Below is the version history for Shell and Tube Condenser Design (CnD) Software

CnD V1.9.0.0

• Added license tools to allow license removal for users with an active maintenance plan.
• Added Download button in the Check for Updates window to enable automated updates to the latest version for users with an active maintenance plan.
• Added option to specify coolant-side heat transfer coefficient
  Users can now override the calculated coolant-side heat transfer coefficient with a user-defined value.
  This allows greater flexibility when modelling cases where standard correlations may not be applicable, including non-standard coolant conditions.
  The specified value is used in the overall heat transfer coefficient calculation, while all other calculations remain unchanged.

CnD v1.8.0.1

• Internal code refining for Heat Exchanger Suite (HExS) publish automation

CnD v1.8.0.0

• Expand the material thermal conductivity database
• Added internal physical properties database containing 500 fluids
• Support Calculation for outlet pressures for shell and tube sides
• Enhanced the calculation tracker to include differences that appear (added/removed/changed),
  the change difference is also calculated and displayed with change indicator.
• Option to set the number of decimals added for results number formating
• Option to allow the input of Heat Duty
• Add the ability to calculate the hot side vapor temperature and condensate outlet temperature <- Activated based on scenarios below:
  if the vapor is superheated the inlet temperature of vapor can be calculated providing all input variables of calculation are entered
  if the condensate is subcooled the outlet temperature of condensate can be calculated providing all input vaariables of calculation are entered
• Added new setting to check for software updates on start
• Update error log viewer, the software will now issue messages in the error log that
  include the following types:
  > ERROR: This type of messages is used for errors in input or results, the software will stop until errors are fixed by the user
  > WARNING: This type of message is used for warning when parameters are exceeded, the software will continue buy some results may be invalid
  > MESSAGE: This type of message is used for general software informative messages
  > INFO: This type of message is used to provide additional information and guidance during operation
  > UPDATE: This message is issues if a new version of the software is detected
• Interface update – Hide and View error log and button panels
• Interface update – Project Inputs screen
• Interface update – Enhanced results display
• Enhance design summary report
• update to report viewer internal library
• bug fixes and code optimisation

CnD v1.7.0.0

• Maintenance release addressing software licensing on new activation server
• Update report view for engineering datasheet generator

CnD v1.6.0.1

• Upgrade to Microsoft dot net 4.8 framework
• Added water and steam properties
• Added check for software updates

CnD v1.6.0.0

• Maintenance release addressing software licensing on new activation server
• Added license information screen can be accessed from Help menu

CnD v1.5.0.4

• Maintenance release addressed software digital signature and end user license agreement

CnD v1.5.0.3

• Microsoft Excel Datasheet display bug fixed

CnD v1.5.0.2

• Bug fixes

CnD v1.5.0.1

• Improve consistency check to display location of error
• Bug fixes

CnD v1.5.0.0

• Added Units converter containing 23 measurements and 200 units conversions
• Condensate sub-cooling is now supported on vertical tube side condenser
• Added support for Superheated vapor on Horizontal shell side condenser, Vertical shell side condenser, Vertical tube side condenser and Reflux condenser
• Software Interface update
• Added Auto save feature
• Added import Vapor specific heat capacity from physical properties software
• Inconsistency warning if default decimal points for operating system is not matching user input.
• Short results display option – displays a summary of main results for each calculated trial
• Bug fixes

CnD v1.4.0.0

• Added a feature to allow generating an engineering datasheet internally if Ms Excel is not installed

CnD v1.3.0.0

• Bug fix in tube counts database

CnD v1.2.0.0

• Maintenance release addresses the issue with decimal point separators.

CnD v1.0.0.0

• First release

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Below is all the update history for shell and tube heat exchanger design software

STHex V6.0.0.1

• Tube side calculation correction:
  Corrected the tube-side friction-factor implementation used in the pressure-drop calculation to match
  the published correlation.

