Plate heat exchangers are suitable for different field of applications.
On chemical and pharma plants we use them as vent condenser from some years with customer satisfaction.
It’s a complex installation both in respect of design and material’s selection.
The design of this kind of applications involve different features
- thermal capacity
- solvent flow rate
- flow pressure
- flow speed
Thermal capacity is the minor issue, the designer must take in account the last 3 points for a correct and functional plate heat exchanger dimension and project.
Compliance of gaskets and plate’s material is the other issue to control with the best accuracy.
On a big plant started on January we set some vent condensers with titanium plates, some other with stainless steel and all with PTFE gaskets.
