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WideGap 350
WideGap 350
Wide-gap plate heat exchanger
Applications
Wide-gap plate heat exchanger for general heating, cooling
and heat recovery of media containing fibres and coarse
particles. In addition the wide-gap channels are suitable for
highly viscous fluids.
Standard design
The plate heat exchanger consists of a pack of corrugated
metal plates with portholes for the passage of the two fluids
between which heat transfer will take place.
The plate pack is assembled between a fixed frame plate and
a movable pressure plate and compressed by tightening bolts.
The plates are fitted with a gasket, which seals the interplate
channel and directs the fluids into alternate channels. The
number of plates is determined by the flow rate, physical
properties of the fluids, pressure drop and temperature program.
The plate corrugations promote fluid turbulence and
support the plates against differential pressure.
The WideGap plates feature coarse corrugations with a
cross-section width between 8 and 17 mm (5/16" and 11/16")
between the plates, and have flat non-corrugated portholes
for the product channels. The WideGap plate heat exchanger
can be used in four different configurations, wide-gap to super
wide-gap.
The frame plate and the pressure plate are suspended from
an upper carrying bar and located by a lower guiding bar,
both of which are fixed to a support column.
Connections are located in the frame plate or, if either or both
fluids make more than a single pass within the unit, in the
frame and pressure plates.
Typical capacities
Liquid flow rate
Up to 500 kg/s (8000 USGPM), depending on media,
permitted pressure drop and temperature program.
Plate types
WideGap 350S, WideGap 350X
Frame types
FM, FG