Our heavy duty, most robust heat exchanger for the very high temperature, very dirty exhaust air streams, where a plate heat exchanger just will not work.

PRE-heat, Inc. manufactures a wide variety of industrial, air-to-air, shell & tube heat exchangers.

Our high quality, rugged, shell & tube heat exchangers are used as primary and secondary heat exchangers on all types of VOC Abatement or fume incineration, including catalytic, thermal recuperative and thermal regenerative incinerators. They are also used to recover valuable heat energy from industrial furnaces, kilns, ovens and dryers of all types. From food spray dryers to sand and mineral dryers. Our vertical shell and tube heat exchangers are used on incinerators, kilns and dryers where a great deal of particulate maybe intrained in the exhaust air stream and frequent cleaning would be required. Our proprietary, vertical design heat exchangers greatly increase the time between cleanings and greatly decrease the time it take to clean them. High heat exchange efficiencies are maintained throughout the operating cycle. Our proprietary air lock, floating tube expansion system eliminates the destructive, uneven forces caused by uneven tube growth due to partial heat exchanger plugging. This alone greatly increases the life cycle of our heat exchangers.

PRE-heat’s ability to use multiple tube patterns, including triangular, rotated triangular, square, and rotated square, along with multiple shell side flow passes and multiple tube side passes, with either full or partial baffles, allow us to design the proper exchanger to meet your performance needs and fit into the space required. Our quality systems can handle air flows from 100 to 100,000 CFM, with air pressures up to 25 psi and temperatures up to 1,800°F.

To learn more about how PRE-heat can custom design and build an air-to-air shell and tube heat exchanger to meet your specifications, please contact us

Food and Feed Dryers
Mineral dryers,
Silicone Thermal Incinerators
Solid waste Incinerators
All types of Metal chip dryers and Incinerators
High Temperature Kilns for Curing Materials


Air-to-Air Industrial Shell & Tube ALT-imate Heat Exchanger Specifications

Casing Shape

Rectangular
Round
Oblong

Square
Elliptical

Orientation

Vertical
Horizontal

Casing Material

Mild Steel (Primed and Painted)
Stainless Steel (304, 316)

Ceramic Fiber

4 to 8 in

Outside Casings

7 Ga. To .375 in

Insulation

Internal
External

Tube Type

Welded
Seamless

Tube Outside Diameter (OD)

.5 to 4 in

Tube Thickness (Wall)

.049 to .125 in

Tube Length

2 to 40 ft.

Tube Material

Mild Steel
Stainless Steel (304, 316L, 309, 310, 321, 409)
Alloy 20

Titanium
Other Exotic Metals

Tube Layout

Triangular (30 degrees)
Rotated Triangular (60)

Square (90)
Rotated Square (45)

Baffle Design

Full
Partial

Segmented

Configuration

Cross Flow
Multiple Shell Pass
Multiple Tube Pass

Full Passes with External Turns
Partial Passes with Internal Turns

Air Lock Free Floating Tube Expansion System

Air Lock
Tubes Expand and Contract Freely & Individually

No Cross Contamination

Air Flow

100 to 100,000 CFM

Pressure

Up to 5 psi

Temperature

Up to 1800 F

Environment

Corrosive
Contaminations

Particulates

  • Silicone
  • Sand
Options

Access Doors
Hot Gas By-Pass Damper
By-Pass Ductwork with Dampers and Controls
Transitions
Plenums
Filtered Intakes
Structural Steel Support Systems

Automatic Wash System
Castable Refractories
Companion Flange Sets
Expansion Joints
Industrial Walkways and Ladders
Externally Insulated
Internally Insulated

Testing

Pressure
Dye Penetrants