##  [Plate Heat Exchanger](/plate-heat-exchanger) 

  ##  [Plate Heat Exchanger](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/plate-heat-exchanger-0) 

  

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Definition

A compact heat exchanger made of a stack of metal plates with corrugations or patterns that create parallel flow channels; alternating plates form separate fluid streams so heat transfers through the thin plate material, typically in countercurrent flow, providing high heat-transfer area per unit volume.