With cryogenic applications, different processes require different equipment and solutions. We offer a variety of unique designs of horizontal, direct-steam-heated vaporizers and superheaters. And as with all of our equipment, it’s custom-built to match your business’s needs. If you would like more information regarding a specific application, please contact us to find out about our full capabilities.
One of the main benefits of our cryogenic vaporizer designs? They incorporate features that are field-proven to eliminate freeze-up problems common during boiling and sensible heating applications (with temperatures as low as -190°C). Because of this, our equipment is routinely selected and specified by process licensors and operators in olefins, among other processes.
These applications typically fall into three critical applications:
- High-pressure process vaporizers are used to supplement and temporarily replace an interrupted feed to downstream processing units. Our design of this feed vaporizer can go from a hot and steady idle state to full capacity instantaneously. This reaction time minimizes feed interruption to downstream users. Cold process fluids typically enter the vaporizers under relatively high pressure.
- Low-pressure process vaporizers are best used in applications with boiling temperatures that range from 0°C to -50°C. This equipment is built with a bundle design, which is uniquely capable of handling thermal stresses that can be generated by high MTD.
- Flare vaporizers vaporize fluid upstream of gas flares. These types of vaporizers operate near atmospheric pressure in conjunction with a user’s overhead flare drum. The system operates as a thermosiphon flow. In ethylene service, the vaporizer typically operates at approximately -101°C. When required, flare vaporizer superheaters can be integrated into the process piping and are designed to operate near atmospheric pressure with gas temperatures (as low as -73°C).
If any of these applications sound like a fit for your company—or if you just want to learn more about cryogenic vaporizers—reach out and we’ll walk you through the details.