Brazed/Fusion-Bonded Plate
ALFA LAVAL COPPER BRAZED (CB) PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
Here at Harco, we offer the Alfa Laval Copper Brazed (CB) plate heat exchanger, which provides efficient heat transfer with a small footprint. They are maintenance free, providing a long service lifetime, and can withstand high temperatures and extremely high design pressures. Moreover, they are used in a range of duties, including cooling, heating, evaporation, and condensing.
The thin, corrugated stainless steel plates used in the Alfa Laval CB plate heat exchanger design are brazed together with copper, forming a self-contained unit that can handle both high pressures and high temperatures. Unlike traditional designs, the brazed plate heat exchanger consists solely of surfaces that actively contribute to heat transfer, resulting in significant increases in overall efficiency.
As the world’s leading manufacturer of brazed plate heat exchangers, Alfa Laval boasts solid experience in designing units that withstand high-pressure and high-temperature conditions, coping effectively with the structural stresses that result from these conditions.
Units in the Alfa Laval CB plate heat exchanger range are available in many different sizes and capacities, with varying plate patterns and connections for particular duties and performance specifications. These CB plate heat exchanger units from Alfa Laval can be configured as single-pass, dual-pass, or multi-pass installations, according to project requirements.
Benefits
- Compact (small footprint)
- Easy to install
- Self-cleaning
- Low level of service and maintenance is required
- All units are pressure and leak tested
- Gasket free
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AlfaNova FUSION-BONDED PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS
Harco also offers the Alfa Laval AlfaNova fusion-bonded plate heat exchangers that are the first plate heat exchangers in the world to be made completely of stainless steel – made possible by the unique active diffusion bonding technology patented by Alfa Laval.
The AlfaNova Fusion-Bonded plate heat exchangers from Alfa Laval is made of 100% stainless steel, with the components fused together using a breakthrough technology that Alfa Laval has patented. This provides levels of hygiene and corrosion resistance unmatched by any other brazed heat exchanger. It also makes it practical to use stainless steel plate heat exchangers in installations normally reserved for conventional semi-welded and welded units.
With the Alfa Laval AlfaNova Fusion-Bonded plate heat exchanger, it becomes feasible to use a high-efficiency plate heat exchanger under the kinds of extreme temperature and pressure fatigue conditions that would probably destroy a conventional brazed heat exchanger. As a result, Alfa Laval’s AlfaNova units have become a breakthrough gasket-free alternative for a wide range of industrial applications that use aggressive liquids and in which there is a need for high-efficiency, hermetically sealed plate heat exchangers that ensure low life cycle costs even under high-temperature conditions. And the 100% stainless steel construction makes it possible to withstand temperatures of up to 550°C (1,020°F).
Also, with the hygienic heat transfer channels and mechanical strength it makes the Alfa Laval AlfaNova Fusion-Bonded plate heat exchanger units ideal in applications where the prime focus is on hygiene, such as clean water refrigeration chillers and tap water heating systems.
Benefits
- Compact (small footprint)
- Easy to install
- Self-cleaning
- Low level of service and maintenance is required
- All units are pressure and leak tested
- Gasket free
- Copper free