STHex V6.0.0.0

• Added alternative geometric bundle diameter estimation for non-standard tube pitch configurations.
  The default standard tube-count correlation method remains unchanged.
• Added license tools to allow license removal for users with an active maintenance plan.
• Added Download button in the Check for Updates window to enable automated updates to the latest version for users with an active maintenance plan.
• Fixed issue when reading settings file at the start of design mode.
  🔧 Shell-Side Baffle Calculation Enhancements
• Added support for Disc & Doughnut shell-side calculation modes:
  |- Approximate
  |- Geometry
• Added support for Orifice shell-side calculation modes:
  |- Approximate
  |- Open Area Based
• Added support for Segmental and Strip shell-side calculation modes:
  |- Approximate (user-defined correction factor)
  |- Strip Corrected (sealing-strip-based bypass correction)
• Added Number of Sealing Strip Pairs input for Segmental and Strip baffle type.
• Added optional automatic estimation of sealing strip pairs based on effective tube rows crossed.
  ⚙️ Calculation Improvements
• Implemented mode-dependent shell-side flow area calculations (Step 9) for advanced baffle types.
• Implemented mode-dependent shell-side pressure-drop calculations for:
  |- Calculation Method 1 (Frank-based)
  |- Calculation Method 2 (Kern-based)
• Introduced geometry-based and open-area-based correction models for Disc & Doughnut and Orifice baffles.
• Introduced Bell–Delaware-inspired bypass correction for Segmental and Strip baffles using sealing strip ratio.
  ⚠️ Validation & Usability Enhancements
• Added validation and warnings for:
  |- Disc & Doughnut geometry inputs
  |- Orifice open area inputs
  |- Segmental and Strip sealing strip configuration
• Added intelligent guidance messages for:
  |- sealing strip estimation
  |- geometry ranges
  |- applicability of baffle cut
  🔧 Added New Feature: Advanced User-Defined Nusselt Correlations
  This feature provides advanced flexibility for expert users while maintaining
  compatibility with existing correlation workflows.
  |- Added a new Advanced Correlation Builder for defining custom Nusselt correlations
  |- Supports full mathematical expressions using:
  -> Re, Pr, μ, μw
  -> Standard operators and functions (log, ln, sqrt, power, exp)
  |- Includes:
  -> Expression validation
  -> Built-in testing tool
  -> Optional applicability limits (Re, Pr)
  -> Reference field for documentation
  |- Advanced correlations are stored separately and accessed via a dedicated tab
  |- Automatic calculation of Nusselt number upon selection
  |- Warnings are logged when operating outside defined correlation limits
  |- Improved stability and consistency of selection behavior across all correlation types

S&THex v5.1.0.1

• Internal code refining for Heat Exchanger Suite (HExS) publish automation

S&THex v5.1.0.0

• Bug fix to address saving and loading of multi-case scenario simulation
• Enhanced material thermal conductivitues database and added more material thermal conductivities.

S&THex v5.0.0.0

• Enhance mechanical calculations
  |_ Added Joint weld efficiency input for nozzles design steps mechanical section
  |_ Added Error checks for nozzle thickness calculations
• Added and approximation fall back method to calculated the bundle diameter
• Added Calculation of fluid outlet pressure for both Shell side and Tube side
• Added support to no baffles scenario calculations
• Added new graphics for drawing summary and improved design summary
• Added a setting to allow users the ability to select the exchanger for the drawing summary representation
• Added new setting to check for software updates on start
• Added PProps Physical Properties containing estimation for 500 fluids

S&THex v4.0.0.0

• Software licensing on new activation server

S&THex v3.6.0.1

• Fixed a bug in license display
• Added error check for importing physical properties

S&THex v3.6.0.0

• Update error log viewer, the software will now issue messages in the error log that
• include the following types:
• – ERROR: This type of messages is used for errors in input or results, the software will stop until errors are fixed by the user
• – WARNING: This type of message is used for warning when parameters are exceeded, the software will continue buy some results may be invalid
• – MESSAGE: This type of message is used for general software informative messages
• – INFO: This type of message is used to provide additional information and guidance during operation
• – New Features:
• Added kern tube counts
• Automate multiple cases by simply setting the changing parameters and allowing the software to iterate through these parameters and generate final results.
• Iterate through kern tube counts using the multiple cases feature

Automated mode for multiple case simulation: instead of manually changing values to add a case, this mode
will do the exact without user intervention. The manual mode is still avialable too.
You can now perform a simulation study by changing any of the parameters under the Study scenarios below:
Study parameters 1:
Tube outer diameter, Tube number of passes, Tube length, Number of tubes, Baffle spacing
Study parameters 2:
Uses kern tube counts to iterated between Shell diameters to obtain the number of tubes for a given number of passes.

