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SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER TYPE SELECTION

Demineralized water is being heated from 80oC to 90oC by using steam. I would like to know type of heat exchanger to be selected for this service .
Fluid passages shell side -DM water
Tube side - LP steam

MURUGAN N
business - COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu & India
October 6, 2008

Hi, Murugan. What do the heat exchanger suppliers you have talked to suggest? 316 SST is probably good but this isn't a unique application; surely they've done it hundreds of times and can give the pros and cons for different materials.

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