Alternative Energy

The applications we serve include:

• Battery Energy Storage (BESS) – Battery arrays generate heat during charging and discharging that must be managed to prevent thermal runaway. Brazed or gasketed plate heat exchangers circulate coolant across battery modules, transferring heat to an external chiller or ambient rejection system.
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – Multiple heat transfer stages are required, particularly during solvent regeneration in amine scrubbing. Shell and tube heat exchangers are the standard solution, handling reboiler and condenser duties throughout the CO₂ capture process.
• Nuclear Energy – Shell and tube heat exchangers are the industry standard, transferring reactor heat from the primary to secondary coolant loop to drive steam generators. Plate heat exchangers are used in auxiliary and safety cooling systems.
• Waste Heat Recovery – High-temperature sources use shell and tube or finned tube designs, while lower-temperature applications favor plate heat exchangers and economizers to redirect thermal energy back into the process.
• Solar Thermal Systems – Flat plate and evacuated tube collectors transfer captured solar heat to water or air for residential and commercial heating. Heat exchangers are critical for separating the collector fluid from the potable water supply.
• Geothermal Energy – Both ground-source heat pumps and geothermal power plants rely heavily on heat exchangers to transfer thermal energy from the earth to a working fluid for heating, cooling, or electricity generation.
• Biomass and Biogas Plants – Combustion or gasification of organic material generates heat that must be transferred to steam turbines or heating systems via heat exchangers to produce electricity or district heating.
• Hydrogen Production (Electrolysis) – Electrolyzers generate significant heat during operation. Heat exchangers are used to manage thermal loads and recover waste heat to improve overall system efficiency.
• Wind and Hydroelectric Power Electronics – Power converters and inverters in these systems generate substantial heat that must be dissipated through liquid cooling heat exchangers to protect components and maintain efficiency.
• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) – This technology is almost entirely built around heat exchange, exploiting the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep ocean water to drive a heat engine.
• Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) – Large-scale mirror arrays focus sunlight to heat a transfer fluid to very high temperatures. Heat exchangers then convert that thermal energy into steam to drive turbines for electricity generation.