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Air-cooled heat exchangers are designed to operate over a wide range of environmental conditions, including ambient temperatures from −600F to 1300F. Special design features are employed for operation in cold climates in order to prevent freezing of the process fluid. If the wall temperature of a tube carrying a hydrocarbon stream reaches the...

Various types of high-fin tubing are available, including: • Integrally finned (K-fin) • Bimetallic (E-fin) • Tension-wound fin (L-fin or I-fin) • Embedded fin (G-fin) • Brazed fin

Common to all air cooled heat exchangers is the tube, through which the process fluid flows.To compensate for the poor heat transfer properties of air, which flows across the outside of the tube, and to reduce the overall dimensions of the heat exchanger, external fins are added to the outside of the tube. A wide […]

The major components of air-cooled heat exchangers include the Overall structural assembly