Fourteen shell-and-tube heat exchangers with extruded finned tubes, designed, manufactured, tested and shipped to a food processing plant in Kenya within nine weeks.
Project background
The customer was expanding a food processing line and needed a complete set of air-side and process heat exchangers to a tight commissioning date. The duty mix included product coolers, air heaters and a glycol cooler, all in a coastal environment where bare aluminium fins would not last.
Scope
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 14 heat exchangers |
| Tube | Extruded bimetal, carbon steel base, aluminium fins |
| Base tube | ASTM A179, 25.4 mm OD |
| Fin | 12.7 mm height, 3.2 mm pitch, 0.35 mm thickness |
| Design pressure | 10 bar tube side |
| Testing | Hydrostatic test, dimensional report, mill certificates |
What made it work
- All fourteen units were designed against a single datasheet set, so the tubes could be run in one production campaign.
- Coated aluminium fins were specified for the coastal air, avoiding early corrosion without changing the thermal design.
- Bundles were match-marked and packed in one shipment so site assembly followed the drawing without re-cutting.
Result
The units were shipped complete and commissioned on schedule. A repeat order for the next phase followed the same tube specification.
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