Applications and Characteristics

Applications

Linde PFHE can be used for a wide range of applications, especially for low temperature services and treatment of clean fluids.

The main applications are:

Air separation plants

Petrochemical plants

Gas treatment plants

Natural gas liquefaction plants

Helium liquefaction plants

Characteristics

Aluminium Plate-fin Heat Exchangers are key components in many process plants. Especially the compactness of this exchanger type is one of the most favourable possibilities to save installation space and costs.

The characteristics of Linde PFHE are:

Aluminium alloys provide best possible heat exchange between clean gases and liquids in the low temperature service

Favourable for simultaneous heat exchange between several streams

Treatment of many process streams in one unit only

Suitable for single phase and for mixed phase fluids

Arrangement of streams in counter-flow, cross-flow or combinations

Large choice of fin types with different surface areas ensures optimised equipment design

Proven vacuum brazing technology (no use of flux)