Línea industrial
Nuestra amplia gama de intercambiadores de calor de placas con juntas industriales es apta para todo tipo de sectores y múltiples aplicaciones, desde la calefacción, la refrigeración y la recuperación de calor hasta la condensación y la evaporación. Nos esforzamos constantemente por ampliar y mejorar la gama, incorporando nuevos criterios de rendimiento y una mayor flexibilidad. Lo que hoy se denomina «de última generación» pronto será el estándar en toda la línea industrial de Alfa Laval.
Hacia nuevos estándares de eficiencia, fiabilidad y facilidad de mantenimiento
- Alta eficiencia energética
- Flexible: se puede configurar para una amplia gama de aplicaciones
- Garantiza un rendimiento óptimo en aplicaciones concretas en función de las necesidades específicas
- Fácil de instalar
- Fácil mantenimiento
Nuestros intercambiadores de calor de placas industriales son eficientes desde el punto de vista energético, compactos, fáciles de mantener y de adaptar a cambios de capacidad, y suponen una inversión de capital relativamente baja. La amplia gama de opciones en cuanto a tamaño, materiales de las placas y las juntas, y accesorios permite diseñarlos y configurarlos específicamente para su aplicación, desde las tareas más sencillas hasta las más exigentes, en las que los requisitos tanto de rendimiento como de documentación son elevados.
Cómo funciona
El área de transferencia de calor de un intercambiador de calor de placas con juntas consiste en una serie de placas corrugadas, ensambladas entre una estructura y placas de presión para retener la presión. Las juntas actúan como sellos entre las placas. Los fluidos normalmente fluyen en contracorriente a través del intercambiador, lo que proporciona el rendimiento térmico más eficiente y permite una diferencia de temperatura muy estrecha, es decir, una diferencia mínima entre el medio de proceso a la salida y el medio de servicio a la entrada.
Intercambiador de calor de placas y marcos con juntas para líquidos de Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval steam heater gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchanger
Alfa Laval 2-pass gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchanger
Features that make the difference
The Industrial line is equipped with features that turn this high-performance family into efficient and reliable workhorses that are easy to service and maintain over the whole product lifecycle.
For efficiency
By improving the efficiency of your heat exchanger, you can maximize production and minimize energy consumption to reduce your power bill and improve your environmental footprint.
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CurveFlow™
distribution area
Mejora el flujo del medio y minimiza el riesgo de incrustaciones.
OmegaPort™
Orificios no circulares
Mejora el flujo del medio y la eficiencia térmica.
FlexFlow™
Diseño de placas
Mejora la eficiencia térmica y optimiza el aprovechamiento de la caída de presión.
Offset gasket groove
Ensures plate utilization for maximum heat transfer efficiency.
For reliability
We are always looking to increase the reliability of every aspect of our gasketed plate heat exchangers. We focus on durable designs based on robust materials and safe manufacturing processes.
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PowerArc™
Divisor de patrón de placas
Mejora la rigidez de la placa para una mayor vida útil.
Alineación de cinco puntos
Garantiza un posicionamiento confiable de las placas y facilita el mantenimiento en unidades de gran tamaño.
SteerLock™
plate alignment
Ensures reliable plate positioning and easy service.
For serviceability
The simple opening and closing of the plate-and-frame design with gaskets enables hassle-free inspection and service. It also enables you to easily adapt the unit to new process conditions.
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ClipGrip™
Fijación de juntas
Garantiza un sellado perfecto y un mantenimiento sin complicaciones.
Rodillo en forma de T
Proporciona una unidad inferior fácil de mantener.
Cajas de rodamientos
Garantizan una unidad fácil de abrir para un mantenimiento más fluido y eficiente.
Bastidor compacto
Facilita el mantenimiento y minimiza el espacio requerido para el servicio.
Discover more features
There are many more features in an Alfa Laval gasketed heat exchanger that make a difference. New innovations and proven concepts together offer extensive benefits such as low total product life cycle cost, increased production output, minimized downtime and increased staff safety.
See the product leaflets to find the full list of features of each model in the Industrial range.
Corner guiding
Tilted bolt opening
Leak chamber
Elongated nuts
Lock washer
Fixed bolt head
Key hole bolt opening
Pressure plate roller
Different plates for different industrial needs
Plates are available with various pressing depths, angles of chevron pattern and various corrugation shapes, which are all carefully designed and selected to achieve optimal performance. Our Industrial line is available with four main plate configurations:
- Single plate with chevron pattern for parallel flow for optimum thermal performance and pressure drop.
- Single plate with chevron pattern for diagonal flow for optimum thermal performance when mounted horizontally and complete drainability is required.
- Double-wall plate when you need to avoid mixing fluids.
- Gemini double-wall plate when you need to avoid mixing fluids in hygienic applications.
The distribution area ensures that fluids are evenly distributed to the heat transfer area and helps avoid stagnant zones that may cause fouling.
There are a number of design features that help maximize heat transfer. The high efficiency per m2 minimizes the number of plates and the raw material used. This results in a compact, space-saving unit.
While high flow turbulence between plates results in higher heat transfer, the consequence is pressure drop. Our thermal design engineers can help you select the model and configure to what is suitable for your application so that it delivers maximum thermal performance with minimum pressure drop.
Gasket profile
Gasket glue
The gaskets are used to efficiently seal the heat exchanger. The gasket profile, width, thickness, type and compound of polymer are configured to each heat exchanger and its intended duty. Depending on application and frequency of unit openings, the gasket is either fastened by its clips or fingers or glued to the plate. We use a specially developed two-component cured epoxy glue for maximum adhesion in applications where frequent cleaning is necessary.
AHRI certified industrial gasketed plate heat exchangers
The Alfa Laval AlfaQ range of heat exchangers are certified according to the AHRI* Liquid to Liquid Heat Exchangers (LLHE) Certification Program (AHRI 400) which ensures thermal performance according to a manufacturer's published specifications. Typical HVAC applications include district cooling substations, ice-storage systems, data centre cooling and free cooling systems. To read more about the Alfa Laval AlfaQ range.
- Eliminate uncertainty about thermal performance
- Reduced system-wide energy use and operating costs
- Uncompromised environmental performance
- Independent assurance
- Three-year warranty
Under-dimensioned heat exchangers can lead to higher system-wide energy use, higher operating costs and compromised environmental performance. With AHRI certification, you are assured that the plate heat exchanger will function as required. No risk of underperformance. No uncertainty. It does what it says on the box, guaranteed.
Keeping your heat exchangers in top condition can make a big difference in your profitability. Not only can equipment problems result in unplanned downtime and production losses, but a reduction in thermal efficiency caused by a lack of maintenance can also impact product quality and drive up operational costs.
Moreover, Alfa Laval heat exchangers play a big role in the food and beverage, starch and ethanol, and pharmaceutical industries, and we know you need to be confident about their performance – to ensure production availability as well as product quality and safety.