using HTRI Xvib®

3rd Place: Yuanyuan Gao, Jiangsu Sunpower Heat Exchanger & Pressure Vessel Co., Ltd. – The critical role of HTRI in the design of heat exchangers

Engineering Contractor

1st Place: Kaushal Dhyani & Stefan Walter, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH – Flipping the script on metal dusting: Heat Transfer Research, Inc. Xist® validation of novel co-current heat exchanger architecture for next-generation high-temperature syngas systems

2nd Place: Seongkyu Kim, GS Engineering & Construction Corp. – Validating existing cold box revamp capacity with HTRI Xpfe® in a petrochemical debottlenecking study

3rd Place: Angel Sampson, Andritz Technologies Private Limited – Resolving flow-induced vibration in a large foul condensate preheater using HTRI

Congratulations to our winners and thank you again to everyone who participated. We look forward to continuing to celebrate the achievements of our members.