Heat exchange equipment |
- Very prominent equipment to heat/cool process fluids - Include steam/power generation as well! |
a) Shell & Tube heat exchanger
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- Most common equipment in process industries - Tube fed with a fluid and shell is fed with another fluid - Process heat is transferred across the tube - No mixing of tube fluid and shell fluid allowed |
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b) Fired heater
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- Used to heat streams to extremely high temperatures - High temperatures generated by burning fuel oil/fuel gas - Complicated design for maximum heat transfer efficiency - Shell & tube type/radiation type designs usually adopted |
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c) Multiple effect evaporator
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- Common equipment to concentrate a solid-liquid stream from low concentration to high concentrations. - Steam utility is optimized by adopting process intensification method. |
d) Quenching
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- Direct heat transfer equipment - Involves cooling/heating a fluid with direct contact with a stream - Commonly used for streams emanating with very high temperatures from reactions/furnaces. |
