HRS Process Systems

Ecoflux Corrugated Tube Heat Exchanger

Ecoflux Corrugated Tube Heat Exchanger

HRS is a pioneer in bringing corrugated tube technology to heat exchangers. Our Ecoflux* Corrugated Shell And Tube Heat Exchangers (CTHE) are available in a range of models and materials, designed to increase the efficiency of processes. The use of corrugated tubes instead of smooth tubes ensures compact and economical equipment with a substantial reduction in fouling

Technology

The development of corrugated tube design in shell and tube heat exchangers is perhaps the most exciting advancement in heat transfer technology. Corrugations induce turbulence in the media and ensure a high Reynolds number even at low velocity. Such construction of shell and tube heat exchanger is made with specially designed patterns and in a manner where there is no tube wall thinning and the strength of the tube remains intact.

Corrugation imparts different flow regimes – spiral at the core and eddy’s at the periphery. The helical flow contributes to the situation that the fluid particles are alternatively in the vicinity of the tube wall and then in the main flow. Between the helical impressions, around the circumference of the tube, secondary flow, typically in the form of eddies occur in this type of tubular heat exchanger.