For fibres, particles and high viscous products
SonFlow’s new Free Flow plate heat exchanger series, now available from TimSmith Heat Exchangers, is ideally suited for difficult media containing solids, particles, fibres, and high viscous products. The Free Flow plate corrugation is designed for special tasks, where a conventional plate heat exchanger will have a greater risk of fouling or clogging.
An optimised flow distribution
An optimised flow distribution reduces fouling and uneven temperature zones, keeping the performance levels high over extended time periods without unnecessary energy losses, maintenance costs, or unplanned stops. The design of the Free Flow plate range has the following features and benefits;
- Suitable for media containing solids, particles, fibres and high viscous products.
- The wide channels enable efficient flow and heat transfer.
- No plate to plate contact points in the liquid pathways minimise the risk of fouling and clogging.
Features
Every detail is designed carefully to ensure optimal heat transfer, reduced maintenance costs and decreased downtime.
Plates
The wide channels provide enough room for difficult media to flow freely. The pattern of horizontal waves maintains no plate contact points in the flow direction, ensuring gentle treatment of the product.
High and Low
The SonFlow SFF151 and SFF301 Free Flow Plate Heat Exchanger is specially designed to mix both viscosity and flow. The design consists of two different plate patterns: “SonFlow HIGH” and “SonFlow LOW”, which can be assembled for either 12/6 mm wide gaps between the plates or
9/9 mm wide plate gap.
Free Flow Plate Heat Exchanger Industries:
- Dairy/food/beverage industry
- Sugar industry
- Biogas industry
- Wastewater industry
- Pulp and paper industry
Designed to meet your needs
The range ensures that the best solution can be proposed at a competitive price and, if required, combine several different types of heat exchangers to ensure the most efficient solution in terms of performance, reliability and price.
The clearance between the heat transfer plates measures up to 12 mm gap depending on the plate type.