Shell and Plate Heat Exchanger: 1+1=1

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In the heat exchanger market, the two main types are shell-and-tube heat exchangers and plate heat exchangers. For each of these two types, some advantages and disadvantages are well known in the applications.

Plate heat exchanger, although its low fouling, compact in size, close approach temps makes it prevailing in many industries, the limitations of low pressure, low temperature and gasket necessary are all headache in some tough working circumstance.

Shell-and-tube heat exchanger, although it suits for the high pressure, high temperature working environment and gasket non-necessary, its large size and weight, and easy foiling are make it capital wasting and time consuming either in construction or maintenance.

With the tech of heat exchanger developing, shell-and-plate heat exchanger combines the two types advantages perfectly. The most obvious advantages of this type heat exchanger you can summarize from those two types above.

+  high pressure
+  high temperature
+  no gaskets
+  compact
+  low fouling
+  close approach temps

According to the market research, shell-and-plate heat exchanger has been applied to many industries already and its advantage is more and more compelling. This type of heat exchanger is replacing the above two types in the next few years across many industries.