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October 7 th | Day 2
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October 7 th | Day 2
WEDNESDAY
ROOM 1 8:30 AM 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 11:00 AM
Exhibition floor opens
Keynote 2: Debunking the AI hype: What’ s what and what really works in heat exchangers, Francesco Coletti, Hexxcell
Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Design 101, Scott Edwards ds, Worldwide Air Coolers COFFEE AND NETWORKING ON THE EXHIBITION FLOOR
ROOM 1
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM SESSION: Maintenance and Inspection Moderator: Jan Contreras, Thermal Engineering International( TEi)
1. Guidance on following NBIC for your next shell and tube exchanger repair or alteration, Dinesh Bakshi, Brask, Inc.
2. Lifecycle maintenance of TWISTED TUBE ® heat exchangers: Practical cleaning methods and acoustic pulse reflectometry inspection, Alvin Jones and Byron Black, Metalforms Heat Transfer( MHT)
3. CE training on QA / QC for shell & tube heat exchangers, Anthony Alexander and Wade Armer, Ohmstede Ltd.( extended presentation until 1:30PM for engineering credit)
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: TEMA 2026, API 660, & ASME Section 8 – who should be responsible for what and why? Moderator: Jerry Barham, Hughes Anderson / Chair TEMA Technical Cmte.
Panelists:
ROOM 2
1. Ramesh Tiwari, CoDesign Engineering 2. Raj Chhatrapati, Burns & McDonnell 3. Jay Hennessey, Brask, Inc 4. Harry Zhang, ConocoPhillips 5. Mark Lower, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK AND NETWORKING ON THE EXHIBITION FLOOR
ROOM 1
ROOM 2
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM SESSION: Digitalization Moderator: Francesco Coletti, Hexxcell
1. Digitizing the heat exchanger industry: From manual engineering to scalable engineer-to-order platforms, Musa Smakaj, Zilex
2. Digital manufacturing for robotic tube-to-tubesheet joint formation in high-mix heat exchanger fabrication, Michael Chang, EWI
3. Bridging experiments and CFD simulation in cooling water fouling research, Holly Huellemeier, HTRI
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM SESSION: Fabrication Design & Leak Prevention Moderator: Silva Guzman, WOOD
1. The evolution of metallic heat exchanger gaskets: How the latest technology is helping heat exchangers do more than ever before, Dale Norman, TEADIT
2. Inner bore welding( IBW) for tube-to-tubesheet joints, Jan Contreras, Thermal Engineering International( TEi)
3. Breaking the cycle: Root causes and prevention of seal weld cracking in heat exchangers, Oskar Cortez, Taper-Lok Technologies
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