CRESTMEAD, Australia — Properly functioning heat exchangers are increasingly important for energy conservation and lessening the carbon footprint of commercial and industry applications where an energy or a heat stream was previously exhausted or wasted. Heat exchangers recover this heat and put it to use by heating a different stream in the process.
Optimized heat recovery, efficient cooling, and reduced chiller load are driving progress in the design and function of plate heat exchangers, for example, which are widely used throughout industry for cooling and heating industrial processes, such as air conditioning and refrigeration, food and beverage processing, power generation, alternate fuels, cryogenic, heat recovery, and other industries.