HELIXCHANGER® Heat Exchanger: Features and Applications

Features Compared with conventional shell & tube heat exchangers, HELIXCHANGER® heat exchanger has the following advantages: Reduced shellside fouling Higher shellside heat transfer coefficient Lower vibration risk Lower shellside pressure drop Improved two-phase flow distribution Cost saving on total life-cycle basis Elimination of dead zones that exist in conventional segmental baffles Increased B-stream flow fraction at the expense of A- and E- flow fractions

Application

HELIXCHANGER^® heat exchanger is best suited for services in which shellside heat transfer plays a determining role and/or shellside pressure drop is controlling and where reduced shellside fouling or flow-induced vibration are a concern. Shellside media may range from hydrogen-rich gas to viscous fluid with high fouling tendencies, in single or two-phase flow.

Typical applications are in the gas processing, refining, petrochemical and chemical industries.

HELIXCHANGER® Heat Exchanger: Improve The Performance