Shell-and-tube exchangers and immersion coils, made of Teflon* fluorocarbon resin, have been used successfully for corrosion free heating, cooling and condensing of many corrosive fluids found in three industries: Chemical Processing, Steel and Plating.

Exchangers made of Teflon have replaced many exchangers in corrosive services that use construction materials such as stainless steel, impervious graphite, glass, zirconium, titanium, Hastelloy, and tantalum.

Teflon, a chemically inert, non-corroding material, is suited for the very corrosive applications that have long been a problem in industry.

Design considerations limit the practical or economical applications. However, sometimes a more practical approach is to change the process to accommodate exchangers of Teflon, rather than the repeated replacement of units manufactured with other construction materials.

Nine or ten companies manufacture some type of exchanger from fluorocarbon resin, for use in industry to solve corrosion and/or fouling problems.

Subject
Acids, Coils, Materials, Reactors, Tubes, Industries, Teflon, Tubing, Heat exchangers, Fluids, Heat, Immersion, Resins
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1988
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