imb  bft ®

Applications & Reliability

Koch Heat Transfer Company S.r.l, has manufactured high-pressure LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER® heat exchanger for many major oil companies. Most of these exchangers have been in successful operation for many years, and include the largest LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER® heat exchanger ever built.

breech_lock_2030_012_s

LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER® heat exchanger is suitable for high-temperature, high-pressure applications with rich hydrogen steam for hydrocracking, hydrotreating, gas compression, ammonia/urea synthesis, methanol and other such processes. Koch Heat Transfer Company S.r.l. has supplied LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER® heat exchangers for critical services with pressure and temperature up to 3200 PSI (225 Kg/cm2) and 840 °F (450 °C). More than half of the LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER®/screw-plug heat exchangers installed worldwide have been built by Koch Heat Transfer S.r.l.

breech_lock_51s

Vertical LUMMUS ADVANCED BREECH-LOCK EXCHANGER® heat exchangers 
Courtesy of Shell Pernis