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  1. Mandalore

    Compensation issue

    Hello everyone. I encountered a problem related to pipeline compensation as you can see in the attached picture. This is an installation project from an external contractor. The green arrows represent the sliding supports. Pipe size 6 in. Temperature rise 180 K. Stainless steel tube. Do I...
  2. Mandalore

    Support plate (baffle) - floating tube sheet heat exchangers

    Thank you for the information. I would like to go one step further: I have found a few information that the window in the support plate is mandatory for floating head but not necessary for U-tubes. I have found a few drawings as well where the U-tube budnle has solid support plate. What is the...
  3. Mandalore

    Support plate (baffle) - floating tube sheet heat exchangers

    Anyway thank you one more time for your answers. Regards, Dawid
  4. Mandalore

    Support plate (baffle) - floating tube sheet heat exchangers

    Reffering to you experience, what will it cause? Anything special? Or maybe more difficult cleaning during downtime?
  5. Mandalore

    Support plate (baffle) - floating tube sheet heat exchangers

    Mike, thank you so much for the answer. So the only result of the construction without window in the support plate will be reduction of the heat exchange area equal to the outer surface of all tubes between the support plate and the tubesheet, right? Regards, Dawid
  6. Mandalore

    Support plate (baffle) - floating tube sheet heat exchangers

    Hi! Could anyone explain me, why the support plate (the baffle next to the floating tube sheet) in floating head heat exchangers (for example BES TEMA type) has usually cut out piece of material? Not like standard segmental baffle, just for example small square inside the diameter of the...
  7. Mandalore

    Heat exchanger expansion bellow

    Mike, thank you very much for your help. Regards, Dawid
  8. Mandalore

    Heat exchanger expansion bellow

    Hi Everyone! I suppose that my question will be very easy for experienced engineers, but I would like to ensure myself: Could somebody explain my how it is, that the fixed tube sheet heat exchanger equipped with the expansion joint (thin wall bellow) does not break between the saddles exactly...

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