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Alfa Laval Finned Coil Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

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 Finned Coil Technology
- The finned coil construction

The coil is constructed by inserting tubes

into pre-punched sheets of fin stock

After the tubes are inserted into the fin

stack, they are internally expanded in
order to achieve required heat transfer

AHE heat exchanger area is mainly

comprised of the fin area

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 Finned Coil Technology
- The main components in a finned coil ACHE
• The finned coil air cooled heat exchanger is built up by a header, tubes and fins which
forms the pressure vessel
• Air flowing over the tube bundle is regulated by the fan motor
• The headers distributes the medium into the tubes of the ACHE
• The number and size of fans, tubes and passes is optimized to the duty

I. Tubes & Fins II. Tube bundle III. Finned coil ACHE
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 A Few Benefits
- Benefits with Alfa Laval Finned Coil ACHE

• When external water supply is limited or of

insufficient quality
• When there are environmentally concerns of
high outlet water temperatures
• Avoid expensive costs for make up water and
cooling tower maintenance (risk of legionella)
• Product benefits:
– Standardized product range
– Light & easy installation
– Short delivery times
– CAPEX versus finned tube technology
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- Product features
Tubes
Tubes & Fins
& Fins
• Tube materials:
• Copper  12 & 16mm
• Stainless steel  16mm
• Fin material:
• Aluminium or sea worthy aluminium
• Epoxy coated
• Spray protection coating of fin and tube package
• Fin spacing - STD 2.1 mm – 3.5 mm
• Fin thickness 0.11mm - 0.23mm
• Design pressure 6/9 bar

Fans, Motors & Header

• Units available from 2x2 fan to 2x9 fans
• Fan Φ = 800/910/1000mm
• Direct drive IEC motors and EC motors
• Tubular header (copper or stainless steel) & header box (stainless steel)
Options & Extras
• Spray water kit • Step controlled • Special cables • Terminal Box
• Incr. design pressure • Variable Speed Control • CSA, NEMA, UL motors • Leg structures
• EC motors • Special paintings • ANSI Flanges • ATEX
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 A Few Possible Options
- Electrical options, support structure and water spraying

Electrical options 1 1 2
1. Fan safety switch wired,
standard & “EMC” version
2. Switchboards and control 2
cabinets

Support feet/structure
• Standard feet ~0.5m
• For several unit installation common steel structure
might be preferred
• As an option Alfa Laval can offer steel structure
design, drawings and FEM analysis

Spray water device

• For peak load hours in summer periods spray
water kit can be offered
• To be used in limited hours. In summer peak
hours
• Alfa Laval supplies the kit – either mounted or
not mounted
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 A Few Extra Tests Available
- Extra available tests

Hydraulic test
• Survey method: water inside the tubes at
defined pressure
• Pressurized water 9 bar + 0,5 bar
• Time of survey: 1h or to be agreed

Fan vibration test

• Fan vibration levels measured
• Vibration levels must not exceed the level
indicated by product and customer specification.

Oil flushing cleaning

• Cleaning after assembly using a particle filter
• Measurements as per ISO 4406 and NAS 1638
• Oil flow: 25÷130 m^3/h; Oil temperature range: T
ambient ÷ 70°C
 Transportation
- Standard container sizes used for transportation
Transportation
• Alfa Solar – 2 units can be shipped in one container
• Alfa-V – one unit per container
• FBL – one unit per container

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Packaging
Available packing methods (extra)
• Wooden flat for truck transportation
• Wooden flat for shipping in standard 20, 40’ or 45´containers
• Seaworthy packing on wooden crates

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