Your Trusted Source for Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers in Oil & Gas and Petrochemical
At R&H, we can cut through the clutter and assist you in sourcing your equipment efficiently and cost-effectively. Contact us today to see how we can assist you with your sourcing decisions.
Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Manufacturers We Work With:
- Thaletec - THALETEC is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of glass-lined heat exchangers and accessories for a variety of industrial processes. The German company combines innovative glass compounds with steel as to improve heat transfer without expanding the surface area, which works to accelerate process flow times and speed up heating and cooling. R&H Technical Sales utilizes an exclusive partnership to supply our clients with the following THALETEC products: mixing systems, integrated heat exchangers, powerbaffle, jacketed reactors, half-coil jacketed reactors and tanks and vessels.
What Are Common Applications of Custom Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers?
Shell and tube heat exchangers are used in the refineries, chemical processing plants, gas plants and nuclear power plants. This class of heat exchangers is designed to provide the maximum amount of surface area for heat exchange to occur. Because of the shell design, they are well suited for high-pressure applications. Fluid is passed through the tubes and another fluid is passed over the tubes to transfer the heat from one fluid to the other. Inlet and outlet configurations can be designed as specified for the customer's requirements.
Sourcing High Pressure Shell Heat Exchangers for Demanding Projects
High pressure applications place unique demands on equipment design, from wall thickness and material selection to code compliance and pressure rating documentation. When your process calls for high-pressure shell heat exchangers, R&H works with manufacturer partners experienced in engineering a shell and tube heat exchanger to meet these elevated specifications, rather than defaulting to standard catalog configurations that may not hold up under your operating conditions.
Because pressure requirements vary significantly by application, our team gathers your process parameters, temperature range, operating pressure, fluid compatibility, and code requirements before recommending the manufacturer best equipped to build to those specifications. High pressure equipment sourcing often overlaps with our pressure vessel sourcing capabilities, particularly for projects requiring both components as part of a single process system.
Tube Heat Exchangers & Component Sourcing
R&H also sources tube heat exchangers and individual components separately from full system builds, including replacement tube bundles for existing installations. A tube heat exchanger sized for a single process step, such as a standalone cooling loop or a smaller batch operation, doesn't always require the scale or lead time of a complete shell and tube heat exchanger project.
If your facility runs pipeline equipment alongside your heat exchange systems, R&H can source both categories through a single point of contact, which simplifies coordination when components need to work together on the same line.
