【Major Industrial Equipment in the Chemical Industry】290 – Domestic-produced 9,000-square-meter large plate-shell heat exchangers

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This post was last edited by Desert Fish on 2022-5-29 06:44: Red May for chemical workers! Reply reward! ---------------------------------------------- The past decade has been a period of rapid development for China’s chemical industry, marked by the emergence of many new processes, products, and equipment. There has also been significant progress in China’s chemical processing equipment, which has contributed to the swift advancement of the petrochemical sector. Here, we have compiled some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by Chinese equipment manufacturers in terms of larger-scale production and greater use of domestic equipment. We invite everyone to share their insights and discuss these topics together; let’s cheer for Made in China and support the development of chemical processing equipment! ===================== September 2008. The 9,000-square-meter large plate-shell heat exchanger, which boasts the largest heat exchange area in China and was independently developed by the Lanzhou Petroleum Machinery Research Institute under SINOMACH, is set to be put into use. This marks a new stage in the development of larger-scale and domestically produced plate-and-shell heat exchangers in our country. 　　The 9,000-square-meter large plate-and-shell heat exchanger is currently the largest of its kind in China. It has a diameter of 3.5 meters, a total length of 19.3 meters, a plate bundle width of 2 meters, and a total weight of 230 tons. 　　This product will be used in China’s largest integrated oil refining and chemical project – the Fujian Oil Refining and Ethylene Integration Joint Venture Project. The project was invested in by Sinopec Fujian Refining & Chemical, Aramco Overseas of Saudi Arabia, and ExxonMobil Petrochemical (China). With a total investment of around $4.96 billion, it is scheduled to be fully completed and put into operation in March 2009. 　　Large plate-and-shell heat exchangers are key components in oil refining equipment. With their small size and light weight, they help **save users space and installation costs; they are thus popular green and environmentally friendly products in the industry. In recent years, in response to the need for larger and domestically produced petroleum and petrochemical plants in China, as well as the environmental requirements related to cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and energy conservation, Lansi Research Institute has intensified its efforts in technological innovation. It has developed plate-and-shell heat exchangers with independent intellectual property rights, with capacities ranging from 350 square meters to 7,000 square meters ； To date, hundreds of plate-and-shell heat exchangers have been widely used in oil and petrochemical plants both domestically and internationally, generating significant economic and social benefits.