About Heat Exchangers
The purpose of a heat exchanger is to properly transfer heat from one medium to another in a safe and efficient manner. Heat exchangers can perform heat transfer duties of considerable magnitude and significance.
Heat exchangers are at risk to such issues as corrosion, clogs, and leaks which reduce efficiency or put the heat exchanger at risk of malfunction. Fouling, which is deposits of impurities on the heat exchange surface, is another very common issue and is a frequent cause of under-performing heat exchangers.
Insulating Heat Exchanger
Because inspection and maintenance of heat exchangers is essential, thick stay-in-place insulation is not practical.
Often, even heat exchangers that generally have built-in insulation in the outer casing (such as plate heat exchanger insulation) do not perform their duty at optimal efficiency. If the heat exchanger experiences surface temperatures drastically different than the ambient temperature, valuable heat is likely radiating away. In the cases of larger heat exchangers or facilities with multiple units, the amount of energy loss can be substantial.
Insulation coatings are a possible solution but have the downfall of requiring a significant amount of labor and time in application. Further, liquid insulation coatings may take days to dry and weeks to fully cure.
Removable Heat Exchanger Insulation Jackets
Insulation Jackets can have you up and running with highly effective heat exchanger jackets in virtually no time at all. Our heat exchanger insulation jackets frequently boast payback periods of less than a year
