Low Fin with Smooth Bore, which provides external heat transfer area enhancement 2.5 to 3 times greater than smooth tube.
Offered in a wide range of fins-per-inch (FPI) densities, this product can be used with both liquids and gases, in both condensation and evaporation environments.
Ideal for shell side controlling heat transfer applications.
Low Fin with Internal Rib
A dual-enhanced tube with external fins on the outside and a helical rib pattern on the inside.
Ideal for maximizing performance with low heat transfer coefficient liquids or gases.
Offered in a variety of materials and sizes.
Finned Tubes low fin smooth boreSmooth OD with Internal Rib
For tube side controlling applications where increased inner surface area and turbulation can improve performance in both single and two phases flow.
Offered in a variety of materials and sizes.
Finned Tubes Wave Tube
A dual-enhanced tube with external fins on the outside and a helical rib pattern on the inside.
Ideal for coaxial (tube in tube) heat exchangers with a lower pressure drop and hifher flow rates compared to a twisted tube.
Only offered in titanium.
Low Finned Tubes are used in shell and tube heat exchangers for oil & gas applications, purified terephtalic acid (PTA) plants, liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, petrochemical & chemical applications, air conditioning and refrigeration condensers and evaporators.
Finned Tubes can be considered especially when:
Constructing with expensive materials.
Debottlenecking an existing exchanger.
Retrofitting or upgrading with new tube materials.
Meeting a stringent space or weight requirement.
Provides 2.5 to 3 times the external surface area of bare tubes.
This yields numerous benefits for heat transfer equipment.
Reduced capital cost for new equipment.
Enhanced heat exchange efficiency means less Finned Tubes are required to accomplish the same heat transfer as bare tubes
Reduced retrofitting cost for existing equipment.
Finned Tubes can increase the performance of an existing heat exchanger without the difficult and expensive task of building new shells, heads, nozzles, piping and foundations.
Space, weight & structural savings.
Reduced plot space and weight can be extremely valuable in offshore production or high elevation distillation columns. Finned Tubes technology transforms large shell & tube exchangers into compact heat exchangers.
More materials & alloys to select .
Finned Tubes is available in a wider range of alloys than traditional low-fin tubing which is restricted to soft metals. This opens a new world of opportunity for enhanced tubing in corrosive service. The more expensive the tube material is, the more dramatic the cost savings of Finned Tubes are.
Reduced maintenance & life cycle cost.
Proper material selection with Fine-Fin can eliminate costly downtime & maintenance.
Example: Coastal refineries using once-through seawater cooling systems can benefit by substituting conventional copper nickel tubing Finned Tubing which is immune to seawater corrosion erosion.