Cryogenic equipment · Thermal systems
Cryogenic cold boxes and heat exchangers for demanding process duty
IGS supports enquiries for cold boxes, aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers, spiral-wound heat exchangers and associated cryogenic equipment packages. Each requirement is reviewed around the process duty, integration boundaries and project standards—not simply an equipment label.
The thermal core
The thermal core of the process
In many cryogenic processes, the cold box contains the heat-transfer and separation equipment that makes low-temperature operation possible. Its design must bring process performance, mechanical integrity, insulation, piping, controls, transportation and site installation into one coherent package.
That is why useful enquiries should define both the required duty and the interfaces around it.
Equipment in detail
From the exchanger core to the complete cold box.
Brazed aluminium plate-fin exchangers combine several process streams within a compact heat-transfer assembly. The surrounding cold box integrates the equipment, piping, insulation and structural enclosure into a defined package.
Multi-stream heat transfer
Stream composition, flow, phase behaviour, temperatures and allowable pressure drop establish the thermal design basis.
Connected equipment
Headers, nozzles, supports and material transitions must align with the connected piping and the mechanical design conditions.
Delivered as a package
Agree the internal equipment, inspection requirements, transport envelope, lifting arrangement and site connections before finalising scope.
Equipment reference imagery from technical literature. Configuration and supply scope are defined for each project.
Discuss your equipment requirementEquipment scope
Define the duty and the package boundary
Cold boxes
Packaged cryogenic assemblies designed around the agreed process scheme, internal equipment, piping, insulation, structural enclosure, transport strategy and site interfaces.
Aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers
Compact multi-stream heat-transfer equipment for cryogenic and low-temperature process applications, subject to verified conditions and material compatibility.
Spiral-wound heat exchangers
Heat-exchanger requirements for suitable liquefaction and gas-processing duties where the process configuration supports this equipment route.
Associated equipment
Distillation columns, cryogenic vessels, piping assemblies, valve arrangements and integrated skids where they form part of the package.
Applications
Low-temperature equipment across multiple processes
Air separation
Cold boxes and heat exchange duties within oxygen, nitrogen and argon production schemes.
LNG and natural gas
Liquefaction, gas processing, purification, nitrogen rejection and related low-temperature duties.
Syngas and hydrogen
H₂/CO separation, hydrogen processing and associated cryogenic process packages.
Olefins and rare gas
Selected olefins separation, rare-gas recovery and other low-temperature industrial processes.
Information for review
What to include with your enquiry
The process basis and operating cases establish whether a useful technical review can begin.
- Process description, PFD and available heat and material balance.
- Stream composition, flow, pressure and inlet/outlet temperatures.
- Thermal duty, allowable pressure drop and operating cases.
- Design, upset, start-up, shutdown and turndown conditions.
- Materials, cleanliness, inspection and testing requirements.
- Applicable codes, client specifications and documentation schedule.
- Plot, lifting, transport and module-size constraints.
- Battery limits and required site or package interfaces.
Bring the duty into focus
Clarify the equipment scope.
Upload the data sheet or process basis you have today. IGS will identify missing inputs, clarify the package boundary and progress the appropriate technical review.