Heat Exchanger Assessments
Teralba Industries have an experienced team of heat exchangers technicians who have the ability to diagnose and rectify problems quickly and efficiently.
Have an issue with the your heat exchanger and would like it tested? Need an assessment to optimize performance?
OPTIMIZATION & EFFICIENCY REPORTS
Testing and maintenance to ensure that all heat exchangers in a plant or building are performing to the prescribed heat transfer rates, should be undertaken periodically. As most service fluids including cooling tower water and boiler water, contain some contaminants, the performance of a heat exchanger can deteriorate slowly over time. This can be due to contaminants building up on the heat transfer surfaces within the heat exchanger, which is known as fouling.
As the fouling or scale builds up slowly within the heat exchanger, often over months or years, the corresponding reduction in heat transfer rate can be almost imperceptible. Obviously, a heat exchanger that ends up performing at 70% of its design after 2 years, can cause problems in the HVAC and building services or in the production areas of a manufacturing plant.
Teralba offer a Heat Exchanger Optimization Test which can be carried out on site on both tubular and plate heat exchangers, without downtime or breaking into the hot or cold flow-paths. This test provides data to check on the actual performance of the heat exchanger against the design heat load. If the heat exchanger is not performing as per the heat transfer calculations, then the unit may need cleaning (LINK to REPAIR & REPLACEMENT) and an on-going preventative maintenance (LINK) program can be implemented. This will ensure the heat exchanger is always working at peak efficiency.
Heat Exchanger optimization testing can include:
- Tag & Test Traceability of all heat exchangers on a site or in a building’s plant room.
- Performance testing and provide an efficiency report.
- Testing to new or revised heat loads and advising on the number of additional heat exchanger plates required. Supplying and/or installing additional plates.
- Checking for external leaks or possible cross-contamination within the heat exchanger
- Heat Exchanger Refurbishing
- Pasteuriser Validation to AS3993 for HACCP and report
- Hold Tube Validation and report
If you are interested in keeping your manufacturing facility or building services at maximum efficiency and would like your heat exchanger(s) to tested, by experienced and qualified heat transfer personnel, call 1300 20 70 20 or email your requirements to sales@teralba.com
