Tube-to-tubesheet joints: expanded, welded, or both?
A shell-and-tube heat exchanger can have several thousand tube ends. Each one forms the boundary between shell-side and tube-side fluid, and tube-to-tubesheet joints are a recurring location for leakage and mechanical problems in service.The choice is usually framed as expanded versus welded. That framing is…
CategoriesHeat Exchangers, Industry Standards & Compliance, Materials & Metallurgy