Aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger for energy storage

What is an aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger?

Our aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers (PFHEs) are key components in many process plants. Their compact footprint helps save space and costs in a wide range of facilities, including air separation plants, petrochemical and gas treatment plants as well as natural gas and helium liquefaction plants.

How many streams can a brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger handle?

The brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers (BAHXs) can accommodate multiple streams in a single unit.

What is a plate-fin heat exchanger (pfhx)?

Plate-fin heat exchanger (PFHX) is another (far different) type of heat exchanger, being also widely used in large-scale cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction systems. It is made with multiple layers of corrugated aluminum sheets separated by flat plates to create a series of finned chambers.

Why do we build aluminium heat exchangers?

This allows us to reduce weight, aluminium requirements and support structures. In addition, to minimise the number of exchangers required we build heat exchangers that are up to 8.2 metres in length, 1.5 metres in width and 3.4 metres in height. We use a variety of aluminium alloys to ensure optimum performance.

Can plate-fin heat exchanger be used with regenerative cryocoolers?

design idea is newly proposed and investigated for the application of plate-fin heat exchanger (PFHX) with regenerative cryocoolers. The role of this heat exchanger is to effectively absorb heat from the stream of coolant and deliver it to the cold-head of a cryocooler. While various types of tubular HX’s have been developed so far,

What is a recuperative heat exchanger?

In air separation systems, recuperative heat exchangers are employed to pre-cool the incoming warm air stream by the outgoing cold gas stream, reducing the need for external refrigeration.