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PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Applyto Type
M3
M6
Mt0
Ml5
M20
T20
MX25
M30
TS6
PREFACE
Thank you for purchasing
our Alfa Laval Plate Heat Exchanger.
Alfa Laval plate Heat Exchanger has many features such as :
1. Highly efficient and compact.
2. Easy to clean and light.
3. Accumulated experience and patents
are applied to details to make handling
easier.
It enjoys a high reputation in a wide range of industries such as chemistry, steel,
factory, air conditioning, food and ship.
Read this manual carefully to properly
use the unit for long and keep these high
performances.
In all inquiries and order of replacement parts concerning Alfa Laval Plate Heat
Exchanger, please state the manufacturing number.
The manufacturing number is given on the name plate fixed to the frame plate.
Gontents
1. Principle .....1
2. PlateComponents.' .........1
3. Arrangement of Plates and Flow of Liquid
. . . . .2
4. UnpackingtheHeatExchanger
.......2
5. Piping. ......2
6. StartandStop'.'
.....2
7. Disassembly .........2
L Tightening' ...... ....3
L Cleaningof Plates ...........3
10. Removalof Plate .. ...4
11. ReplacementofGasket .......4
12. FaultFinding. ........5
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PRINCIPLE
The plate heat exchanger consists of plates, frames, tightening bolts and nuts. A
pattern designed for maximum heat transfer with small pressure loss is stamped on
a metal board to make a plate.
Each plate is equipped with gaskets for sealing against its adjacent plate,
and the
whole plates are tightened in one body between the frame plate and movable
pressure plate with tightening screws.
Fluid passes through many channels in co-current or counter current in the heat
exchanger.
The plate heat exchanger has the types standardprocessed in accordance with
capacity and use, which are manufactured by assembling the standard parts.
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PLATE COMPONENTS
Alfa Laval plate heat
exchanger consists of
components in the
following figure.
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1)
A pattern of herringbone
corrugation is stamped
on a thin metal plate
below 1 mm to make a
plate, which is provided
with grooves in the
periphery to engage
gaskets for sealing.
See the following figure.
(Fig.2)
In installing plates to the
frame. the plate having
an inlet on the left as
seen from the gasket side
is called A-plate, and
every other B-plate
(inlet
on the right as seen from
the gasket side).
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ARRANGEMENT OF PLATES AND FLOW OF LIQUID
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In plate configuration, the pattern of
herringbone corrugation is arranged by
turns, angular-root-angular-root and so
forth. Avoid angular-angular or root-root
arrangement. Be sure to place the
gasket face toward the frame plate.
Plate
(Fig.3
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4 . UNPACKING THE HEAT EXCHANGER
1
) A[ the attachments are unmounted to the body in
shipment to avoid damage in transportation. Check
the parts immediately referring to the packing list,
and contact us if any one of them is missing or
damaged.
2
) l you are to lift the heat exchanger itse[ lifting
holes or lifting straps should be used. They should
be placed as shown on the picture. (Fig.4)
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PIPING
1 ) In piping assure that tensile or compressive force
due to piping and stress such as heat expansion of
piping during operation may not be apped to connection, and mount the pipe
support as near as possible to the connection.
2) Se sure to provide an air vent and drain vent in piping.
3 ) See that the pulsation of the liquid to the heat exchanger is restrained minimum.
4 ) Install an vent valve in the case where the shut-off
pressure of the pump is larger
than the proof pressure of the heat exchanger.
5 ) Maximum working temperature and maximum working presure are given on the
name plate.
. START AND STOP
1
) Gradually apply pressure up to operational pressure by use of a throttle valve
during piping in start-up.
2
) When the heat exchanger is to be halted for long, disassemble and clean it, and
slightly tighten to make the inside empty for storage.(Appty the same procedure
when foeezing may occur.)
7 . DISASSEMBLY
1
) The frame plate and pressure plate are kept parallel by two of diagonally opposed
tightening screws as a rule in the heat exchanger. Gradually loosen the two
tightening bolts for disassembly.
2 ) When a heat exchanger uses six or more tightening screws, remove the bolts at the
corner first, and attach then last to protect the corner of the frame from damage.
3 ) Remove the bolts except the opposed two, namely the set of either I and 2 or 3 and
4 in Fig. 5.
