SPINTUBE™ Replacement Bundles

Enhance the performance of TEMA type shell and tube heat exchangers by retro-fitting SPINTUBE™ replacement bundles. SPINTUBE provides increased thermal performance and reduced pressure drop.

SPINTUBE Advantage

Whether it's a new installation or debottlenecking project, the construction of SPINTUBE bundles increases throughput by up to 40% versus conventional shell and tube exchangers while still allowing the same methods for inspection and cleaning. SPINTUBE also completely eliminates flow induced vibrations.

Increased Performance

A SPINTUBE replacement bundle creates additional turbulence and with tubes in direct contact with one another the number of tubes per shell diameter is increased. As a consequence retro-fitting SPINTUBE increases thermal performance in the same shell by up to 40%.

SPINTUBE Parameters

No limitations on tube material and thickness. Tube diameters from 3/8" to 11/4". Tube spin is engineered according to service. Can be cleaned using conventional water-jet methods.

Applications

Crude pre-heat trains, cooler trains (amine service), condensers, reboilers and vaporizers, feed-effluent exchangers including horizontal, high pressure units e.g. hydrocrackers, and vertical exchangers e.g. Texas Towers, compressor gas coolers.

Features and Benefits

Thermal performance improvements up to 40%, improved hydraulic performance (reduced shell-side pressure drop), custom design, minimized project scope, improved efficiency and throughput, vibration problems eliminated, easy cleaning.

Choose SPINTUBE™ for your next project

Spintube replacement bundle

Increased heat transfer area for same shell ID
Additional turbulence increases tube-side heat transfer
Improved tube-side heat transfer for boiling and transition phase
Improved shell-side heat transfer and lower pressure drop due to longitudinal flow

Tube-side fouling mitigation thanks to the swirl flow
Shell-side fouling mitigation due to longitudinal flow and un-baffled design without dead zones
Higher efficiency due to true counter-current flow with (hairpin shrouded) shell
No tube flow induced vibrations

Spintube bundle cleaning

Reduced shell dimension and weight for equivalent performance
Reduced number of shells in heat exchanger trains for equivalent performance and reduced costs
Increased performance while retaining current shell dimensions and weight
No need to change nozzle locations thanks to shell E to F conversion
Retro-fit to any existing TEMA type with no additional pipework requirements
Easy cleaning

SPINTUBE™ versus conventional shell and tube heat exchangers

The following examples highlight how two refineries were able to improve heat exchanger throughput by retro-fitting with SPINTUBE™.

	Plain Tube	SPINTUBE™		Plain Tube	SPINTUBE™
TEMA Type	BEU	BFU	Shrouded E to F conversion, true counter current flow	BEU	BFU	Shrouded E to F conversion, true counter current flow
Shell ID (mm)	1286	1286		1242	1242
Tube Size (mm)	25.4	22.23		19.05	19.05
No. of Tubes	530-U	801-U	+34%	775-U	1008-U	+23%
Tube Pitch (mm)	31.75	26.2		25.4	22.5
Heat Transfer Area (m2)	604	769	+22%	566	742	+24%
Duty (MW)	-	39.75		-	10.78
No. of Shells	2	2		1	1

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SPINTUBE replacement bundles are engineered and built by Chart's IMB subsidiary in Bagnolo, Italy.

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