A Plate Heat Exchanger is a type of heat exchanger that uses metal plates to transfer heat between two fluid. This has a main benefit above a square heat exchanger in that the fluids are exposed to a much larger surface area because the fluids spread out over the plates. This facilitate the transfer of heat, and deeply increase the speed of the temperature change. Plate Heat Exchangers are now general and very small brazed versions are used in the hot-water sections of millions of arrangement boilers.
Plate Heat Exchangers have a high temperature move speed compared to extra types of heat exchangers due to their large surface area. They are composed of a number of thin metal plates compressed together into a ‘cover pack’ by two force plates. inside a plate heat exchanger, the fluid paths rotate between plates allowing the two fluids to interact, but not mix, several times in a small area. Each plate is grooved to boost the surface area and maximize heat transfer. Plate Heat Exchangers have a number of applications in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, chemical, power, industrial dairy, and food & beverage industry.
