Used Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for Sale

Phoenix also offers equipment sellers a quick, easy, hassle-free option for selling heat exchangers and other components they no longer need. We offer fair prices to both buyers and sellers and provide value-added services such as dismantling, freighting, set-up, and commissioning.

We turn over our inventory continually, with new and used SS shell and tube heat exchangers arriving almost daily. We typically have more than 100 SS models to choose from at any given time. If you don’t see what you need listed on these pages, contact our service team, give us your requirements, and we will mobilize our extensive industry partnerships to find the heat exchanger that is right for your application.

Stainless Steel Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Applications

With many design configurations and being adaptable to a variety of cooling and heating media, SS shell and tube heat exchangers can be used in a range of industrial settings:
 

• Cooling crude, hydraulic, lubricating, and mineral oils
• Feedwater preheating
• Engine and air compressor cooling
• Vapor condensation
  
  

They are especially efficient in processes that require treatment of large volumes of gas or liquids, and when processing foods and other products where sanitation is paramount. Shell and tube heat exchangers are commonly used in pasteurization, boiling, and distillation operations. Phoenix Equipment also carries models specially constructed to handle products that contain suspended solids, cannot be subjected to high shear forces, or are highly acidic, requiring corrosion-resistant treatments.

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Advantages

Shell and tube models are tougher than other heat exchanger designs, so they can be used in heavy-duty settings such as continuous-feed operations. They occupy small footprints and can operate in a serial configuration to quickly scale processes and expand production. Most importantly, shell and tube heat exchangers are ideally suited to the high temperatures and pressures that defeat plate exchangers and other alternatives. Their narrow-diameter welded tubes contain the pressurized medium to expedite transfer while maintaining thermal efficiency.

Shell and tube heat exchangers deliver several other advantages over competing designs:

• Low cost
• Easy to assemble, dismantle, and reconfigure
• Simple to maintain
  
  

Stainless Steel Material Advantages

While material price and availability can fluctuate, stainless steel for shell and tube heat exchangers is always a popular and safe option. Stainless steel is usually mid-range in price compared to other materials, but offers some major benefits such as:

• Corrosion resistant material ensures a long lifespan
• Excellent cleanability for sanitary processing
• Good durability and low material maintenance
  
  

Phoenix Equipment’s Extensive Inventory

With equipment ranging from just one square foot to more than 15,000, Phoenix Equipment’s shell and tube heat exchangers achieve ratings up to 1,200 psi and 600 degrees. Many of our used stainless steel heat exchangers can be fitted with mounted or clamp-on saddles, removable tube bundles, custom baffle quantities and spacing, sanitary fittings, and more.

As the industry leader in the buying and selling of used industrial processing equipment, Phoenix Equipment has some 4,000 pieces in stock and access to tens of thousands more. In addition to shell and tube and other heat exchanger varieties, we carry full lines of reactors, centrifuges, mixers, tanks, and other supplies for chemical and industrial tasks. Whether you need to inexpensively add to your manufacturing capacity or you find yourself with surplus equipment you want to monetize quickly, contact Phoenix Equipment for the best deals in the industry.