Shell-and-tube exchanger, floating head (AES)
ISO 10628-2 (groups 3-5, heat exchangers, furnaces, cooling towers) / PIP PIC001 / TEMA
Drawn as
A horizontal shell with a flat channel cover at one end and a larger domed shell cover at the other; inside the cover, a small floating-head arc closes the straight tubes.
Meaning
Floating-head exchanger (TEMA AES/AET): removable bundle and free expansion, for dirty or fouling service such as crude coolers. Becomes shell-and-tube-exchanger (temaType AES).
Variants
- Often simplified to the fixed-tubesheet symbol with "AES" written beside it
Tags
E