Frame plate
Pressure plate
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S3-S4 :B liquid
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) Loosen the remaining two bolts seeing that the frame plate and
pressure plate are kept parallel. Take care that the frame plate
and the pressure plate are not gapped above 10 mm laterally and
25 mm longitudinally.
5 ) Tne locking bolt
(shorter
than the tightening bolt, proded with
no bearing housing) is an internal pressure proof bolt, unusable
for disassembly and tightening. So, when it is equipped, remove it
first and attach last like corner bolts-
Note) The lock washers of the tightening bolt are set on the pressure
plate side in the M types. So, turn the bolt head on the frame
plate side for disassembly and tightening.
8. TIGHTENING
I ) Check that the surface of the gasket is clean before tightening.
2
) Press the plate and pressure plate to the frame plate, then mount the two bolts(used
in disassembly).
3 ) Tighten them keeping parallel the pressure plate and the frame plate as in
disassembly. The tightening size shouid be that given on the name plate attached to
the frame plate. Measure the size at least in four positions.
4
) When the opposed two bolts are tightened almost securely, tighten the remaining
bolts.
Note) In installing a plate of M6, if the edge of the plate hinders
tightening slightly bend the plate longitudinally with the
gasket face inside before installation as in Fig. 6.
L CLEANNG OF PLATES
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1
) Check and clean the heat exchanger periodically.Operation period before cleaning
depends on the liquid in use. In heat exchange by clean water, the unit needs no
cleaning about one year.
2
) Flush the plates as they are hung in the unit, and clean
them with a fiber brush or a stainless steel wire brush.
(IJse
only a metal brush made of staidess steel.)
Take care not to damage the gaskets here. Cleaning
with a water
jet
is also effective.
(Use
a water
jet
with
5MPaG or so.) In chemical cleaning with thin nitric
acid, pay full attention to corrosion resistance of plates
and
gaskets, and be sure to perform neutralization and
flushing after cleaning.(Nitric acid of 4 wto/o below 60tl
is recommended.)
3 ) Number the plates with dry ink or the ke when the
plates are removed from the heat exchanger so that
they can be replaced in the same order.
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10. REMOVAL OF PLATE
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1
) Damaged plates can be easily replaced by
the same spare plates.
2 ) The damaged plate and the adjacent plate,
two in sum(only the plate with four
holes), may be safely removed without
replacement. However. the performance of
the unit is slightly lowered.
Note that the tightening size in this case is
shortened by two plates.
Pressure plate
11. REPLACEMENT OF GASKET(See the attached paper for
clip-on and snap-on gaskets.)
1 ) Remove the old gasket from the plate,
then wipe the gasket gr:oove
with a clean cloth
moistened with a solvent(methyl ethyl ketone, toluene, xylene, trickrloroethylene, etc.).
If it is hard to be removed, remove it warming the rear side with a gas burner(Fig.9)
or pour a solvent into the gasket groove
and leave it for a while.
Note)Do not use a gas
burner and solvent at the same time. Use a propane burner or a
drier(1000 W). Oo not use an acetylene burner.
2
) Use GC-B as adhesive agent.
3 ) Applv a thin layer of
cement with a brush over
the rough side of the
gasket and the gasket
groove of the plate.
4
) Allow the cement to dry
for three to five minuteg
and when it does not feel
sticky when touched with
fingers, apply the face to
the gasket groove.
5 ) Applv the gasket controlling the length not to elongate it too much.
6 ) When all are applied. pile up only A-plates(or B-plates)and press them from above
(with
a weight), and leave them a half to one day.
7 ) Dry them fully and install to the frame.
Note) Avoid such places where ventilation is poor or near fire in cementing gaskets.
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Gaskets can be replaced in your company by following the above procedures. Please
order the parts such as plates and gaskets from the address given on the back
cover. We also offer re-gasket(cleaning of plates and replacement of gaskets)for
your convenience.
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the whole industry areas in the world such as chemistry, steel,
automobile, machine, air-conditioning, sanitation, food and ship as a
world leader in heat system enginering including plate heat exchangers,
centrifugal separator, food machine, etc. for more than 100 years since
establishment in 1883. Our group has 1 50 subsidiary companies and
relative companies in more than 80 countries in the world besides the
parent company. The group has 16,000 employees, realizing a complete
system including maintenance service. We beg your contnued
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