Featured Story – Spiral or corrugated tube heat exchangers – which is best for...
Since the first spiral heat exchanger was proposed back in the 19th century, they have become synonymous with the treatment of slurries and wastewater; materials which have a high fouling risk, are viscous, or which contain fibers and solid materials. However, in many situations the performance of a corrugated tube heat exchanger is equal to or better than that of a spiral design.
Featured Story – Cleaning industrial assets with Angara Industries
The team behind Angara Industries consists of dedicated professionals who have combined experience in chemical laboratory research and complex manufacturing of 25 years plus 26 years in industrial production and equipment service. In addition they have 42 years’ experience in sales and business development in oil & gas as well as other industrial and technical sectors. Managing Aging Plants had the pleasure of speaking with Ilya Rodin, CEO with Angara Industries.
Featured Story – Residual heat as green energy
In 2018, Shell began supplying the city of Rotterdam with enough residual heat from their Pernis refinery to meet the energy needs of 16,000 households. The project, known as the Pernis Residual Heat Initiative, depends on an interdisciplinary team of engineers to design and maintain the supply networks that make large-scale energy recycling possible.
Featured Story – Longitudinally welded stainless steel tubes and an appropriate logistics concept for...
GEA has a reputation for fulfilling the high hygienic demands made by the food and beverages industry with its production machinery. The company’s Ahaus site produces not only milk and juice processing systems but also heat exchangers for heating and cooling in aseptic procedures. The fitted tubes inside the pressure vessels coming into contact with the products are supplied by Schoeller Werk in Hellenthal, Germany.
Featured Story – Heat recovery in steel plants to boost competitiveness
Kristijan Plesnik, energy manager at the steel production SIJ Metal Ravne in Slovenia, talks to ESCI about economic threats to steel production and how these may affect EU climate targets. Kristijan is also involved in the EU-funded ETEKINA project, which looks at new innovative ways to recover waste heat in energy-intensive industries using heat pipes.