Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement
Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement
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Are there any cases aside from TEMA "R" where it is considered good practice to confine the pass partition on a heat exchanger? i.e. high pressure or high temperature designs
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RE: Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement
-Christine
RE: Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement
An old Civil Engineering buddy of mine who didn't know much about heat transfer none the less recognized what the stresses and deflections were on the head of a HP heat exchanger that was his responsibility. He taught this old ME a trick or two about how that head deflected from no pressure to full pressure (5K psi in his case).
If you have a really High pressure, in addition to the gasket question you pose, you should also consider full pen welds to the channel head or barrel or both depending on your channel design.
rmw
RE: Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement
Regards,
Mike
RE: Heat Exchanger Pass Partition Confinement