Plastic HXs

Plastic heat exchangers are an essential part of AILR's liquid-desiccant air conditioners. The strong salt solutions that are used in these systems attack most metals, including stainless steels. Titanium and high nickel alloys could be used in this application, but their costs are high. The heat exchangers shown here have thousands of hours of successful operation as part of LDACs.

Heat Exchanger A

	Liquid-to-Liquid
	1 to 5 gpm (scalable to larger flow rates)
	300 F max operating temperature
	Fiberglass shell
	no wetted metal surfaces

Heat Exchanger B

	Air-to-Liquid Heat Exchanger
	1,000 to 4,000 cfm (nominal)
	10 to 40 gpm
	120 F max operating temperature

Heat Exchanger C

	Air-to-Liquid Heat Exchanger
	1,000 to 4,000 cfm (nominal)
	10 to 40 gpm
	200 F max operating temperature

Heat Exchanger A Heat Exchanger B Heat Exchanger C