Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Shell and tube heat exchangers are comprised, as the name suggests, of an exterior shell with a bundle of tubes running through the middle of it. These exchangers are the most common type of tube heat exchangers used in the process, petroleum and HVAC industries, and are used widely in large chemical processes.
Shell and tube exchangers are intended for heating and cooling process fluids at high pressures and due to their design offer a large heat transfer area, making them a provider of high heat transfer efficiency. They are used widely as water to water heat exchangers and water to air heat exchangers. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Enerquip, LLC
Medford, WI | 715-748-5888Enerquip is your trusted shell and tube heat exchanger partner. Our in-house, thermal design engineers and ASME welders and fabricators can design and build custom engineered solutions for your company’s specific needs. Our experience and expertise have earned us a preferred supplier status with leading companies in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, cannabis, personal care, chemical, refining, and renewable energy markets. When you need a solution that is guaranteed to work, trust the helpful heat exchanger experts at Enerquip.
Mason Manufacturing LLC
Decatur, IL | 217-422-2770Mason Manufacturing is a custom fabricator of shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, and tanks. Located in Decatur, Illinois, Mason has over 60 years of experience providing customers with custom fabricated vessels that conform to customer specifications, applicable codes, accepted industry standards and that are consistently shipped on time with competitive pricing. It’s our promise.
Industrial Heat Transfer, Inc.
Coon Valley, WI | 608-452-3103IHT is an ASME/PED MILSPEC qualified custom manufactuer of continuous plate fin and tube based heat transfer solutions. Our continuous fins give you the highest performance to coil face area ratio allowing for smaller units with faster ROI.
Tranter®, Inc.
Wichita Falls, TX | 940-723-7125A leading global heat transfer equipment supplier for more than 80 years, Tranter®, Inc. fabricates all-welded and gasketed plate heat exchangers. Tranter® offers a comprehensive line of proprietary heat exchangers, including welded Maxchanger® plate & frame Superchanger®, shell & plate Supermax® & prime surface Platecoil® with fabricating capabilities including virtually any mild or high alloy. Bringing the heat transfer industry into the 21st century, Tranter offers regasketing & testing.
Mercer Gasket & Shim
Bellmawr, NJ | 800-210-5000Mercer Gasket & Shim is a leader in the heat exchanger industry. Our products can be made with a variety of different materials including brass, stainless steel, and titanium. We are your industry experts when it comes to heat exchangers. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified.
Alfa Laval Inc.
Richmond, VA | 866-253-2528Alfa Laval is a world leader in heat exchanger technology. We service all brands of heat exchangers and help reduce downtime and extend machine life. Whether your needs are for plate and frame, brazed or even shell and tube, our heat exchanger applications are endless! We offer immediate delivery on standard units.
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI | 800-488-0230Anguil designs, manufactures, installs and services heat and energy recovery systems for industrial applications and manufacturing operations. By utilizing waste heat from energy consuming processes, Anguil heat exchanger technologies reduce a company’s operating costs, lower their carbon footprint and lessen their energy consumption. Our track record includes the ability to blend time-tested, standard products with innovative, custom engineered solutions.
The larger the surface area available for heat exchange, the more efficient the heat exchange process will be. Therefore, bundles of tubes are often used to create the largest surface area possible. The shell or pressure vessel holds the bundle of tubes that are connected at either end. The tubes themselves are hollow and act as flow channels for one fluid that runs through them, the other fluid flows around them through the shell.
Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers - Heat-Exchanger USAThe tubes themselves may differ in type according to the desired results. The tube walls are made of a thermally conductive material in order to transfer heat from one substance to the other. However, as one side of the tube will have a different temperature to the other side of the tube, it must be durable enough to undergo structure stress during the heat exchange process.
As shell and tube exchangers are usually used for high pressure applications in the first place, the added structural stress of temperature shifts should also be considered when deciding upon a tube material. Metals such as copper alloy, steel - both stainless and carbon, nickel and titanium are ideal choices. Waste heat from industrial manufacturing processes can be fed into a shell and tube heat exchanger and used to heat a substance for another stage in the process.
Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers - Heat-Exchanger USAThis method of heat exchange is not only efficient, but also conserves energy and is more cost-effective than relying on another source of heat production. Shell and tube heat exchangers are found in steam engines, power plants and nuclear power plants. They are often classified by the number of times the materials pass through the tubes in a complete cycle.
Shell and tube heat exchangers can be used for both liquids and gases as both are able to transfer heat. Shell and tube heat exchangers serve a wide range of applications in compressor systems, hydraulic systems, stationary engines, pain systems, vapor recovery systems, air dryers, lube oil consoles, and several marine applications.
