Shell-and-tube heat exchangers

Shell-and-tube heat exchangers are used for heating or cooling of liquids or gases. One medium flows through the outer shell, while a second medium flows through a tube or tube bundle. The heat exchangers can be single-phase or two-phase, with the latter being used to boil or condense fluids. Alfa Laval provides compact shell-and-tube heat exchangers for a wide range of duties, using innovative designs and enhanced tube surfaces to ensure high thermal performance and reliability.

Shell and tube heat exchangers

Benefits of Alfa Laval shell-and-tube heat exchangers

High thermal efficiency and reliable performance thanks to optimized heating surfaces

Compact designs enabling flexible and easy installation

Compatibility with a wide range of temperatures, pressures and other design conditions

Options for handling diverse media: viscous or non-viscous, aggressive or non-aggressive

Designs to match the needs of specific industries, e.g. marine, pharmaceutical or food

Alfa Laval’s many decades of heat transfer experience and thermal innovation have produced shell-and-tube heat exchangers that excel in a wide range of duties.