heat exchanger
equipment class
Template Information
Template details and description
- Template Type
- equipment class
- Is Abstract?
- Description
- A physical object that is intended to transfer heat from one object to another.
- Synonyms
- CFIHOS IDCFIHOS-30000390
- IFC Class
- 14224 CodeHE
- UNSPSC Code
- PCA RDS Code
Children
Child templates
| Child | Description |
|---|---|
| grille | Is a framework of metal bars or wire which is placed in front of something. Often a terminal unit for delivering supply air to a room or for collecting extract air from a room. |
| radiator | Is a heat exchanger which cools a fluid and heats the surrounding environment. |
| water cooler | A water cooler is a device that cools and dispenses water. |
| air cooled heat exchanger | A cooler that is intended to use air as the cooling medium. |
| boiler | An indirect contact heat exchanger that is intended to heat a liquid. |
| condenser | A cooler that is intended to change a vapour to liquid. |
| cooler | A heat exchanger that is intended to cool a physical object. |
| cooling tower | A cooler and an air cooled heat exchanger that is a tall structure through which air circulates by convection. |
| plate heat exchanger | A heat exchanger using plates as the device for separating the two fluids and across which the energy is transferred. |
| printed circuit heat exchanger | A non-corrugated plate heat exchanger that has flat plates with chemically etched flow passages which are diffusion bonded together into blocks. |
| shell and tube heat exchanger | A tubular heat exchanger in which a tube bundle is surrounded by a shell. |
| kettle reboiler | A reboiler often boils liquid coming from the bottom of a distillation column, after which the resulting vapour is returned to the distillation column. |
| finned tube heat exchanger | A heat exchanger that has finned tubes. |
| spiral heat exchanger | A container intended for storage and/or processing of fluids. Relates to Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger. |