Pressure Vessels & Heat Exchangers

Pressure vessels, heat exchangers: thermal and mechanical expertise for your processes.

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Our Services

  • Thermal design of heat exchangers (shell-and-tube and air-cooled)

  • Mechanical design of static pressure vessels (columns, reactors, tanks, shell-and-tube heat exchangers)

  • Thermal/hydraulic verification of existing shell-and-tube heat exchangers and air coolers under new operating conditions

  • Mechanical verification under new design conditions for static pressure vessels

  • Preparation of technical specifications and requirements (specifications)

  • Technical evaluation of supplier bids

  • Monitoring and verification of supplier documentation (drawings and calculation notes)

Our Services

During the Preliminary Design Phase

  • The preliminary thermal sizing of S&T heat exchangers, double-pipe units, and air coolers allows for:

    • Consolidate process simulations: number of units, heat exchange surface area, pressure drop, etc.

    • Consolidate preliminary piping layout studies: pipe lengths, overall dimensions, etc.

    • Consolidate preliminary civil engineering and structural studies: footprint, weight

    • Assist with cost estimates by providing budget price ranges (within +/- 30%, +/- 15%, etc., depending on the project)

  • Mechanical pre-dimensioning of static equipment allows for:

  • Consolidate preliminary civil engineering and structural studies: weight estimates

  • Assist with cost estimates by obtaining budget prices (within +/- 30%, +/- 15%... depending on the project)

  • During the EPC phase

  • Technical oversight of equipment and packages from tender to completion in coordination with other disciplines (Piping / Civil & Structural Engineering / Rotating Machinery / Electrical / Instrumentation, etc.)

During the EPC phase

  • Technical oversight of equipment and packages from tender to completion in coordination with other disciplines (Piping / Civil Engineering & Structures / Rotating Machinery / Electrical / Instrumentation, etc.)

Equipment involved

  • Shell-and-tube heat exchangers, air coolers

  • Various heat exchangers: double-pipe, plate, electric, etc.

  • Columns, reactors, tanks

  • Miscellaneous equipment: filters, ejectors, etc.

  • Storage tanks

  • Packages: furnaces, boilers, desalinators, vacuum units, demineralized water packages...

Our IT tools

For mechanical sizing:

  • AUTOPIPE VESSEL®

  • Spreadsheets for internal use

For thermal sizing:

  • HTRI® (tubular heat exchangers, air coolers, double-pipe systems)

  • Calculation sheets for internal use

For drawings/sketches:

  • Microstation ®

  • AutoCAD

Group presence

The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.