Heat Exchanger Selection Guide for Types of Units offered by: Process Equipment Solutions

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Type of Heat Exchanger

All-welded All-welded All-welded

Shell and Tube Gasketed Plate
Features Plate & Shell Cross-flow Plate Plate

Practical Temp Approach, deg F 10-15 1-2 5 2-5 1-2

Temp Cross Difficult/expensive Possible Possible Possible Possible

Max Temp, deg F Very high 350 1,000 650 650

Max Pressure, psig >2,000 300 1,450 450 600

Gaskets One each bonnet Yes, interplate No On cover panels None

Difficult to add Change pass

Modifications Possible tubes
Yes Yes
arrangement
No
Tube side yes,
Inspection shell side maybe
Yes Yes Both sides possible No

Tube side easy,

Access to Cleaning shell side more Yes Removable plates Both sides possible Clean-in-place
difficult

304/316 SS, Ti, 316L, 904L,

Any metallurgy, 316L SS, Ti,
Hastelloy, 254SMO, Hastelloy, 304/316 SS, Ti,
Common Materials fluoropolymer,
Nickel, other Duplex, Ti, Nickel,
Hastelloy, Incoloy,
Hastelloy, Nickel
graphite SMO, other alloys
alloys, graphite etc.

Requires tube
plugging seat Replace plates
Possible Repairs welding of tube and gaskets
Limited Limited Limited
joints
90% of shell ID,
Max Connection Size, inches decreases with 20 28 24 8
more passes
Tube diameter
Gap Between Plates, inches dimension
0.12-0.67 0 to 0.18 0.2 0.12

Max Flow Rate per Unit, gpm 20,000+ 15,000 20,000+ 15,000 5,000
Max Heat Transfer Area per Unit, sq ft 10,000+ 18,000 25,000 3,439 3,000

Typical water/water U-value, BTU/hr-F-

250 1,000 900 800-1,000 1,000
sq ft

Price Ratio, based on 1 MM BTU/hr/F 1 0.2 0.6-0.75 0.6-0.75

Services
Liquid-liquid Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gas-liquid Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Condensing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Possible, tubes Yes, with chemical Yes, with

Fouling (standard) can plug
Yes
cleaning
Yes, easily cleaned
chemical cleaning

No, fallout at low

Fouling (slurries and suspensions) velocities
No No No No
Yes, wide gap
Fouling (fibrous) Yes
design
No No No

Viscous Difficult Yes Yes Yes Yes

No, uneven temp
Heat Sensitive distribution
Yes Yes Yes Yes

Corrosive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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All-welded All-welded Fusion-bonded Brazed

Spiral Wide Gap Plate Plate Plate

5 5 1-2 1-2

Possible Possible Possible Possible

750 450 1,022 752

580 150 435 725

On covers On cover panels None None

No No No No
Both sides Wide side yes,
No No
possible inside plate no

Both sides Wide side yes,

Clean-in-place Clean-in-place
possible inside plate CIP

CS, SS, Ti,

316 SS with
Hastelloy, CS, 304L, 316 L 316 SS
copper brazing
Duplex

Cutting and
welding Limited Limited Limited
possible

12, spiral flow;

12 4 4
60, cross flow

0.2-1.0 0.2-0.83 0.12 0.12

3,000 8,000 748 616

 6,000 3,000 753 753

400 50-600 1,000 1,000

0.9-1.3 0.8-1.2 0.6-0.75 0.3-0.5

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes, with
Yes, on wide gap Yes, with chemical
Yes chemical
side cleaning
cleaning
Yes, on wide gap
Yes No No
side
Yes, on wide gap
Yes No No
side
Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes,
compatible
Possible Possible Yes, all 316 SS
with 316 SS &
copper