Tranter to replace traditional shell-and-tube heat exchangers in a refinery in Israel with more efficient plate technology.
Stockholm, Sweden. July 13, 2022. Tranter have won an order to replace two existing Shell-and-Tube heat exchangers in an oil refinery in Israel. The new heat exchangers, two large NovusBloc® heat exchangers in stainless steel, will be installed in the Atmospheric Distillation process of the refinery, where they will preheat the incoming crude oil with the light gas oil fraction from the Atmospheric distillation column.The higher efficiency of the NovusBloc® heat exchanger compared to the traditional shell and tube heat exchangers currently used in the process will reduce the operator’s