User can set the study parameters and the software will automate the calculation steps and add the final result to summary screen
where the changes between each can can be detected.
This case study mode will automate the manual input for trial and error to optimise results.

S&THex v3.5.0.6

• Update Microsoft report viewer package resposible for generating Engineering datasheet

S&THex v3.5.0.5

• Upgrade to Microsoft dot Net framework 4.8
• Fixed a bug that affect user correlations display when refresh button is used in rating and design modes

S&THex v3.5.0.4

• Rating mode – added a new selection in correlations list box (Step 6 and Step 7) to calculate Nusselt number from heat transfer coefficient input
• Nusselt correlation even if you want to enter the heat transfer coefficient.
• Implemented check for software updates, this displays the latest version and update history
• Added water and steam properties (WStProps)
• Added show and hide left and right panels under view menu

S&THex v3.5.0.3

• Fixed a display bug in step 14 for Tube sheet thickness when U-Tube Exchanger is used

S&THex v3.5.0.2

• Maintenance release

S&THex v3.5.0.1

• Fixed bug affecting retrieving Nusselt user correlations when user is using comma for decimal point separator

S&THex v3.5.0.0

• Maintenance release addressing software licensing on new activation server
• Added license information screen can be accessed from Help menu

S&THex v3.4.0.1

• Maintenance release addressed software digital signature and end user license agreement

S&THex v3.4.0.0

• Upgrade multi case feature to allow cases to be reloaded from a case list window
• Backup and restore user databases feature added
• Some Optimisation to saving cases

S&THex v3.3.0.4 

• Update to Nusselt user number correlations, user can designate correlation side “Shell”, “Tube” or “Both”
• Correlation added by user will now show up in correlation selection screens per designation above
• Enhance Chart plot feature
• Added temperature profile plot to generate a chart window
• Added temperature cross warning (Design Mode) – if software detects a temperature cross, it will warn the user at Step 4
• Software will also show a chart window for user to plot the temperature profile for the detected warning above.

S&THex v3.3.0.3 

• New fouling factors tables
• Minor correction to Nusselt user correlations screen, deleting a row will now clear the Correlation Label text.

S&THex v3.3.0.2 

• Bug correction in design mode advisory notes display

S&THex v3.3.0.1 

• Consistency check to state location of error (Rating mode and design mode)

S&THex v3.3.0.0

• Added calculation for Required Overall heat transfer coefficient (Design Mode)
• Added Thermal design advisory notes (Design Mode)
• Overall heat transfer coefficients data table update
• Compare unlimited cases in data grid table
• Add your own Nusselt correlation (Design Mode & Rating Mode)
• Added support for estimating one Temperature on Tube side if Shell side has latent heat transfer (Design Mode)
• Added support for estimating one Temperature on the Shell side if the Tube side has latent heat transfer (Design Mode)
• Fixed a bug that affect Jh factor input box display during correlation selection (Design Mode & Rating Mode)
• Fixed a bug affecting some variables display in the rating mode summary display screen
• Fixed a bug that affect duty calculation in some case scenarios.
• Extend consistency check to first and second calculate button (Design Mode)

S&THex v3.2.0.0

• Migrated to Microsoft .net Framework 4.5
• Improve loading of default and custom software settings for design mode
• Software now remembers the last file name saved during run time, and prompt for a new file name if a new case is created, this avoids having to keep typing in the filename and set location if you are re-saving the same project
• More temperature estimation cases covered, the software can now estimate any two unknown temperatures, providing that the temperatures are on different sides, the heat load/duty is known and the flow rates on both sides are known
• Added Tube clearance calculation for both rating and design modes
• Added illustration drawing for tube pitch
• Issue warning when tube pitch is smaller than or equal to the tube outer diameter.
• Bug fixes

S&THex v3.1.0.0

• Added Unit converter (23 measurement units including 200 individual units)

