Shell-and-tube · Safety

Safety shell-and-tube heat exchangers

Model series SWF / SWP and SSWF / SSWP — three-chamber devices with a monitored barrier space, so the two operating media cannot mix.

  • Three-chamber design
  • Monitored barrier space
  • ATEX option
Construction
Three chambers
Internal tubes
Straight, tube-in-tube
Bundle
Fixed (F) or removable (P)
Barrier space
Filled with barrier fluid
Monitoring
Pressure control device
Sizes
300 – 808 and from 1003

Figures describe the model series as a whole. Size, material and arrangement are fixed at selection, against the duty you send us.

How the barrier space works.

In each individual internal tube of the bundle a further, smaller internal tube is installed. These concentric tube pairs form radial gaps, interconnected by the design of the double tubesheets, and together they produce an enclosed safety space.

That sealed space is filled with a special barrier fluid and checked for pressure changes by a pressure control device. A mixing of the flowing operating media is prevented in this way.

To stop thermal expansion of the barrier fluid from raising the pressure and causing a false alarm, the safety space is additionally fitted with compensation.

When this design is the right one.

Environmental protection — for example where cooling water is drawn from surface waters.

Health protection — where a reaction between the two operating media must be excluded.

Cost of operating resources — where disposal of a contaminated fluid and refilling would be expensive.

Special versions

Available beyond the standard build.

  • Other materials on request
  • Higher operating pressures
  • Other construction regulations
  • Pressure control devices according to ATEX, with extended documentation
Documentation

What ships with the unit.

Documents are published by the manufacturer, so these links always give you the current revision.

Acceptance

Material selection for standard safety exchangers in sizes 300 to 808 follows the BCF/P, CCF/P and SSCF/P description. Materials for devices from size 1003 change according to the manufacturer’s own table and are confirmed per order.

Quick enquiry

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Safety shell-and-tube heat exchangers

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Source of technical data. Construction, barrier space, selection criteria and size boundaries come from the Funke shell-and-tube heat exchanger product information, model series SWF/P and SSWF/P.