THT Heat Transfer Technology Schedules Third Quarter 2010 Earnings Release on Monday, November 15, 2010

SIPING, China, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!thti/quotes/nls/thti (THTI 3.70, 0.00, 0.00%) ("THT" or the "Company"), a leading provider of heat exchangers and heat exchange solutions in China's clean technology industry, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010 after the US markets close on Monday, November 15, 2010. Upon its release on November 15, the earnings announcement will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website at http://www.tht.cn.
About THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc.
Through its Chinese operating subsidiaries, THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells plate heat exchangers, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, heat exchanger units and other heat exchanger products with total heat exchange solutions. Heat exchangers play an integral part in helping customers improve energy efficiency. Used in a number of industries, THT's products focus on energy conservation, emission reduction and other environmentally friendly applications. Its six major product categories are plate heat exchangers, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, air-cooled heat exchangers, weld plate heat exchangers, heat exchanger units and plate-and-shell heat exchangers. The Company also offers comprehensive heat exchange solutions.
THT's in-house R&D capabilities enable it to deliver tailored products
that better meet the changing demands of its customers. The Company has a strong record of delivering high-quality products and services to leading domestic and international customers. THT has completed over 3,000 projects and has provided heat exchange solutions to several Fortune 500 companies. The Company is headquartered in Siping City, Jilin Province, China. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.tht.cn.
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    Mr. Jianjun He
    Chief Financial Officer
    THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc.
    Tel:+86 434 3266779
    Email: IR@tht.cn

    Investor Relations (HK):
    Pamela Leung
    Taylor Rafferty
    Tel: +852 3196 3712
    Email: tht@taylor-rafferty.com

    Investor Relations (US):
    Kelly Gawlik
    Taylor Rafferty
    Tel: +1 212 889 4350
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Latin American Heat Exchangers Market - new market report and analysis released

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This study covers the state of the Latin American Heat Exchangers Market, examining drivers and restraints for growth, pricing, distribution, technology, legislation, demand and geographical trends. Following from these, market growth for regional and market segments are forecasted. In addition, an in-depth analysis of the competitive situation including vendors´ market shares is performed, along with detailed profiles of the key vendors in the industry. The base year is 2008 with forecasts running through 2015. The market is further divided into four subsegments including shell and tubes, cooling towers, plate and air-cooled heat exchangers. Detailed analysis of five Latin American countries is included.

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Power Boiler & Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in the US - Industry Risk Rating Report - new market report and analysis released

Power Boiler & Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in the US - Industry Risk Rating Report - a new market research

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INDUSTRY RISK RATINGS REPORT ; This is the replacement for the February 2010 edition of Power Boiler & Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in the US Industry Risk Ratings Report.

Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis ; This Industry Risk Ratings report evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Power Boiler & Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be

´the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business

operating environment´. The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).

This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.

Industry Definition ; The manufacturers of this industry make power boilers and heat exchangers. In addition to their manufacturing activities, firms in this industry also provide installation services for their products. Boilers are closed vessels in which a fluid is heated. A heat exchanger is a product that allows thermal energy to be transferred between fluids while keeping them separate. A radiator is a simple form of heat exchanger.

Report Contents
Risk Overview ; The Risk Overview chapter includes sections on Industry Definition and Activities, Industry Risk Score and Risk Rating Analysis. The Industry Definition and Activities section provides a detailed definition of the activities carried out by operators in this industry as defined in NAICS. A list of the primary activities of the industry is also included. The Industry Risk Score section provides the Overall Industry Risk Score as well as the Risk Scores for each of the three types of risk covered that combine to form the Overall Industry Risk Score. These three types of risk are Structural Risk, Growth Risk and External Sensitivity Risk. The Risk Rating Analysis section discusses the underlying factors contributing to the Overall Industry Risk Score.

Structural Risk ; The Structural Risk chapter looks at risk arising from within the industry itself and provides a detailed discussion of the industry’s level of exposure to seven key indicators. These key indicators are Barriers to Entry, Competition, Industry Exports, Industry Imports, Level of Assistance, Life Cycle Stage and Volatility of Industry. The Overall Structural Risk Score is a weighted aggregation of these seven key indicators. Each of the key indicators is discussed in detail in this section.

Growth Risk ; The Growth Risk chapter looks at risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry. The Overall Growth Risk Score is determined by amalgamating the scores for Recent Industry Growth and Forecast Industry Growth. Detailed analysis is provided discussing the reasons for the growth scores of both.

Sensitivity Risk ; The Sensitivity Risk chapter looks at risks arising from forces (sensitivities) external to the industry. The Overall External Sensitivity Risk Score is determined by identifying the most significant (up to 6) external factors and weighting them to represent how significant each sensitivity is to the performance of the industry. Examples of External Sensitivities are Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, Commodity Prices and Government Regulations. There is also a detailed analysis of the affect each of the sensitivities has on the industry, including charts and data tables where appropriate.

Industry Risk and Industry Risk Scoring Methodology ; This chapter provides an overview of how Industry Risk is defined and discusses the methodology used to arrive at an Industry Risk Score.
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Research and Markets: Latin American Heat Exchangers Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/47eae6/latin_american_hea) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Latin American Heat Exchangers Market" to their offering.
This study covers the state of the Latin American Heat Exchangers Market, examining drivers and restraints for growth, pricing, distribution, technology, legislation, demand and geographical trends. Following from these, market growth for regional and market segments are forecasted. In addition, an in-depth analysis of the competitive situation including vendors' market shares is performed, along with detailed profiles of the key vendors in the industry. The base year is 2008 with forecasts running through 2015. The market is further divided into four subsegments including shell and tubes, cooling towers, plate and air-cooled heat exchangers. Detailed analysis of five Latin American countries is included.
Market Overview and Definitions
Heat exchangers are devices used to transfer heat from a fluid or gas to another. This study does not consider products used to generate heat such as boilers and furnaces. Heat exchangers perform heat transfer by using different media such as air, gas, water, steam, oil, refrigerant, heat transfer fluids, glycol metals, and polymers. These heat exchangers are used for many manufacturing processes such as cooling, distilling, heating, heat transfers, pasteurization, vapor recovery, reactor slurry, evaporation and condensation, and others.
The study analyzes the heat exchangers market by three main criteria - product, end user, and geographical segmentations. In order to facilitate the analysis, this research service comprises the following product types:

• Shell and tube heat exchangers
• Plate heat exchangers
• Air-cooled heat exchangers
• Cooling towers heat exchangers

As a method of effecting the transfer of heat, heat exchangers play a central role in heating and cooling systems used in process industries as well as ambient heating and ventilation and machinery cooling. Heat exchangers operate as part of a heat transfer system, which will contain several heat exchange devices as well as pumps and pipe work. Only heat exchangers are included in this analysis.
The end-user groups considered include:

• Oil and gas
• Chemicals
• Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
• Utilities
• Food, beverages, and dairy
• Others

As this study focuses on Latin America, the five regional markets covered include:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Venezuela

Latin America as a whole is showing signs of recovery and stabilization. From this perspective, market conditions are likely to hold potential, with activities rebounding due to resilient private consumption and an ongoing recovery in industrial production. Moreover, the increased environmental and water conservation awareness has caused end-user companies to evaluate heat exchanger options with greater thought and precision. Although the global economic downturn has adversely affected the purchase of new products, heat exchangers are viewed as a capital expenditure by end users. Investment in refineries in the oil and gas industry and new chemical plants are expected to drive sales in the Latin American heat exchangers market.
Key Topics Covered:

• 1 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 2 | TOTAL LATIN AMERICAN HEAT EXCHANGERS MARKET
• 3 | LATIN AMERICAN SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS MARKET
• 4 | LATIN AMERICAN COOLING TOWERS HEAT EXCHANGERS MARKET
• 5 | LATIN AMERICAN PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS MARKET
• 6 | LATIN AMERICAN AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS MARKET
• 7 | APPENDIX

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Spirax Sarco heat exchanger helps Harrogate cure high hydrotherapy heating bills

