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Wide-gap Plate heat exchanger
WideGap 200
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 number
of plates is determined by the flow rate, the physical
properties of the fluids, the pressure drop and the temperature
program. The plate corrugations promote fluid turbulence
and support the plates against differential pressure.
The Wide-gap plates feature coarse corrugations with a
cross-section width of approximately 11 mm (5/12”) between
the plates, and have flat non-corrugated portholes for the
product channels. The Wide-gap plate heat exchanger can
be used in two configurations, Wide-gap/Narrow-gap and
Medium-gap/Medium-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 capa cities
Liquid flow rate
Up to 150kg/s (2368 gmp), depending on media,
permitted pressure drop and temperature program.
WideGap 200
Plate types
Wide-gap plates
Frame types
FG