SUPERMAX® Shell And Plate Heat Exchanger

The SUPERMAX® Shell And Plate Heat Exchanger is designed as a performance upgrade over shell and tube, block-type welded and brazed aluminum heat exchangers. The unit can overcome footprint constraints, extreme pressures/temperatures, fouling/scaling conditions and corrosive attack with liquids, gases, steam and two-phase mixtures.

Reduced Footprint

Compact size and low installed weight, especially when filled

WIDE TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE RATINGS

Good performance with natural refrigerants such as ammonia and carbon dioxide

EXCELLENT THERMAL PERFORMANCE

Close temperature approach of 1ºC (2°F) --similar to that of gasketed plate heat exchangers

OUTSTANDING UPTIME

Highly turbulent flow produces high heat transfer efficiency and limits fouling, or freezing in refrigeration/cryogenic service

SMALL HOLD-UP VOLUME

Fast start-ups and close following of process changes; low refrigerant charges for refrigeration and cryogenic service

TWO-PHASE FLUID FLEXIBILITY

Extended-thermal-length oblong plates expand capabilities to wide-ranging evaporation and condensing applications

Related Shell And Plate Applications

Particulate-laden flows: Turbulent flow, even at low velocities, enables stable capacity regulation and minimizes fouling
Refrigeration and cryogenic service: the exchangers require a low refrigerant charge; are also resistant to freezing because of high fluid turbulence
Internal phase changes: on either the plate or shell side
Large flow imbalance: Allow higher flow rates on the shell side
Installation factors: Can be installed horizontally or vertically

Related Shell And Plate Services

Standard and deep-draw plates enable accommodation of flow rate and pressure drop constraints. Oblong plates enable configuration to attain necessary thermal length
Removable Core exchanger provides full accessibility to the thermal element for inspection and/or mechanical cleaning of the shell side channel by removing the plate pack bundle
The Multi-Duty exchanger has two separate plate packs that share one shell, handling different or identical fluids
Multi-Pass configurations for gas or vapor cooling without condensing
Co-current or counter-current plate groupings

How The SUPERMAX Shell And Plate Heat Exchanger Works

The shell and plate welded heat exchanger has a heat transfer element composed of round or oblong chevron-type plates welded into a cassette by a porthole perimeter weld
Cassettes are placed together and welded to each other using a perimeter weld
The thermal element subassembly then has metal shell-side flow diverters, nozzles and an end plate welded to it
An exclusive cage structure, welded only to the end cover, surrounds and supports the plate core pack assembly
The finished exchanger is a pressure vessel of high integrity, with an accordion-like core that is highly tolerant of thermal expansion

Shell And Plate Vs. Shell And Tube In Equivalent Duties

Model	Required Surface Area, m2 (ft2)	Footprint Area, m2 (ft2)	Dry Weight, kg (lb)
TEMA Shell And Tube	203 (2,187)	9 (100)	6,350 (14,000)
SUPERMAX Shell And Plate (SPW-55)	56 (600)*	0.7 (8)	726 (1,600)

*Common HVAC water–water application—10°F approach.