Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Design (HCHex) Demo 1.0

Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Design (HCHex) Demo Developer: WeBBusterZ Engineering Software

HCHex Demo is an evaluation tool that helps engineers quickly size and assess helical coil heat exchangers. Designed for preliminary design and performance checks, it guides you through key inputs and delivers clear results so you can explore tradeoffs and iterate with confidence.

Key capabilities

• Preliminary sizing and rating of helical coil heat exchangers, with support for common single-phase applications
• Estimates of outlet temperatures, heat duty, required surface area, overall heat transfer coefficient, and pressure drops
• Coil geometry suggestions, such as tube length, coil diameter, pitch, and number of turns, based on your constraints
• Consideration of fouling factors and material thermal conductivities
• Flow arrangement options (e.g., countercurrent or co-current)
• Units handling to work in your preferred measurement system
• Result summaries with basic checks to flag unrealistic inputs or unmet constraints

Typical inputs

• Fluid flow rates, inlet temperatures, and allowable pressure drops
• Target heat duty or outlet temperature goals
• Tube and coil geometry constraints
• Material properties and fouling factors
• User-specified fluid properties (or selection from any sample fluids provided)

Typical outputs

• Outlet temperatures and temperature approach
• Heat duty, LMTD, and effectiveness indicators
• Overall heat transfer coefficient (U) and required surface area
• Estimated pressure drops on each side
• Proposed coil geometry: tube length, coil diameter, pitch, number of turns

Who it’s for

• Process and thermal engineers, equipment designers, educators, and students working with compact heat exchangers in chemical, energy, HVAC, and R&D applications

Demo notes

• The demo is intended for evaluation and learning. Certain features, operating ranges, fluid options, saving, printing, or export functions may be limited compared to the full version.
• Results are for preliminary use and should be validated before detailed design or procurement.

Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Design (HCHex) Demo is developed by WeBBusterZ Engineering Software. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 1.0 and 1.1. The name of the program executable file is HelicalCoilHex.exe.