Online Industrial Training – Garden City Ammonia Program

Danny Hauenstein and Jeremy Williams

This last week in San Antonia Texas, Alfa Laval was showcasing their partially flooded U-Bend / U-Turn plate and frame heat exchanger.  Since ALfa Laval showcased this a few years back the crew at GCAP has had to have one.  Danny Hauenstein made it happen this week and it’s is getting shipped to Kansas.  We have saved a special place for this unit in the hopes getting one for the training lab.

• Compact dimensions
• Shorter height and length allowing installation onsite without dismantling
• No additional support is needed, as the U-Turn separator is supported entirely by the plate heat exchanger
• Easy maintenance, as both sides of the plate heat exchanger are fully accessible.
• All ammonia connections access the same side which makes installation easy
• Integrated oil drain
• Stainless steel ensuring corrosion resistance and no need of surface treatment
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• It ensures efficient separation – due to the use of four different
  separation methods.
• The short vertical ammonia driving columns, allowing small
  temperature approaches and high system efficiency.
• Sliding support allows thermal expansion, ensuring no
  thermal tensions build up.
• Significant oil pot volume in standard execution enough
  for manual drain
• Separation based on droplet size 0.15 mm
• Margin for separation is 25% plus one nominal diameter
• Maximum separation gas velocity is restricted to 60% of
  the re-entrainment velocity, avoiding liquid brought back
  to the gas flow.
• Extra safety margin from 180° U-bend.