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Hamon Annual Report 2010
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Workers inspecting air cooler flange welding
Stud being welded on pipes
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 petrochemical processes.
It operates either directly with its industrial clients
like Aramco, BASF, ExxonMobil, Gazprom, GDF,
Sabic, Shell and Total, or indirectly via engineering
companies of international renown like Fluor, Foster
Wheeler, Jacobs, Mitsubishi, Saipem, Tecnicas
Réunidas, Technip, Linde, CBI, SNC Lavalin, ...
Products and services
This unit delivers design, manufacturing and assistance
with the assembly of thermal equipment – mainly air
coolers, as well as FRP components like ducts for flue
gas exhaust or acid-proof storage tanks. It also offers
integrated aftermarket sales services including maintenance,
rehabilitation and the sale of 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. The 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 consists of one
company established in France, one in Belgium as well
as a joint venture in Saudi Arabia and a new joint
venture in South Korea.