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We manufacture and design Plate Heat Exchangers for all your heating, cooling and energy recovery needs.

Plate Heat Exchangers

The Ultra-Therm range includes a variety of plate type heat exchangers to suit your application. Choose from a gasketed plate and frame plate heat exchanger or a brazed plate heat exchanger depending on your project requirements.

Assembled in Australia by FluidPro Pty Ltd, we choose the right PHE gaskets, corrugated or brazed plates and frames to suit your temperature, fluid and environmental requirements.

Gasket plate heat exchangers

A gasket plate heat exchanger consists of a frame, which consists of a front frame, rear (movable) frame, carrying bar, guiding bar, and a number of tie bolts depending on the type of the plate heat exchanger. In between front and rear frame, a number of plates that are pressed together sealed by a rubber gasket. The plate pack is placed between the two frames, it is tightened to a minimum distance which allows the plate heat exchanger to be operated under certain pressures.

The heat is transferred from one medium to another one through the plates. The hot and cold medium flows between each of the plates and then they exchange their heat without mixing each other.

Brazed plate heat exchangers

A brazed plate heat exchanger is a type of plate heat exchanger used to shift heat between two liquids. Brazed plate heat exchangers are considerably smaller than gasketed plate heat exchangers. As the plates connect directly, the brazing technology excludes the need for seals and thick frame plates.

Frequently brazed plate heat exchangers are covered in a copper film, which makes them ideal to suit HVAC and refrigeration duties due to the copper’s high thermal conductivity, resistance to atmospheric and water corrosion, sealing and joining by soldering, and mechanical strength. Electing brazed technology for your next heating or cooling project will produce many advantages, including savings in space, energy, and maintenance.

Working Principle of a Plate Heat Exchanger

A plate heat exchanger consists of a frame, which consists of a front frame, rear (movable) frame, carrying bar, guiding bar, and a number of tie bolts depending on the type of the plate heat exchanger. In between front and rear frame, a number of plates that are pressed together sealed by a rubber gasket. The plate pack is placed between the two frames, it is tightened to a minimum distance which allows the plate heat exchanger to be operated under certain pressures. The heat is transferred from one medium to another one through the plates. The hot and cold medium flows between each of the plates and then they exchange their heat without mixing each other.

One of the most important parts of the plate heat exchangers is the plate itself. The plates are pressed from various materials such as stainless steel 304, stainless steel 316, SMO grade stainless, Hastelloy or pure titanium. Each plate is specially designed with pressed corrugations creating turbulence to achieve the highest possible heat transfer rates. The material of the plates depends on the medium passing through the plate heat exchanger. It is very important that the medium must be suitable for the plate material otherwise aggressive mediums can damage and corrode the plates. Thickness of the plates differ depending on the type of plate heat exchanger application and working pressure. The plate thickness range between 0.4mm and 1mm.

Industry Solutions

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Hydraulic oil cooling
Paint Treatment
Phosphate solutions’ cooling
Heating of Quenching oil
Heating of degreasing baths
Heating of Phosphatising baths

HVAC

District heating and cooling
Underfloor heating
Heating treatment water
Heating swimming pools
Heat pump applications
Heat recovery installations
Geothermal applications
Solar energy applications
Airconditioning plants
Tap water heating

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Heat recovery from textile washing agents
Heating wool washing liquids Heating dyeing liquors
Cooling of waste water

MARINE

Centralised engines’ cooling
Transmission oil cooling
On board HVAC systems
Lubrication oil cooling
LT and HT circuit cooling
Auxilary system cooling

STEEL INDUSTRY

Mould cooling
Closed loop cooling of continous casting machines
Closed loop cooling of electric arc furnace
Closed loop cooling of blast furnace
Cooling machine coolants
Cooling of hydraulic and lube oils

PULP AND PAPER

Cooling of water water
Cooling of spray water
Waste water evaporation

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Cooling various types of acids
Closed loop cooling
Cooling/heating of Brine
Wet Chlorine gas drying
Evaporatators and condensers

SUGAR INDUSTRY

Heating of raw juice
Heating of press water
Heating of limed juice
Heating of carbonated juice
Heating of thin juice
Heating of syrups
Heating/cooling of Molasses

EDIBLE OIL INDUSTRY

Bio-diesel applications
Heating and cooling of vegetable oil
Cooling fatty acids

SURFACE TREATMENT

Cooling various types of acids
Closed loop cooling
Cooling/heating of Brine
Wet Chlorine gas drying
Evaporatators and condensers

POWER

Heating of raw juice
Heating of press water
Heating of limed juice
Heating of carbonated juiceHeating of thin juice
Heating of syrups
Heating/Cooling of Molasses

MACHINES

Closed loop cooling
Cooling of hydrauic and lube oils
Closed loop cooling of induction systems

Our Commitment

FluidPro Pty Ltd is committed to continually provide and supply exceptional quality, efficient design, and competitively priced Plate Heat Exchangers across many applications. Our commitment will always be to exceed expectations by providing the best solution to suit our clients’ needs.