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Heat Exchangers
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Intro to Heat Exchangers A Heat Exchanger is a device built for efficient Heat Transfer from one medium to another. The medium may be separated by a solid wall, so that they never mix, or they may be in direct contact .. |
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Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Shell-and-tube heat exchangers are the most commonly used means of heat transfer in industrial process applications. They are chosen for a wide variety of processes .. |
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Heat Exchanger Tubes and Tubesheet Tubes generally used in TEMA sizes are made of low-carbon steel, copper, copper-nickel, stainless steel, Hastalloy, Inconel, titanium, and several other materials .. |
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Heat Exchanger Shell Assembly The shell is constructed either from pipe up to 24 inch or rolled and welded plate metal. For reasons of economy, low carbon steel is in common use, but other materials suitable for extreme temperature or corrosion resistance are often specified .. |
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Heat Exchangers TEMA Design The Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association, or TEMA, has developed standards that define the design, fabrication, tolerances, installation and maintenance of shell-and-tube type heat exchangers .. |
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Floating Head Heat Exchanger The floating-head heat exchanger is a type of tube heat exchanger in which the tube sheet combination is independent and can move freely within the shell .. |
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Fouling & Scaling in Heat Exchangers The deposition of unwanted materials such as scale, suspended particles, insoluble salts and even algae on the internal surfaces of the heat exchanger is called fouling .. |
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Heat Exchanger repair by Plugging Tubeside Repair by Plugging ASME PCC-2 - Repair of tubes may be accomplished by plugging the tube at the tubesheet with a welded or mechanical attachment .. |
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Cleaning of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Clean heat exchanger tubes are essential to the functionality of shell and tube heat exchangers. When they become fouled, the result can be a decrease in the efficiency of the entire unit .. |
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Heat Exchanger Collar Bolts Collars bolts are used for removable bundle heat exchangers, to holding the bundle in place, if only the channel must be removed .. |
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Header / Shoulder Plugs for Exchangers Shoulder plugs or header plugs are made for plug type header boxes in air-cooled heat exchangers/vin fan air coolers .. |
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Plate Heat Exchangers
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Function of a Plate Heat Exchanger The basic concept of a plate and frame Heat Exchanger is two liquids flowing on either side of a thin corrugated metal plate so heat may be easily transferred between the two .. |
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Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
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Heat Exchanger Air cooled Typically, an air-cooled exchanger for process use consists of a finned-tube bundle with rectangular box headers on both ends of the tubes. Cooling air is provided by one or more fans .. |
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Cleaning Air Cooled Heat Exchangers The article discusses the dry and wet online cleaning process specially adapted for induced and forced air-cooled heat exchangers .. |
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