A compact Spirax Sarco EasiHeat™ steam-to-hot water system is proving to be a vital component in an innovative refurbishment project to help Harrogate Hospital save energy and improve patient comfort in its hydrotherapy unit. By delivering improved heat recovery, temperature and humidity control, the scheme is expected to save over £2,000 per year in heating bills. The new measures are also expected to save almost 300 tonnes of CO2 emissions over the 15-year life of the plant. The EasiHeat system provides hot water to an integrated Calorex Delta 10 unit, which controls both the temperature of the pool and the temperature and relative humidity of the air in the hydrotherapy and swimming pool. The Calorex system incorporates heat exchangers, an air handling unit and a heat pump. The heat pump recovers energy from excess moisture in the air above the pool to provide up to 25% of the heating energy needed in the pool room. The rest is provided by hot water from the EasiHeat system. The system maintains the pool temperature at between 34 and 36oC and conditions the air to a comfortable 30oC and 60% Relative Humidity. The EasiHeat system was supplied as a compact, skid-mounted assembly, complete with all the necessary ancillary equipment. At its heart is a plate heat exchanger, which is more responsive and easier to control than bulkier shell-and-tube versions. The Spirax Sarco unit was chosen because it can use plant steam to provide a reliable supply of on-demand hot water at a precise temperature. “We need rapid availability and close control of low-temperature hot water at a constant 82oC,” says Bob Howie, Capital Design and Project Manager. “The plate heat exchanger provides very good close control and hot water on-demand. It also has a much smaller footprint than other heat exchangers, freeing up space in the plant room.” Another reason to opt for a heating system based on steam was the ready supply of plant steam, which was previously used in the shell-and-tube calorifier that heated the pool before the refurbishment. As well as the new pool room systems, the refurbishment also includes a second air handling unit bringing fresh air into the adjacent rest area, while an integrated building control system monitors and optimises the energy performance of the entire hydrotherapy unit. All the new systems are designed to comply with the latest recommendations for hydrotherapy units laid out in NHS Health Technical Memorandum Health Building Note 8 for Facilities for Rehabilitation Services. “These regulations weren’t around when the hospital was built in the mid-1970s, because no one worried then about climate http://www.pandct.com/media/shownews.asp?ID=25555change,” says Mr. Howie.

Wide plate heat exchangers avoid blockages

Gasketed, wide gap plate heat exchangers solve problems of blockages and contamination encountered when handling viscous fluids, solids or slurries.

The problems of blockages and contamination encountered handling viscous fluids, solids or slurries can be solved by the range of wide gap plate heat exchangers developed by SWEP PHE.

Gasketed plate heat exchangers can virtually eliminate downtime for cleaning through their free-flowing operation.
With a draw depth two to five times greater than conventional plates, the proven plate and frame design has been adapted to provide unrestricted passage of coarse particles or fluids that contain fibres.
Wide gap heat exchangers are available in a wide/narrow configuration when only one fluid requires a wide gap and a medium/medium configuration when both fluids need additional flow space.
The wide gap plate design will also accommodate the high volumetric flows of low pressure steam applications.
Moreover, with heat transfer areas of 5.3, 9.0 and 16.8ft2, wide gap plates transfer heat more efficiently, typically from harsh waste streams in the pulp, paper, sugar processing, chemical and textile industries.
The units also benefit from NBR or EPDM gaskets, allowing maximum temperatures of up to 270degF or 320degF respectively.
With a standard plate thickness of 0.8mm, with a 1mm option available, the plates are manufactured from durable and anti-corrosive materials stainless steel or titanium, and are available in Hastelloy for the most arduous duties as part of the Superchanger range.
Alan Ashton, General Manager for SWEP, says: "Our global expertise in the heat exchange market has enabled us to design a solution that is not only highly efficient, but which saves time, space and money for the processing industry.

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Air Cooled Heat Exchangers - Things You Need to Know

Air cooled heat exchangers are no more than 1 kind of heat exchange device from a large list of heat exchangers. Fundamentally, heat exchange devices are devices that are exclusively created for supporting the discharge of heat from a particular volume of fluid in the direction of the other. To understand more, consider the common home appliances at your residence, like the refrigerators, air conditioners, as well as your regular car radiator. They're simple examples of heat exchangers.

Now let's take a look at air cooled heat exchangers. Generally, these are used in industries which have a process system which produces substantial heat which need to be dissipated, specially if there's no home or local usage for it. Air coolers is able to perform exclusive of any cooling water from an adjacent or supporting cooling tower.

When should this equipment be used? The reply to that is if the outlet temperature is more than 20 degree Fahrenheit or -6.67 degree Celsius higher than the upper limit of the anticipated ambient air temperature. Moreover, don't let yourself be fooled by the negative symbol of the Celsius unit. Air coolers can be utilised with nearer approach temperatures, nonetheless it has again and again come to be costly when measured up to a combination of a cooling tower and a water-cooled exchanger.

