The New 3rd Edition of the ALPEMA Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Standards

摘要

As the Chairman of ALPEMA (Aluminum Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers' Association) since May 2008,I wish to announce the new third edition of the ALPEMA Standards for the construction of brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers. The development of the new third edition of the ALPEMA Standards has involved a significant effort by the former chairman of ALPEMA, David Butterworth, the current secretariat (Simon Pugh of IHS, London), and the five ALPEMA member companies [Chart Energy and Chemicals Inc. (USA), Fives Cryo (France), Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Japan), Linde AG (Germany), and Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. (Japan)]. I wish to acknowledge their many contributions to help me update and extend this industrial standard for the safe construction and operation of brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers.