Are You Familiar With Fluoropolymer Heat Exchangers? If Not, Let's Jump Into The Topic!

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Niche Fluoropolymer heat exchangers reduce chemical processing costs in several meaningful ways. They will reduce downtime, lower maintenance cost, recover and save energy, and enhance the product purity. Niche Fluoropolymer heat exchangers withstand corrosion which will stop replacement costs, downtime, or lost production rendered by corrosion.
Why Niche Fluoropolymer Heat Exchangers are superior in the chemical industry:
1. Resist fouling- The well-known non-stick properties of fluoropolymers withstand fouling better than any material of construction yet known. The smooth, slippery surface of a fluoropolymer helps uphold tubes clean and minimizes fouling and scaling which can remarkably reduce heat transfer rates in metal and graphite heat exchangers.
2. Resist shock- Niche Fluoropolymer heat exchangers are negligibly subject to deterioration from thermal or mechanical shock than glass and graphite heat exchangers.
3. Non-Contaminating– Being chemically inert, a fluoropolymer will not deliver corrosion products to contaminate process streams. It contains no binders which can drain out to degrade process ...
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4. Low Maintenance– Inherent corrosion resistance and mechanical and thermal shock minimize downtime for unscheduled maintenance. Units are smoothly cleaned with chemical solutions which can damage metal and graphite heat exchangers.
5. Easy to repair-Tube bundles in Niche shells and tube heat exchangers are removable and fixable. If necessary, Niche Fluoropolymer heat exchangers can be restored on-site by plant personnel.
6. High Thermal Efficiency– As with other plastic materials, Fluoropolymers have a lower thermal conductivity than metal. To cancel this, tubing diameters and wall thicknesses are optimized, depending on your process, to boost heat transfer efficiency and surface area per unit volume. The unique fouling and scaling resistance of Fluoropolymers further improve the thermal conductivity. Additional heat transfer improvement is obtained with tubing of Niche’s patented “Q” resin, which has a thermal conductivity about double that of FEP and other conventional fluoropolymers resins.
7. Pressure drop/flow rate accommodation– While small tubing diameters provide the most cost-efficient heat transfer performance, high flow rates can periodically result in extreme pressure drop through a single unit. To maintain pressure, drop within user-specified limits at the required flow rates, Niche will evaluate all options, including multiple parallel units, larger tubing diameters, and shell sizes, to select the lowest cost system to match the essentials of each application.
8. Wide temperature and pressure range– Niche Fluoropolymer heat exchangers can handle corrosive fluids at temperatures up to 300 Deg. F (149 Deg. C) using tubes of FEP. The stronger, tougher “Q” series tubing extends the upper-temperature limits to 400 Deg. F (204 Deg. C). Either tubing type has a pressure capacity of over 125 PSIG (862 kPa), depending upon the fluid temperatures. Possibilities are your plant can also benefit from the use of standard or custom-designed Niche Fluoropolymer Heat Exchangers, especially if your heat transfer needs involve corrosive fluids.