Remove heat from a gaseous stream through condensation
Industrial condensers are heat exchangers that take a process stream in gaseous form, cool it below its dewpoint and discharge it with most of the material as a liquid. They are a form of gas-to-liquid heat exchanger.
Sterling TT design and manufacture bespoke condensers for industrial use.
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Our condensers
Sterling TT is a heat exchanger expert. We have decades of experience in designing and manufacturing bespoke heat exchangers, including condensers.
Our client’s requirements are at the heart of every design. We work from the ground up to provide you with a condenser that is ideally suited to your process, application and environment.
If you’re looking for an industrial condenser, or other form of gas-to-liquid heat exchanger, get in touch to discuss your needs.
How a condenser heat exchanger works
A condenser heat exchanger works by cooling a gaseous stream below its dewpoint, so it condenses. There are two types of condensers that work in different ways: air-cooled and liquid-cooled.
Types of Condenser
There are two types of condenser: air-cooled and liquid-cooled. The gaseous stream enters the condenser, which then removes the heat, either by ambient air or liquid. The cooled stream becomes a liquid, which is discharged or recycled back into the process.
The cooled condensate may have become contaminated with other materials. If so, the stream will undergo further treatments before being discharged to the environment or reused in the industrial process.
Application
One common application for a condenser heat exchanger is as a steam condenser/surface condenser. Exhaust steam from a turbine is collected and reused in liquid form.
In this way, condensation goes hand-in-hand with heat recovery and reduces the operational costs of a plant.
Why choose Sterling TT as your partner for condensers
Flexibility
We have access to an extensive range of materials. It means we can supply you with the best solution depending on your process fluid and ambient air conditions. We can design condensers from a range of materials and with a range of specifications in order to create the optimum equipment for your environment.
Robust design
We tune the mechanical design philosophy to the application. When we define the mechanical build parameters, various factors guide us. They include end-user and third-party specifications, and international rules and standards. Read more about heat exchanger standards.
Optimum design
We weigh mechanical, thermal, and commercial considerations to define the most cost-effective solution to meet your requirements. Every design decision for the condenser is based on your data.
Long-lasting and reliable condensers
Our exemplary standards of internal controls ensure the highest integrity for all completed condensers.
Design considerations
When it comes to condensers, as with all our heat exchangers, our mechanical designs take into account the process and the ambient conditions. Our thermal design works to optimise the heat transfer rate. We combine these with our understanding of environmental conditions to select the optimal materials for the job.
Our expertise in fin design, our understanding of extended fin surfaces and their applications, helps us to deliver customised solutions for specific applications and environments. We can apply an extensive range of finned surfaces: from the conventional wrapped fin, through tube-in-plate options, to high-temperature tube-in-plate configurations (internally developed and tested).
If the process aims to recover heat into an airstream, we consider the airflows and required outlet temperature in the design of the condenser.
A case study and a happy customer
As a leading industrial condenser manufacturer, we have experience helping clients across industry sectors such as chemical and power generation.
“Worn Again Technologies required a greater level of flexibility to allow the management of change as they are developing their process technology. Sterling Thermal Technology allowed the flexibility to design the equipment based on limited data and Good Engineering Practice to meet the design specifications.”
Dr Michael Wise, Chemical Process Engineer, Worn Again Technologies
Download our case study with Worn Again Technologies for which we designed and manufactured a high-temperature solvent condenser with interconnecting piping and a separation vessel.
As a recognised manufacturer of gas-to-liquid heat exchangers, including steam condensers, let us work with you to design and manufacture the best solution for you. Contact us for a quote today.
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