Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers (BPHE’s) are among the most efficient heat exchangers on the market.
On an upcoming project in Perth’s CBD, a client has decided to sou to source BPHE’s as they occupied 20% less space than a traditional plate & gasket heat exchanger.
BPHE’s traditionally are thin stainless plates with narrower channels (giving a higher heat transfer co-efficient), pressed together with copper sheet and brazed in an autoclave at extreme temperatures.
BPHE’s are advantageous as they can operate at higher temps and pressures than plate and gasket and have a smaller footprint. They do however require very clean liquids passing through them due to limitations in serviceability as they cannot be pulled apart.
Heat Exchangers WA are delighted to supply two of our biggest BPHE’s to date in a relatively small market such as Perth.