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Reducing Energy Costs with Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers

Finding ways to reduce energy is always atoday  can  be used for units up to 160 tons.
smart way to cut costs, but with the current
cost of consumption, conserving energy canLower Energy Usage; a Powerful Selling Point:
make a big impact on the bottom line. With
improved technology of heat exchangers,In a highly competitive market, reduced
dramatic energy savings are now possible whenenergy usage is a big selling point for end
brazed plate heat exchangers are used inusers. If the functionality of a product is
various  applications.similar to the competition, benefits like
energy usage win customers. The benefit of
What  are  brazed  plate  heat  exchangers?reduced usage cost over time allows
manufacturers to charge a higher premium
Brazed plate heat exchangers aren't a brandwhile saving the customer money in the long
of heat exchangers, but a style. The tworun.
most common types are tube and shell, and
plate and frame. The shell and tube heatBenefits:
exchanger design consists of u-shaped heating
elements encased in a cylindrical tube. OnBrazed plate heat exchangers have a
the other hand, plate and frame heatreputation for reliability which reduces the
exchangers are a "sandwich" of heatoverall cost of maintenance and repair even
conducting plates through which independentfurther. The very process of the fluid
circuits push fluids. Brazed plate heatturbulence over the metals has a natural self
exchangers are a type of plate and frame heatcleaning effect that eliminates damage due to
exchanger that is brazed in a vacuum furnacebuild up. Additionally, they are between 50%
to  reduce  leaks.and 80% smaller than other varieties of heat
exchangers. Because of their compact nature,
How  They  Work:these heat exchangers are not only energy
efficient and cost effective, but also
Brazing is the process of melting layers ofadaptable  for  a  variety of different uses.
metals which are used to fuse together close
fitting plates, thus creating a sandwich ofUses:
different layers. Once the bonding metal
cools, the result is an unusually strongThese exchangers are commonly used for
component engineered for heat transfer. Arefrigeration units, but also ideal for heat
brazed plate heat exchanger works bypumps, floor heaters, domestic water heaters,
conducting unwanted heat through numerousswimming pool heating, snow melting
layers of metal encased in a vacuum furnaceappliances, and any type of fluid to fluid
and releasing the heat into a permissibleheating unit. There are also plenty of
area.industrial uses for brazed heat exchangers
such as in hydraulic oil coolers,
Heat  Exchangers  Mean  Lower  Energy  Use:transmission and engine coolers, and in
marine  and  seawater  applications.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of the exchanger
is its small size and relatively low energyThe ton capacity of heat exchangers varies
usage. For its size, this type of plate heatfrom manufacturer to manufacturer. Be sure
exchanger has a lot of muscle. Theto compare the specifications of various
difference with plate and frame heatterms of productivity and performance. In
exchangers is that liquids actually maketoday's market, production of goods with high
contact with the heat conductor unlike with aproductivity and low cost of ownership is
shell and tube design where liquids can onlymore crucial than ever and engineering
make contact with the outer shell. In theproducts around brazed heat plate exchangers
past, brazed plate heat exchangers were usedis a step toward meeting that goal.
for refrigeration units up to 80 tons, but



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