Heat Exchangers Gallery

Used to place parametric equipment heat exchangers.

Accessed from the Equipment ribbon:

The following gallery displays which can be left floating or docked to the drawing area.

The following table shows the component options in the gallery along with the key in syntax. Selecting a tool from one of the placement galleries activates the Place Component dialog. The generic placement settings, along with the unique set of dimensional and data properties provide the core workflow used to accurately position equipment components in the model.

Component	<component class> in Placement Key In syntax (Mechaddin PLACE <component class> dsc=Piping)
Reboiler	REBOILER_PAR
Plate Hex	PLATE_TYPE_HEAT_EXCHANGER_PAR
Double Pipe Hex	DOUBLE_PIPE_HEAT_EXCHANGER_PAR
Shell Tube	SHELL_AND_TUBE_HEAT_EXCHANGER_PAR

Placement Basics

When placing a heat exchanger, the user defines geometrical dimensions and property values in Placement dialog before picking the placement point and rotation.