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Heat exchangers and pinch integration: Overview

The quiet plumbing that lets a factory reuse its own heat

What this tile covers Passing heat between process streams, and redesigning plants so hot and cold streams share heat.

Key facts

Heat gradeAll grades

Included from the reference tables

  • Plate, shell-and-tube and finned exchangers
  • Heat pipes and run-around coils
  • Heat integration / pinch analysis
  • Feedstock and raw-meal preheating

Also in Heat to heat

Rcp Recuperators and regeneratorsEco Boiler heat recoveryWHU Waste heat for drying, water and food

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