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New
wide-open heat exchanger for those fibrous fluids
Wider
ports +
36% 
Taller
pates + 15%
Wider gaps
+ 50%
Smarter
plate pattern
The brand
new WideGap 350 plate heat exchanger is launched by Alfa Laval
is a niche heat exchanger that mainly targeted towards 3 main
industries; the fuel ethanol, sugar and pulp and paper
industries.
This is a
perfect heat exchanger for thick, fibrous, viscous, coarse,
dirty, rough, crude and clumpy fluids
in large volumes and it will strengthen Alfa Laval’s position
in the market.
Alfa Laval’s new high-capacity heat exchanger has been
designed with some very demanding processing requirements in
mind. The adverse nature of the fluids processed in many
industries makes the heat transfer more difficult. And the
predictability and efficiency required add to the challenge.
This is exactly what makes the WideGap 350 such good news for
industries like ethanol, sugar and pulp-and-paper. The WideGap
350 will be available in two versions – the 350 and 350X. The
350X version offers a channel depth of 17 mm, unmatched by any
other plate heat exchanger.
What’s more, with its new smart plate pattern, the WideGap 350
requires much less cleaning than other types of heat
exchangers.
It will be
great news for all fibrous businesses because of the following
main features:
Six remarkable
aspects of the WideGap 350.
1.
The WideGap 350 enables improved heat exchange.
Because the new plate patterns are more efficient, the heat
transfer rate increases.
2.
The WideGap 350 produces better thermal fit.
Because the plates are 15% taller, it can handle duties with
higher thermal length.
3.
The WideGap 350 allows longer service intervals.
Because the gaps between plates are 50% wider, fibres and
particles flow more easily and this maximizes the up-time.
4.
The WideGap 350 results in greater throughput.
Because the ports are 36% wider, heat transfer greater and
uptime higher, the overall process efficiency increases.
5.
The WideGap 350 offers greater versatility.
Because the smart plate patterns allow four different channel
gap combinations, it can meet the diverging requirements of
different fluids, processes and volumes.
6.
The WideGap 350 enables higher temperatures.
Because the gasket design uses a new elastomer, it can
withstand higher design temperatures – up to 180°C. (At lower
temperatures, gasket life is considerably extended.)
The ideal
solution for fibrous businesses.
1.
Fuel Ethanol
The WideGap 350 is the ideal high-capacity system needed to
expand the world’s production of fuel ethanol. This industry
now faces increasing demand and soaring energy costs – a
combination that should make the capacity and efficiency of
the WideGap 350 very appealing. Both during fermentation and
distillation, heating and cooling processes can interact more
effectively and recover more valuable energy – despite fewer
heat-exchange loops. And no other heat exchanger stays clean
(and operational) as long as the WideGap 350.
2.
Sugar
The sugar industries too will find in the WideGap 350 an
attractive alternative to conventional solutions. With energy
prices increasing faster than the price of sugar, a more
efficient heat exchanger can help recover valuable energy –
and sell that energy back at a profit to the local power
company. Especially a heat exchanger where clogging occurs as
infrequently as in the WideGap 350 (or the 350X, with its
unprecedented 17 mm spacing).
Alfa Laval
in brief
Alfa Laval
is a leading global provider of specialized products and
engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat
transfer, separation and fluid handling.
The company’s equipment, systems and services are dedicated to
assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their
processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and
transport products in industries that produce foods and
beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals,
starch, sugar and ethanol. Alfa Laval’s products are also used
in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering
industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment,
as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications.
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