These two heat exchangers have equivalent duties. The blue one costs less, is easier to install, has a much smaller footprint, responds faster and is easier to clean. Which one should be a candidate for your next expansion or construction? Expansions of building envelopes or of process output is capital intensive, with large demands on…
It is important that your thermal systems respond quickly to control signals, which generally come from thermostats or building automation systems, or from process control systems. Responding slowly can affect your business many ways: Excessive energy consumption Uncomfortable indoor environment incidents that are slow to correct Under- or over-processed products Variable quality Fast-responding heat exchangers…
Your thermal systems, whether HVAC or process, produce a byproduct of low-grade, “waste” heat energy. If your engineers limit their thinking and options to shell and tube heat exchangers, they will view these waste heat streams as uneconomical to try to capture and recycle. That is because these old technology heat exchangers are too inefficient…
All heat exchangers transfer heat energy between two or more fluid media contained in channels. These channels scale or foul over time, accompanied by declining performance and higher fuel bills. If your facility uses old technology shell and tube heat exchangers, you will have higher fuel bills, plus a more frequent cleaning burden than with…