Reduce Capital and Operating
Costs by using Hankison Smooth-tube Designs
Compressed air poses a unique challenge to heat exchangers in the form
of high inlet concentrations of airborne contaminants such as dirt and
rust scale. These particles can potentially block the head exchanger causing
costly increases in pressure drop and require the installation of additional
pre-filtration.
Hankison-design heat exchangers feature smooth-tube, copper heat exchange
durfaces which are non-fouling. Airborne contaminants have no place to
get trapped and are swept through the heat exchanger by the compressed
air.
Hankison heat exchangers do not require pre-filters. Every filter added
to an installation adds to pressure drop costs. Many heat exchangers,
originally designed for commercial refrigeration applications, require
pre-filtration which increases capital and operating costs. This is because
the narrow air paths present many surfaces to which airborne contaminants
can adhere themselves to over time. |