Heat exchanger in the chemical industry

Chemical industry

Heat exchangers in the chemical industry are crucial for many chemical reactions as they allow heat to be transferred from one fluid to another without mixing them, providing precise temperature control. In general terms, heat exchangers are used in the following chemical processes:

Cool the distillates.
Cool the leached liquids.
Recover and reuse the condensed steam.
Control the temperature of processes and exothermic reactions.
Recover heat and save energy.
Cool products and processes.

Beyond temperature control we can also use heat exchangers to recover excess energy, that is to say use them as heat recoverers thus improving the energy efficiency of the process and, by reducing emissions of polluting gases, also they provide sustainability.

Next we will find some articles where we delve deeper into heat exchangers and their contributions to the chemical industry.

Heat exchangers for the chemical industry

July 10, 2023December 1, 2022 by Oficina Tècnica

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY HEAT EXCHANGERS, THE ESSENTIAL OF A CRITICAL SECTOR The chemical industry is essential for many other sectors because the products produced there are necessary to produce many other products such as plastics, medicines, agriculture, health or textiles. When we talk about the chemical industry, we refer to one of the largest and most diversified in the world, with a wide variety of processes and technologies among which we highlight finned tube exchangers, pillow plate exchangers and immersed heat exchangers. If this industry is essential, heat exchangers are essential because they cover needs such as: 1. Cool the distillates. 2. Cool leached liquids. 3. Recover and reuse condensed steam. 4. Control exothermic reactions. 5. Recover heat and save energy. 6. Cool products and processes.