Hybrid Tubular Plate Heat Exchanger as Heat Condenser

Intelligent alternative to Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger

Functionality of VAU Hybrid Heat Condenser

The hot water preparation in a hybrid tubular plate heat exchanger is done in cross flow: steam enters into inlet headers from the top, flows horizontally through the tube side and condenses. Water which is pumped over the corrugated side is heated. The condensate on the tube side accumulates at the vessels bottom collects on the pipe side on the underside of the container and is forcibly guided via baffle plates to the condensate outlet nozzle in several ways. This means that it is precisely super-cooled to nominal temperature.

By the special condensate stop control of VAU Hybrid Tubular heat exchanger it is possible to adjust the heating capacity almost continuously between 0 and 100%. The prompt control capability come along with optimum heat transfer and high heat surface density opposite to a Shell & Tube Heat exchanger.

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Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger vs. Hybrid Tubular Plate Heat Exchanger

		Shell & Tube	Hybrid Tubular	Advantages of Hybrid Tubular Heat Exchanger
capacity	MW	51	52	1,9% more capacity
surface	m²	800	382	approx. half heating surface for the same capacity
weight	t	26	7,8	weight saving up to 75%
length	m	10	2,3	approx. 1/5 of set up area
width	m		1,3
height	m		3,6
diameter	m	1,6
set up area	m²	16	2,9
set up space	m³	25,6	10,7	more than 50% space savings
set up	-	horizontal	vertical	more compact power house

By the more compact design of the Hybrid Tubular Plate Heat Exchanger a higher capacity can be realized compared to the Shell & Tube. Material, weight as well as manufacturing costs are reduced remarkable.

Hybrid tubular plate heat exchangers are economic, flexible in design, have low weight and offer high heating capacity at less space.