| Customization: | Available |
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| Standard: | ANSI, DIN, JIS, GOST |
| Type: | Wn/So/Pl/Sw/Th/If |
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Loosely, general designs consist of the/an outer shell in which resides a tube bundle (these can be configured as finned, plain etc) sealed at each end by a tube sheet which isolates the tubes and the outer shell.
Shell & tube heat exchangers have the capability to transfer large amounts of heat at low(er) costs. This, in principle, down to both design simplicity and effectiveness - large tube surface for reduced weight, volume of liquid and importantly floor space.
Whilst there is a wide variety to choose from there are certain key components similar in all. Tubesheets have tubes attached to them within the body or "shell" of the heat exchanger. The tubes allow the movement of a given medium (gas/fluid) through the shell chamber stopping it mixing with a second fluid medium that lies outside these tubes. As long as there is a temperature difference between these, in effect, the two flow past one another exchanging heat without ever mixing. Tubesheets can be fixed or floating dependent on the application the heat exchanger is designed for.
Tubesheets are a critical component of the final design. There are a multitude of materials they can be manufactured from. Material selection is made after careful consideration as it is in contact with both fluids. It must therefore have the necessary corrosion resistance, electromechanical and metallurgical properties associated for its given working environment. The tubesheets themselves contain holes drilled into them. This, in a given, very specific design configuration, at very precise locations with critical tolerances. The amounts of holes can range from a few to thousands. These pattern or "pitch" holes are relative to each other tubesheet within the shell. This pitch changes tube distance, angle and flow direction. These parameters have been varied to maximize the heat transfer effectiveness
| type of materials | Technical requirements * according to |
| Duplex Stainless Steel | ASTM/ASME SA182 F44, F45, F51, F53, F55, F60, F61 |
| Stainless Steel | ASTM/ASME SA182 F304,304L,F316,316L, F310, F317L, F321, F347 |
| Carbon Steel | ASTM/ASME A105, A350 LF1, LF2, A266, A694, A765 Gr.2 |
| Alloy Steel | ASTM/ASME SA182 F1, F5, F9, F11, F12, F22, F51, A350-LF3 |
| Non Ferrous | |
| Titanium | ASTM/ASME SB381, Gr.1, Gr.2, Gr.5, Gr.7, Gr.12, Gr.16 |
| Copper Nickel | ASTM/ASME SB151, UNS 70600(Cu-Ni 90/10), 71500(Cu-Ni 70/30) |
| Brass, Al-brass | ASTM/ASME SB152 UNS C10100, C10200,C10300,C10800,C12200 |
| Nickel Alloys | ASTM/ASME SB169,SB171, SB564, UNS 2200, UNS 4400, UNS 8825 UNS 6600, UNS 6601, UNS 6625 |
| Alloy 20 | ASTM/ASME SB472 UNS 8020 |
| Hastelloy | ASTM/ASME SB564, UNS10276 ( C 276 ) |
| Claded materials | ASTM/ASME SB898, SB263, SB264 or closer explosion cladding, making materials of 2 in 1 or 3 in 1. |
| Titanium- Steel, Nickel-Steel,Titanium- Copper, Stainless Steel- Carbon Steel, Alloys- Steel etc. |
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