Benefits and Challenges of Graphite Heat Exchangers

In this episode, co-hosts Heather Allain and Marc Cook sit down with Chris Cary, a 33-year industry veteran with 25 years of experience at Dow Chemical, to discuss the pros and cons of graphite. The three chat about how graphite components get connected together to make a heat exchanger, what kind of chemical services graphite is suitable for, what applications can be made out of graphite, how to inspect for degradation in graphite, and any special considerations when selecting and installing his graphite equipment.

Show notes

Corrosion Chronicles is hosted by Heather Allain and Marc Cook. Heather Allain is the Executive Director of Materials Technology Institute (MTI). She has been with the organization for 16 years and previously held an Associate Director position facilitating MTI’s Project work. Before MTI, she worked as a Materials Engineer at DuPont for 15 years, and has a BS in Materials Engineering from Rice University. Marc Cook has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and an MS in Material Engineering from NC State. He has worked for Dow for 26 years and at a contracting company in Cincinnati for 3 years. His current role at Dow is leading the Technical Services Team for Ceramics and Refractory at Dow and providing materials engineering support to Dow’s Freeport, Texas site. Disclaimer: Marc Cook is an employee of Dow but is speaking purely in a personal capacity and is not talking about or recommending Dow products.

Today’s episode on graphite includes a reference to a spiral graphite heat exchanger, which can be seen here: Annular groove graphite heat exchangers - GAB Neumann (gab-neumann.com)

Other manufacturers and different designs can be seen here:

Equipment for Corrosive Applications | SGL Carbon

Graphite & SIC Heat Exchangers | Fluoropolymers | CG Thermal

MERSEN | Anticorrosion Equipment | Industrial Process Systems

None of these manufacturers are endorsed or recommended by MTI, but are shown for informational purposes only.

This episode is produced by Association Briefings.