Compact & Highly Efficient

Chart Industries pioneered the use of BAHX for cryogenic gas processing in the 1950s and we’ve produced over 13,000 units since. A Chart BAHX is a highly efficient, all brazed and welded compact heat exchange device that offers distinct advantages versus other heat exchanger types. They are designed in accordance with the world’s pressure vessel codes and deployed globally.

Cold Box Manufacture

Chart’s primary Cold Box fabrication location is a 40-acre coastal facility in New Iberia, Louisiana, USA, providing direct access to the US inter-coastal waterway and the Gulf of Mexico.

Core-in-Kettle

Chart’s patented Core-in-Kettle^®, introduced in 1989, further extends the use of plate fin heat exchanger technology in a range of petrochemical and natural gas processes as an alternative to traditional shell and tube kettle reboilers. Instead of a tube bundle, the external vessel houses one or more plate fin heat exchangers and provides around 10 times more heat transfer surface area and up to 20 times more ‘UA’ than the equivalent tube and shell unit. The superior heat transfer performance can be utilized to produce a significantly more compact unit for new installations, or considerably more performance can be provided to existing installations by replacing the tube bundle with a BAHX retro-fitted into the same shell. 

Fronti Fabrications

With >20 years specialty cryogenic engineering and welding expertise, the acquisition of Fronti brings another cryogenic industry partner into the Chart portfolio, expands our cold box manufacturing capability and capacity, including hydrogen and helium liquefiers and creates the foundation for our mid-Atlantic flexible manufacturing location.

Cryo-Lease Solutions for Heat Transfer Products

Cryo-Lease is available on our heat transfer products and systems many of which are custom built items. Examples include heat exchangers, axial flow fans, liquefaction plants and more.

Cryo-Lease reduces initial capital expenditure and is available for new plants, equipment replacements, refurbishments and upgrades.