S&THex v3.0.0.0

• New user interface
• New help file
• Migrated to Microsoft .net Framework 4.0 Client profile
• Added Tube wall temperature calculation
• Added Eagle and Ferguson (1930) tube side correlation
• Added Petukhov-Kirillov tube side correlation
• Added McAdams shell side correlation + Added Taborek shell side correlation
• Added Reiher shell side correlation
• Added Maximum baffle spacing for unsupported straight tube
• Added Shell and tube velocity checks
• Added Pressure drops checks
• Added support for calculating exit temperatures for shell and tube sides in design mode
• The software will now save your default unit of measurement and will always start with your default unit of measurement
• Added Birmingham Wire Gage Scale
• Added support for entering heat transfer coefficient in design and rating modes
• Added heat transfer coefficient table
• Added material thermal conductivity table
• Added new tube counts tables
• Added the ability to directly store information to user databases from design and rating interface
• Added software global setting screen
• Added Maximum design velocities inside tubes for liquids calculator
• Added the ability to Plot Duty Versus Temperature Chart (Design and Rating modes)
• Added the ability to Plot Number of tube passes versus Tube side pressure drop Chart (Design and Rating modes)
• Added Cleanliness factor calculation
• The software can now select from two methods to calculate the pressure drops in design mode
• New designed summary and software engineering datasheet
• Fixed a bug that affect the calculated mass velocity when volumetric flow is used in design mode

S&THex v1.6.0.0

• Physical properties database separate interface
• Export Physical properties to Ms Excel or XML file.
• Import Physical properties from XML file.
• Export Summary to Shell & Tube Engineering Data sheet to Ms Excel or pdf format
• Fouling Factors
• Improved user interface
• Fixed few programming bugs

S&THex v1.5.0.0

• Added Fixed Tube sheet tube counts
• Added general Tube Sizes
• Added Rating mode
• Added Overall heat transfer coefficient calculations for clean and fouled conditions
• Added Effectiveness, Number of transfer units and Thermal capacity ratio calculation
• Added Pumping power calculation
• Added the ability to enter Nusselt number in the correlations section + Added Gnielinski correlation to tube side
• Improved user interface
• Fixed few programming bugs

S&THex v1.4.0.0

• Added Software property estimation database (liquids property estimation only)
• Added Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients Table + Added new saving function
• Ability to import and export to Microsoft Excel
• Improved user interface
• Estimation of Jh (heat transfer factor) – in correlations section
• Added Shell/Nozzle/Channel/Head/Tube sheet Thickness Calculation
• Fixed few programming bugs

S&THex v1.3.0.0

• Added Databases (empty user databases)
• Improved saving functionality
• Added print screen functions
• Fixed some common programming bugs

S&THex v1.2.0.0

• Added English (U.S. Units)
• Added Shell diameter calculation
• Added Scale resistance calculation/calculator
• Added Nozzle pressure drop calculation/calculators
• Added drawing summary
• Added some mechanical calculation

S&THex v1.1.0.0

• Improved software interface
• Added more correlations

S&THex v1.0.0.0

• First Release

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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Design Software – Version 5 Update Overview

Timeline:

00:00:15 Software Global Settings – new reporting options
00:01:55 Example showing how the final design report is displayed (Kerosene / Crude oil | US units)
00:04:21 3D Drawing Sheets
00:05:58 Using the internal physical properties database

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – interface (Software version v3.6.0)

Shell and tube heat exchanger design Software (S&THex) – Case study automation (Version v3.6.0)

Time line:

00:00:09 Study Parameters 1 – Outside diameter, Number of tube passes ,Tube length, number of tubes, baffle spacing
00:03:31 Study Parameters 2 – Kern tube counts iteration

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – Design Mode Example 1  (Software version v3.5.0)

Importing physical property file to shell and tube heat exchanger design software  – (Software version v3.3.0)

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – Design Mode Example 1  (Software version v3.4.0)

Time line:
00:00:18 Oil Heat exchanger
00:10:50 Generate Results Summary
00:13:21 Chart plotting
00:14:01 Adding Multiple cases

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – Design Mode Example 2 (Software version v3.3.0)

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – Rating mode example 1  (Software version v3.3.0)

Shell and tube heat exchanger design software (S&THex) – Rating mode example 2 (Software version v3.3.0)

Temperature estimation – (Software version v3.2.0)

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Demo clip of Shell & Tube Condenser Design with Condenser Design (CnD) software

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