Acid exchangers are mainly used in the chemical industry. In order to produce these heat exchangers, it is necessary to produce plates from materials that are resistant to liquids with burning and penetrating properties for standard materials such as steel. MIT Acid Exchangers are produced using hastelloy or titanium, a super alloy.
Burning and penetrating fluids move on the surface of the hastelloy or titanium plates without damaging them. Thus, heat transfer takes place without any problems.
Hastelloy alloy, which provides full protection against acids that 304 or 316 quality steel plates cannot withstand, consists of 22 different metals. Its main material is the transition metal nickel. Other alloying materials are added to nickel, and these include equal percentages of molybdenum, chromium, cobalt, iron, copper, manganese, titanium, zircon, aluminum, carbon, and tungsten. The alloy formed by these metals is much more resistant to corrosion when compared to steel.
Titanium plates, on the other hand, are produced from the chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a light, durable, shiny, corrosion resistant grayish transition metal. Titanium can also be used by alloying with elements such as iron, aluminum, vanadium, molybdenum.
Since each metal shows different resistance to each acid, the metal from which the heat exchanger plate will be produced is selected according to the fluid to be used. Ekin Industrial's expert engineer staff chooses the acid heat exchanger suitable for your operation with its experience and material analysis.