Many factory owners have trouble saving energy. By installing heat exchangers to salvage energy from the heat of wasted gases. Engineering Energy Equipment serves businesses in almost every industry. The website for a free online science and technology textbook called Explain That Stuff says, “Engines in cars, ships, and planes use heat exchangers to work more efficiently, gas boilers use them to heat up hot water, and if you have a refrigerator or an air-conditioner in your home, those are using heat exchangers too.”
What is a heat exchanger and how does it work?
Remember the previous blog about steam boilers? As the hot gas flows quickly upward and water pumps through the boiler pipes, it absorbs the energy created and turns it into heat. As the gas jets cool down, the water heats up. This arrangement is considered a heat exchanger. An article on the website mentioned above defines a heat exchanger as “a device that allows heat from a liquid or a gas to pass to another liquid or gas” without having them mix or come into direct contact.
What does a heat exchanger do?
Commercial, industrial, and domestic industries use heat exchangers. Water-to-water heat exchangers can be found in HVACR (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) with refrigerant to cool or heat our houses, run hot water heaters, and power refrigerators. According to an article on Thomasnet, an industrial sourcing platform and marketing powerhouse that serves professionals on both sides of the industrial buying process, “Shell and tube exchangers are often used for heating swimming pools and other marine applications.”
A shell and tube exchanger is a type of heat exchanger. By clicking the word in the preceding sentence, you can visit the Explain That Stuff article’s section, referenced at the beginning of this blog, about the different types of heat exchangers. The experts at Engineering Energy Equipment will also explain everything you need to know about the heat exchanger you need or already use.
The same Thomasnet article mentioned in this section of the blog talks about how commercial and industrial facilities utilize heat exchangers if they “use city sewers for their wastewater.” These facilities “cool their wastewater to meet local codes.” The information above is only about heat exchangers that transfer heat from liquid to liquid. We also service gas-to-gas and liquid-to-gas!
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There are many more essential things heat exchangers do. No one wants to work with a Florida business without air-conditioning. Building managers do not want to pay fees for violating city codes on their sewer systems. If you need experienced assistance buying or fixing your heat exchanger, please call EEE!
References
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-heat-exchangers-work.html
https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/process-equipment/water-to-water-heat-exchangers/
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-heat-exchangers-work.html#types
