Re: Heat Exchanger Tube Sheet

From: <Christopher>
Date: Wed Jul 21 2004 - 12:28:00 EDT

>As titanium is a very costly material and 16mm Tk. Is already available
>with us, CAN WE USE 2 x 16 mm plates instead of one 30 mm Tk tube sheet?
Not in the way you're thinking. The two 16 mm pieces would be about 1/4 as strong as the 32 mm piece. It might be possible to make the walls from the 16mm plate and stiffen the sides according to Appendix 13 of the ASME Code. Fab the stiffeners out of the other 16mm plates, maybe. Whether you can do this practicably is another story, but it can be done.

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