John Thome is the Chairman of the Brazed Aluminum Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association (ALPEMA). Brazed Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers are very compact exchangers built to a high specification for use in air separation plants and a wide range of other petrochemical and refrigeration applications.
ALPEMA is the Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association, which currently represents the world’s five major manufacturers of brazed aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers (BAHXs).
ALPEMA®, the Brazed Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association represents the world’s five major manufacturers of brazed aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers (BAHXs).
These are very compact exchangers built to a high specification for use in air separation plants and a wide range of other petrochemical and refrigeration applications. The Association has developed a set of standards for the manufacture, installation and safe operation of BAHXs.
From time to time, customers provide ALPEMA Members with confidential information that has been obtained from other manufacturers. We recognize that this is done to try to be helpful but stress that any information sent to a customer in confidence must be treated with care. We have produced a short document on this topic.