News Stories
James Squire Joins CALGAVIN's Research & Development Team!
A new addition to Research & Development
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CALGAVIN Secures Phase Two
UK Atomic Energy Authority
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CALGAVIN Announces Newest Addition
CALGAVIN Announces Newest Addition
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CALGAVIN and the Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST)
Exciting New Collaborative Partnership
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CALGAVIN Welcomes New Staff
Additions and Changes!
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CALGAVIN Secure Contract - UK Atomic Energy Authority
UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Ground Breaking Ceremony
Ground breaking ceremony marks the start of a new chapter for CALGAVIN
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CALGAVIN Secure Planning Permission for new HQ
Including the Centre for Flow Processing
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CALGAVIN looking forward to ChemTech World Expo 2022 in India
Taking place in Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, India
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Martin Gough hands over HTS Presidency after 3 years
Heat Transfer Society 2022 Gala Dinner in London
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CALGAVIN®.SP Engineering Software has been Released
v6.0.1.0 has been released
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Quick Turnaround Solves Issues at TotalEnergies Plant
A very quick turnaround with flexibility to retrofit at a vacuum distillation plant
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CALGAVIN wins Energy Industries Council Collaboration Award
During this years virtual Energy Industries Council 2020 awards, CALGAVIN won the Collaboration category
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How can we increase plant productivity and reduce energy?
How can we increase plant productivity and reduce energy with minimal plant adaptations?
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Case Study: hiTRAN® Installed into Feed/Effluent Exchangers
hiTRAN® Successfully Installed into Feed/Effluent Exchangers at Lukoil Refinery in Volgograd
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UK Heat Transfer Society - President's Lecture
CALGAVIN's Managing Director Martin Gough will be celebrating 40 years in the area of enhanced heat transfer, when he gives the UK Heat Transfer Societies President's lecture.
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Heat Exchangers for Batch Reactors
Many chemical products are produced in batch processes, typically in a stirred tank reactor. Most processes will require heat transfer into and/or out of the reactor
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Energy Reduction Strategies for Catalytic Reactors – Part2
There are four main choices of heat exchanger design that lend themselves to feed/effluent services
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Energy Reduction Strategies for Catalytic Reactors – Part1
Part one will cover details on the process, energy saving opportunities and some of the design challenges associated with this.
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CALGAVIN Presents at IChemE Midlands meeting in Birmingham
CALGAVIN’s Managing Director Martin Gough was happy to accept the invitation to speak at a meeting of the IChemE Midlands branch
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What are hiTRAN® Thermal Systems?
For expansion retrofits or new reduced capital compact designs, hiTRAN Thermal Systems are now widely recognised to substantially enhance the heat transfer performance
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Heat Exchanger Problems - Part 3
In an installation involving multiple air cooled heat exchangers, two types of hot air recirculation are possible. Hot air leaving a heat exchanger can either recirculate around the same heat exchanger
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Heat Exchanger Problems - Part 2
In order to minimise their volume, some fluids (e.g. ammonia, LPG, LNG) are stored as liquids at low temperature., which needs a heat exchanger.
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Case Study: Advanced software tools to capture heat exchange
Our Thermal Process Engineer, Nathan Hill, has produced a very interesting case study
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Heat Exchanger Problems - Part 1
Many heat exchangers rely on pass partition plates to direct flow in multiple passes through the heat transfer surface.
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CALGAVIN Achieves ISO9001:2015 standard
CALGAVIN has upgraded to the new ISO9001:2015 standard, which it completed and was certified for the new standard
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ADIPEC 2018 a Roaring Success
CALGAVIN had a highly successful second ADIPEC located in Abu Dhabi during November 2018, based on the Arab Development stand.
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Common Issues for Poor Heat Exchanger Performance
There are a wide range of heat exchanger problems which may cause poor performance, or in some cases cause the exchanger to stop working all together.
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ACHEMA 2018 a Great Success
The latest edition of the ACHEMA Exhibition and Congress took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in mid June 2018, organised by DECHEMA.
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How we Use CFD for Design Efficiency
At CALGAVIN we have continued our product development into new types of heat transfer enhancement using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
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Well Received Presentation at Indian Institute of Chem Eng
The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vadodara Chapter invited our India CALGAVIN Technical Representative, Ashwin Chandarana, to present a paper on “Heat Transfer Enhancement by Tube Inserts”.
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Optimise the Operational Efficiency of your Heat Exchanger
We take a look at 8 simple measures you can implement to improve your heat exchanger’s efficiency and enjoy increased durability
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CALGAVIN Shares Best Practice Alongside PM Theresa May
CALGAVIN Ltd appears alongside UK Prime Minister Theresa May in the 2016/17 Parliamentary Review.
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How CFD can help you
CALGAVIN® continues to offer CFD as part of our troubleshooting services. The types of cases for which we have received CFD enquiries include flow maldistribution, vibration, erosion and stress-induced mechanical failur
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Case Study: Polypropylene Plant Revamp
Find out how CALGAVIN achieves a 10% increase of retained polypropylene product with a payback period of less than 1 month from install
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Optimising Heat Exchanger Designs for cost reduction
There is a good chance that you have, like many other engineers, been challenged to do more with less; this is an ever increasing theme for many in the process industry.
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