Silicon Carbide Heat Exchanger for India Plant Space-Limited Custom Solution

Customer Challenge: Plate vs Silicon Carbide Heat Exchanger

An India chemical plant was evaluating between a plate heat exchanger and a silicon carbide heat exchanger for a corrosive process system.

Although plate heat exchangers offer compact structure, they could not meet the required corrosion resistance and pressure stability under operating conditions.

Space Limitation Creates Engineering Conflict

The originally recommended solution was a silicon carbide shell and tube heat exchanger, but installation space at the site was limited.

This forced the customer to consider switching to a plate heat exchanger, even though it was not the optimal technical choice.

Engineering Optimization by Tershion Team

To solve this contradiction, our engineering team re-designed the structure overnight and optimized the layout without compromising material performance.

The final solution successfully reduced overall equipment length to 2.5 meters while maintaining full silicon carbide integrity.

Final Delivered Solution

• Custom silicon carbide shell and tube heat exchanger
• Total length optimized to 2.5 meters
• Designed for corrosive chemical media
• Balanced installation constraints and performance requirements

Result

The final design allowed the customer to retain the performance advantages of silicon carbide while solving strict space limitations at the installation site.