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Plate Concepts - Free Flow Plate Heat Exchangers
Our Free Flow Plate Heat Exchangers maximize heat recovery from fibrous or viscous fluids with minimal maintenance. Free Flow or Wide-Gap plates are specially designed with no metal to metal contact and large gaps (5 mm to 11.5 mm) between plates in the liquid area – allowing large particles to pass through the exchanger with minimal risk of blockage.
- Plate Gap Sizes from 5 mm to 11.5 mm
- Port Sizes from 2" to 12" Pipe Size
- Surface Areas from 2 to 24 sq ft
- Design Pressure: 150 psig
- ASME Code Construction & U-Stamp
- Available in Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Higher Alloys
- NBR, EPDM, or Viton Gaskets
Our Free Flow plates are ideal for handling process fluids containing fibers, solids, particles, or viscous products. Industrial applications include:
- Cooling, heating, & heat recovery services in the pulp & paper industry
- Cooling & heating fruit juices that contain pulp or fibers
- Heat recovery from contaminated plant effluents
The Free Flow Plate Heat Exchanger pictured above is our plate model MFF084. Constant width 6 mm gaps between plates allow pulp fibers to pass through without impediment. This unit operates in continuous white water heat recovery service – achieving a heat load of 4,000,000 Btu/hr.
The Free Flow, multi-pass design and optimized channel velocities assure high thermal efficiency and maintenance-free operation with reduced downtime.
Ideal for:
- Solids-laden fluids
- Media with fibers
- Fouling effluents
- Viscous Products
- Pulp & Paper
- Food Processing
- Renewable Fuels
- Sugar Production
- Ethanol / Grain Alcohol
- Fermentation
- Wastewater Heat Recovery
