Shell and tube heat exchangers, like other types of heat exchangers, are one of the central and most costly components of most process units. SPS Systems manufactures shell-and-tube heat exchangers for the larger systems we manufacture and also for individual sale. Conforming to all TEMA B, C, and R standards for mechanical design, each SPS shell-and-tube heat exchanger is U stamped showing our commitment to ASME code standards. We also machine our own tubesheets and do our own thermal and mechanical design.
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers are a standard configuration used industry-wide. The hot side is isolated from the cold side by the use of a tubesheet and standard-sized tubing. There is a great deal of design flexibility whereby all types of process fluids in single- or multi-phased states can undergo heat transfer.
The thermal design of shell and tubes is a very sophisticated engineering discipline. SPS uses HTRI software for thermal design and in-house experience and the TEMA standards for mechanical design. SPS can build stainless and/or carbon steel shells with stainless, carbon steel, cupro-nickel, or copper tubes. Most of the configurations are BEM, BEU, AKU, or BKU.