Other than the appliances and cars, remember there are additional functions for air cooled heat exchangers. These uses are visible in a variety of industrial sectors, a few of which include refineries, the upstream production, and petrochemical facilities. Additionally, it's also possible to use air coolers on other conditions which have high temperatures, high pressure, acidic fluids and environments. To be more specific, air coolers are generally employed and set up in the everyday gas and oil refineries; gas storage facilities; compressor stations for oil pipelines; plants produces polychlorvinyl, polyethylene, glass fiber, biplastic; by-product coke plants and ammonia transportation and handling plants.

Apart from the various functions and uses of air coolers, you need to understand something about its construction. Fortunately, I will give that to you. The most popular air cooled exchanger that is used for processing purposes are consists of a finned-tube bundle that are built inside a rectangular box headers on both ends of the tubes. The chilling air is supplied by two or more fans. In general, the air blows upwards via a horizontal tube bundle or sideward, for vertical tube bundles. The installed fans is usually either induced or forced draft. This also is determined by whether the air is pushed or pulled all the way through the tube bundle. The air is directed by the plenum chamber, furthermore, the chamber encloses the space between the fans as well as the tube bundle. And all of the parts pointed out may be built up on legs or a pipe rack when assembled. And before I forget, the fan drive assemblage is sustained with a steel mechanical drive support system. The support system will generally be consisted of a vibration switch on every fan. The switches are designed to turn off a fan which has a problem, without having human intervention.

To comprehend the inside and out of air cooled heat exchangers generally is easier said than done, and it's even more difficult when a person has simply no foundation on machines or mechanical terminology. Though the question still remains, why are these preferred than other coolers. First of all, they're cheaper to maintain when compared with some other chemical using coolers. Secondly, it can easily be installed. Last but not least, air cooled heat exchangers are the most environmental friendly method available up to now.

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Buy American Unveils Its Industrial Heat Exchangers or Commercial Heaters Directory

Buy American, an online blog-based guide for the manufacturing community published by IndustrialLEADERS.com announced today a new heat processing equipment and systems marketplace. The company said in a press release to Arizona newspapers the site includes offerings for heat exchangers, commercial heat processing systems, industrial heaters, portable heat systems, space heaters and allied products at http://www.industrialsaver.com/classifieds/index.php/cat/193 The company indicated the site is an integration of a marketplace, directory and reference guide for those buying and selling heat processing equipment.

In a related story, Buy American also partnered with ForeignTRADEX to publish a new version of its grinding tools and equipment directory connecting companies with manufacturers and suppliers of cut-off tools, metal chippers, grinding machine, deburring machine bench, discs, belts, sanders, surface grinders and allied items at http://www.foreigntradeexchange.com/suppliers/grinding_equipment.html The company said numerous suppliers on the site offer low financing and bulk order incentives on its entire line of grinding machines, tools, equipment and accessories.

According to Frank Wallace, spokesman for Buy American, the heat processing and grinding equipment sites were both designed to helps companies source such products more efficiently in Arizona as well as across the nation and overseas. “No matter how large or small a manufacturing facility may be, Buy American and IndustrialLEADERS offers the ideal solution to find the right product for their heating, grinding and other industrial or commercial application.” He added, “If a user cannot find the solution they need in anyone of Buy American's publications, the company will personally assist them to find the ideal product.”
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Heat Exchangers - A Global Market Perspective - New Market Report Published

New report provides detailed analysis of the Industrial market

 With mainstay segments flaunting a broad base, the global heat exchangers market is set to thrive on replacement demand emerging from frequent upgrades and technology attunements. On the end-use front, the industry is witnessing a rapid shuffling of shares with emerging applications in environmental remediation, propped by tightening legislation, increasingly outnumbering the traditional applications within chemical, fuel processing, and power generation sectors. Rising energy prices are expected to be among the major drivers of heat exchanger market growth in the near future.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Heat Exchangers: A Global Market Perspective". Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses... 

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Modine announces collaboration on heat exchanger technology

RACINE - Modine Manufacturing Co. Tuesday announced a collaboration with Sierra SpA, a European producer of finned pack heat exchangers for use in civil and industrial applications.
Modine said the collaboration will provide Modine's patented Parallel Flow microchannel heat exchanger technology within Europe.
Racine-based Modine said the relationship will enable both Modine and Sierra to expand their capabilities within the European commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration market.
Modine, with fiscal 2009 revenues of $1.4 billion, specializes in thermal management systems and components. Its products are used in light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, off-highway and industrial equipment, refrigeration systems, and fuel cells.
The company employs approximately 6,000 people at 32 facilities worldwide in 15 countries. For more information about Modine's Commercial Products Group, visit http://www.ModineHVAC.com.
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Swap metal heat exchangers for plastic

HEAT exchangers could one day be made from polyethylene after engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found a way to make it conduct heat very efficiently in one direction.

