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Brian Joe is a wireless product manager for Emerson Automation Solutions in Shakopee, Minn. The company can be reached at 800-999-9307 or visit www.emerson.com.
Adding sensors and analytical capabilities can help plants get a handle on early fouling or loss of heat transfer in heat exchangers. Wireless sensors gather data that can be used to improve performance, cut costs and reduce energy consumption.
Aside from simple blending processes, most chemical processes involve a temperature change in one way or another. For example, products may need to be heated to facilitate a reaction, or cooled to control reaction rate. Many of these applications involve using a heat exchanger to add or remove heat from the process fluid.
WirelessHART instruments can supply data to apps to simplify the evaluation and optimization of liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers while cutting costs and installation time.
One of the most common pieces of equipment in many industries is a heat exchanger. As its name implies, it is designed to move heat from a process fluid to another fluid — which might be liquid or air. The process fluid is heated or cooled as the application demands. The transfer fluid might be air or a liquid, also as the application demands.
Combining a few strategically placed instruments with analytical tools can provide insight into the condition and improve the performance of critical plant assets.
When heat must be dissipated from a process fluid — either liquid or gas — it is usually transferred to another fluid — either liquid or gas — using a heat exchanger. The two most common types of heat exchangers are liquid-to-liquid and liquid-to-air.