> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dante-solutions-inc.gitbook.io/dante-6.3-help-documentation/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://dante-solutions-inc.gitbook.io/dante-6.3-help-documentation/introduction-1/process-database/process-data.md). # Process Data One of the most critical aspects of heat treatment simulation is the description of the conditions creating the heating and cooling of the component. There are a few methods for doing this, but DANTE Solutions prefers using heat transfer coefficients and ambient temperatures. While it is recommended that each vessel be characterized in terms of heat transfer coefficients and ambient temperatures, DANTE Solutions understands that this is either not possible or not practical for all situations. To that end, DANTE Solutions has provided several generic heat transfer coefficients for different scenarios. **These data sets are simply representative of different situations and should not be considered to accurately represent each scenario**. The following datasets are provided: * Oil quench * Salt quench * Furnace heating * Air cool * Still air cool * Water wash The datasets are provided as comma delimited files, which can be opened in Excel and copy/pasted to the HTC definition in the DANTE model, and can be found in the DANTE\Ansys\_Link\Generic\_HTC\_Data directory, as shown in Figure 1. DANTE Solutions recommends adding to this set whenever new information is learned about a particular vessel. DANTE Solutions can offer advice on experiments needed to collect time-temperature data to facilitate heat transfer coefficient determination and offers a utility to perform the fitting of coefficients to experimental data. Please contact a DANTE Solutions engineer at for more information.
*Figure 1: Generic HTC directory location.* Figure 2 shows the data sets contained within the Generic\_HTC\_Data subdirectory. Figure 3 shows the generic oil quench data. The lines of data can be copied and pasted directly into Ansys for the convection definition.
*Figure 2: Generic HTC datasets contained in the Generic HTC Data subdirectory.*
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