Carrying heat in one direction is not a property associated with polymers, or even metals used to make heat exchangers used today, which conduct heat equally well in all directions. The MIT team found that they could make heat travel in a straight line along a polymer fibre if they could make all the molecules in the fibre line up unidirectionally, rather than forming a jumbled mass as is the norm.

In the first stage of the production process, the team slowly drew a polyethylene fibre out of a heated solution using the finely controllable cantilever of an atomic force microscope. In the second stage it was heated once more to restretch it. “Once it solidifies at room temperature, you can't do any large deformation,” says lead author Sheng Shen, “so we heat it up twice.”

The resulting fibre was around 300 times more thermally conductive than normal polyethylene making it the highest thermal conductivity ever seen in any polymer. The team says this outperforms almost half of all pure metals, including iron and platinum.

The team will now work to scale up its production process, which has so far only produced individual fibres. The team thinks modified polyethylene could eventually replace the metals used in heat exchanger fins, solar hot water collectors and microchips.
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Heat exchanger tech crucial to new automotive hydrogen storage system

Researchers have completed work on a crucial component for an experimental hydrogen storage system for cars, part of efforts to reduce pollution and the use of fossil fuels in transportation.
The system uses a fine metal powder to absorb hydrogen gas under high pressure. When the powder absorbs hydrogen, it becomes a "metal hydride," and the process is called "hydriding." By then decreasing the pressure in the vessel or warming the metal hydride, the hydrogen can be released to drive a fuel cell or engine.
A complication in perfecting the technology, however, is that the hydriding process generates heat, which hinders the absorption process and prevents the hydrogen storage vessel from being filled rapidly, said Issam Mudawar, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering who is leading the work with research assistant professor Timothée Pourpoint and doctoral student Milan Visaria.
"If you're driving your hydrogen car, you can't wait an hour at the filling station," Mudawar said. "For this system to be practical, you have to be able to cool the hydride efficiently so that the storage vessel can be filled within five minutes with enough fuel to drive 300 miles."
The researchers have made progress in solving the problem by designing, building and testing the system's heat exchanger and circulating coolant through tubes to remove heat and speed hydrogen storage, Mudawar said.
The engineers filed a final patent in February for the heat exchanger, a coil of stainless steel tubing that fits inside a hydrogen storage "pressure vessel" 4 inches in diameter. Standard automotive coolant is circulated through the tubing.
Such a storage technology could help make hydrogen cars a reality if other researchers are successful in developing improved alloys for hydriding and better fuel cells, which generate electricity to power an electric motor. The hydrogen also could be burned instead of gasoline in internal combustion engines.
Due to space constraints, it is essential that the heat exchanger occupy the least volume possible inside the storage vessel. Using a theoretical model they developed, the researchers determined how to precisely position the tubing so that no fins are needed to dissipate heat.
Eliminating the fins reduces the cost, weight and size of the heat exchanger, Mudawar said.
The researchers designed a system that occupies the least space possible while also properly cooling the hydride. Whereas an earlier prototype occupied 30 percent of the vessel, leaving 70 percent for the metal hydride, the new design occupies 7 percent, leaving 93 percent for the hydride.
"The idea behind this latest design is to provide the coolant as close as possible to the hydride while eliminating the need for bulky heat spreading components like fins," Mudawar said. "The main advantages of this design are simplicity and flexibility. It can easily be adapted depending on cooling and size requirements."
The work was conducted in Purdue's Hydrogen Systems Laboratory at the university's Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.
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Air Products to supply LNG heat exchangers for Australia's Gorgon Project

Industrial gases and chemicals supplier Air Products (NYSE:  APD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) has signed an agreement to provide multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchangers for the Gorgon Project offshore Western Australia, the company said on Thursday.
Under the agreement with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Air Products will supply its proprietary LNG process technology and equipment for three process trains producing up to 15 million tons of LNG per annum at the Gorgon Project.
Air Products will provide three separate units of its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process using the SplitMR machinery configuration.
LNG production at the site is scheduled to start in 2014.

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