Shell and Plate Heat Exchanger

Shell and Plate Heat Exchanger

This heat exchanger contains a fully welded circular plate pack consisting of round plates pressed with specific embossed patterns and then completely welded together. Fluid is carried in and out of the plate pack through nozzles and is referred to as the “plate side” flow path. The plate pack is installed into an outer shell that creates the other flow path known as the “shell side” flow path.
This heat exchanger has no plate gaskets providing the best protection against cross leaking. The welded shell and plate technology offer high heat transfer performance in high pressure and temperature environments while providing compact size, low fouling and close approach temperatures.

DESCO can also provide the shell and plate welded heat exchanger in an openable version. This allows the flexibility to completely remove the plate pack for inspection or cleaning. A flange and bolted shell construction is used to achieve this quick and easy removal and re-installation of the cassette plate pack. Process down time is kept to a minimum.

DESCO’s shell and plate welded heat exchanger bridges the performance and price gap between traditional shell and tube heat exchangers and the more thermally efficient gasketed plate heat exchangers.