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Heat Exchanger Material Selection Based on Common Criteria

With so many factors to consider in choosing a material for your shell and tube heat exchanger, you may have a lot of questions. To start, you’ll need to decide which criteria are most critical to your operation. Criteria like:

• thermal efficiency
• cost
• availability
• corrosion resistance
• cleanability
• durability

You can then weigh the pros and cons of the options that best meet your priorities, since there is typically more than one good alternative. For example, the best material for heat transfer may not be sanitary enough for your application; or the most corrosion-resistant option may far exceed your budget. In most cases, there is a heat exchanger material option that can balance most of your priorities.

Here are a few tips and suggestions for evaluating the heat exchanger material options based on these common criteria.