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Hamon Annual Report 2012
Worker inspecting air cooler bundles in our French factory
Process Heat Exchangers
The Process Heat Exchangers business unit offers
various systems intended to cool or heat, often
at high pressure, more or less corrosive liquids
or gases resulting mainly from chemical and
petrochemical processes. It operates either
directly with its industrial customers like
Aramco, Gazprom, BASF, Exxon, Sabic, Shell,
Total, GDF, etc. or indirectly via engineering
companies of international renown like CBI,
Daelim, Fluor, Foster Wheeler, Jacobs, Linde,
Mitsubishi, Saipem, Samsung, Tecnicas Réunidas,
Technip, etc.
Products and services
This unit delivers design, manufacturing and assistance
with the assembly of thermal equipment – mainly air
coolers, as well as FRP components (Fibre Reinforced
Plastic) like ducts for flue gas exhaust or acid-proof
storage tanks. It also offers integrated aftermarket
services including maintenance, rehabilitation and
spare parts.
Contribution to our society
Process heat exchangers contribute to society by
enabling oil and gas industries to run more effectively,
by obtaining the right temperature for the fluids that
they process.
For example, in the compression streams of natural
gas used for its liquefaction, the gas is heated during
the adiabatic compression. Heat exchangers, located
between the different compression stages, facilitate
the gradual extraction of heat from the compression
process. Without this, the liquefaction of the gas and
its shipment in a liquefied form would be impossible.
Our exchangers are therefore an essential link in the
liquefaction process of the gas and therefore also in
the diversification of the energy supply.
Organization
The Process Heat Exchangers business unit consists
of one company established in France, one in Belgium
as well as a joint venture in Saudi Arabia and a joint
venture in South Korea: