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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.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted can offer longterm or instant help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
October , 2008

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