Heat Exchanger for Plastic Recycling

A Heat Exchanger for Plastic Recycling plays a crucial role in stabilizing temperatures during pyrolysis, depolymerization, and chemical recycling. These processes require precise thermal control to convert plastic waste into reusable compounds such as ethylene, propylene, and terephthalic acid. By recovering heat from reactors, distillation columns, or drying systems, ICARUS heat exchangers improve energy efficiency while maintaining steady process conditions. This ensures higher conversion yields and reduces fuel consumption across polymer recycling plants.

ICARUS designs every heat exchanger using stainless steel, nickel alloys, and other materials that resist corrosion and high temperatures typical in chemical recycling. Each system is built for continuous operation in polymer reactors, steam generation, or gas-phase pyrolysis, where temperature stability is essential for consistent quality. The use of plate and shell and tube configurations allows for easy maintenance, optimal heat transfer, and adaptability to different process requirements.

Thermal management directly affects both safety and performance in recycling environments. ICARUS heat exchangers recover waste heat and repurpose it for preheating raw feedstock, drying plastic flakes, or maintaining reactor conditions. This reduces the plant’s energy consumption and carbon footprint while ensuring safe operating temperatures. Additionally, every unit can integrate with safety instrumented systems and monitoring controls to provide reliable, real-time thermal management.

By optimizing heat transfer efficiency, ICARUS systems enable recycling companies to convert complex polymer-based materials into high-quality secondary raw materials. Whether processing polyolefins, PET, or mixed plastic films, our exchangers contribute to cleaner operations and long-term sustainability. The result is a robust, low-maintenance system that supports efficient material recovery and extends the lifecycle of valuable resources.