Plate heat exchangers have less limitation on space and weight because they can be small with higher heat transfer coefficients rather than air-cooled. shell-tube. and plate-fin heat exchangers. And, heat exchange can be efficiently performed even tho...
Plate heat exchangers have less limitation on space and weight because they can be small with higher heat transfer coefficients rather than air-cooled. shell-tube. and plate-fin heat exchangers. And, heat exchange can be efficiently performed even though the temperature difference of sea-water is small. They also have expense reduction effect in case that we use expensive materials for corrosion prevention and have merits of cleaning and changing design easily. So. plate heat exchangers are more suitable for evaporator and condenser of OTEC system.