Fossil fuel and nuclear power generation plants require extensive use of heat exchangers, many of which require corrosion resistant alloys to handle low quality cooling water. Clad plates are used extensively for heat exchanger tubesheets. The largest clad tube sheets are used in the final low pressure condensers. For most coastal and brackish water cooled plants, titanium is the metal of choice technically, and titanium-clad tubesheets are the low cost solution for power plant condensers.
Nuclear Applications:
- Nuclear reactors
- Nuclear fuel plate
- Heat Exchangers
- Tanks