Where are plate heat exchangers used in the chlor-alkali industry? What are the respective heat exchange areas?
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This post was last edited by sunjl1981 on 2013-1-6 at 20:05. We are manufacturers of plate heat exchangers and want to enter the chlor-alkali chemicals industry. We are wondering where plate heat exchangers are used in this industry? What are the respective heat exchange areas? Thank you! # ， ， &
Which manufacturer’s heat exchangers are these? Heat exchangers are used in many applications within the chlor-alkali industry! For example, they are used in primary brine streams, secondary brine streams, for alkali circulation heating, and in chlorine streams, among others! However, strict requirements are placed on their materials – rare metals such as titanium and nickel are required. You should find someone who has expertise in the chlor-alkali industry to handle your marketing efforts; that’s just my humble opinion. This post was last edited by yzhms on 2009-3-16 at 14:57
A warm welcome to the assistant to the super moderator of the Machinery Equipment section to come and communicate on our section! Plate heat exchangers are used in saltwater systems, caustic soda systems, evaporation systems, and more. The heat exchange area varies depending on the production capacity. This post was last edited by haining on 2009-3-16 13:44]
Agree with the view from the 3rd floor; it indeed needs to be determined based on production capacity. Not all heat exchangers necessarily have to be plate-type; it’s fine to replace them with shell-and-tube types. Those who sell equipment should be familiar with design institutes. Generally, many devices are recommended by design institutes: lol
Saltwater, chlorine water heat exchangers, and alkali heat exchangers – the materials used for these are quite special. Last edited by yzhms on 2009-3-16 at 14:58.]
Brine treatment process: Brine heater – Ti, 30 sq ft; Electrolysis: Cathode solution cooler – Nickel, 55 sq ft; Finished alkali heat exchanger – 310S, 34 sq ft; Instrument cooling cooler – Ti, 0.3 sq ft; Sampling cooler – Ti, 0.3 sq ft; Sampling cooler – Ti, 0.3 sq ft. Chlorine treatment: Chlorine water cooler – Ti, 41 sq ft; Sulfuric acid cooler – Alloy C-276, 16 sq ft. There are also sampling coolers with a smaller area; the material used is stainless steel. Please provide further details
The sulfuric acid cooler upstairs is made of Hastelloy; it seems like the description in language E isn’t complete, haha. HASTELLOY ALLOY HaC Last edited by yzhms on 2009-3-16 15:01]
The heat exchange area is determined after design selection based on the heat transfer amount provided by the design institute. As for the material, as the comrades mentioned above, different material properties require the use of different materials. But one thing is, the materials used in chlor-alkali chemical industry include acids, bases, chlorine, brine, vinyl chloride, steam, and so on
GEA and Alphate are used quite often
In our evaporation system, plate heat exchangers are used for sulfuric acid cooling, while shell-and-tube heat exchangers are used for brine
Plate heat exchangers for ion membrane electrolysis: Ni is used for the heat exchangers in the cathode system, while Ti is used for those in the anode system