Monthly Archives: July 2025

Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers The plate-and-frame or gasketed plate heat exchanger (PHE) consists of a number of thin rectangular metal plates sealed around the edges by gaskets and held together in a frame The frame usually has a fixed end cover (headpiece) fitted with connecting ports and a movable end cover (pressure plate, follower, or...

Plate-type heat exchangers are usually built of thin plates (all prime surface). The plates are either smooth or have some form of corrugation, and they are either flat or wound in an exchanger. Generally, these exchangers cannot accommodate very high pressures, temperatures, or pressure and temperature differences. Plate heat exchangers (PHEs){can...

CLASSIFICATION OF HEAT EXCHANGERS Heat exchangers may be classified according to the following main criteria: •Recuperators •Regenerators •Direct Contact apparatus RECUPERATORS • The conventional heat exchangers with heat transfer between two fluids. • Hot steam A recovers some of the heat from stream B. REGENERATORS •Storage type heat...