{"id":8449,"date":"2022-02-04T15:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/?p=8449"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:12:17","slug":"mechanical-and-engineering-advantages-of-plate-exchangers-in-hydraulics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tempco.it\/blog\/en\/8449\/mechanical-and-engineering-advantages-of-plate-exchangers-in-hydraulics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical and engineering advantages of plate exchangers in hydraulics"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the thermodynamic advantages<\/strong><\/a> offered by plate heat exchangers<\/strong><\/a> in hydraulics applications<\/a>, in substitution of shell and plate exchangers<\/a>, there are also other main advantages related to mechanical and installation<\/strong> aspects.<\/p>\n

In hydraulics, the goal is to maintain at a certain temperature level the oil, which provides mechanical work in operating machines. A plate heat exchanger is much more compact<\/strong> then a shell and plate exchanger with the same thermal capacity, with clearly a direct impact on the size of the hydraulic units<\/strong> within the plant, which will be smaller and more compact.<\/p>\n

Another huge advantage is the fact that all of the four nozzles are placed on the same side of the exchanger<\/strong>, two for the water and two for the oil. This allows to build the depth of the exchanger based on the thermal capacity required. It permits machine builders and plant builders to make some standardization<\/strong>, which means that they can adopt a standard layout employing a certain kind of exchanger, and depending on the power capacity of the pumps installed they can increase or decrease the number of plates with no variations to the design of the piping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n