Perfect Cooling and Temperature

Control for the chemical

and pharmaceutical industry

Tailor made and

process optimised

For more than 40 years

Perfect cooling and perfect temperature control
For over 40 years Gesellschaft Wrme
Kltetechnik mbH has been manufacturing
high-quality temperature control and cooling
equipment and supplying this equipment
worldwide.
Today more than 360 employees design,
produce and install complete process solutions for heating and cooling in customer
specific designs.
More than 33 sales and service locations
worldwide represent the global character of
our work and guarantee our permanent
success.

Headquarters
in Meinerzhagen,
Germany

In addition to a huge product range of

serial products we also offer tailor-made
solutions for challenging applications.
These individually designed units are available for a temperature range between
40C and +400C, and are developed
and produced in Meinerzhagen according
to the customers demands.
As one-stop manufacturer of compact units,
cooling plants and temperature control
units, up to water treatment and heat recovery systems and complete container systems, gwk is a competent and innovative
partner.

Misc. test-field arrangements

Technical advance through innovation

Production
Worldwide unique we do not only design
our shell & tube heat exchangers, but do
also manufacture them in-house. They can
be used as heating or cooling heat exchangers in temperature control units as well as
evaporators or condensers in our chillers.
The shell can be carbon or stainless steel,
the pipes can be either made by copper or
stainless steel.

A special air-treatment system looks after

proper air exchange rates. It also prevents
odour nuisance in test-field and production
area. Our own transformer station supplies
our test-fields with three-phase AC up to
500 V. Therefore we can also test big units
under full load.
We especially look after energy-saving testing. Cooling loads can be used to cool down
the site cooling water system. Waste heat
caused by the testing can be used as simulated heat load again.

Quality test
After completion each unit will be tested in
one of our three test-fields which are
located right next to our production lines.
Customers are welcome to witness FATs.

Shell & Tube heat exchanger production

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Schematic P&ID

Vacuum steam heaters for process

engineering tests
In chemical and pharmaceutical engineering more and more so called mini plants
replace costly kilo labs.
The gwk vacuum steam heater is a compact unit for heating of pressure sensitive
devices with steam of organic fluids. The
fluid is chosen according to the desired
Vacuum steam heater
Vacutherm VT 24

steam temperature. The maximum admissible outlet temperature is +300C. The

heating temperature is adjusted by variation of the operating pressure between
100 and 1000 mbar.

This new, patented system is characterised by:

High heat flow density (i.e. high heat surface load)
Small temperature difference between product and steam
Steady heat distribution within thermal fluid
Safe operation due to low pressure, especially within glass devices
Electrical capacity measurement
Control via steam temperature (temperature, differential pressure)
Determination of transferred heat via volume/time measurement of condensate
quantity at evaporator pipe
For small units: selection of max. heating capacity below 6 kW
Fast heating/cooling due to small contents within system
Highly improved heat transfer with metal consumers
Can be used for cleaning tanks and other devices with disinfecting solvents;
afterwards vacuum drying
Modular design: units with heating capacities up to 60 kW

Tailor-made temperature
control units

Multi circuit temperature

control systems

Whenever there are high requirements, gwk

are the right partner. A wide production
range as well as our willpower ensure that
we can individually design a unit for your
application.
High capacities at high temperatures are
our speciality. Due to our longstanding experience gwk are the privileged partner of
many end users for applications with water
up to +220C and with thermal oil up to
+400C.
Heating can be realised via electrical heaters or via steam heat exchangers. For cooling several fluids can be used as cooling
medium in combination with a heat exchanger.

For applications with high capacities and

many consumers it might be reasonable to
combine several temperature control units
to one economic system there is no upper
limit.
Design of all temperature control units is
based on DIN 4754.
Do not be afraid of hazardous atmosphere.
Trust our longstanding experience with Ex
design. Ask gwk project managers for advice to find the best solution for your application.

Temperature control unit in Ex design

Temperature control unit for +400C

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Chiller in Ex design

Tailor-made
chillers
In addition to a standardized series program of chillers gwk also offer tailor-made
compact chillers for special heating and

Water-cooled chiller for temperatures down to -25C

cooling tasks of chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

Hereby gwk can supply solutions for challenging applications within an operating
temperature range of 100C up to +350C.
Our production facilities are equipped with
state-of-the-art CNC systems to produce
metal frames and covers. We do design and
build the evaporators in-house.
Air-cooled and water-cooled condensers are
designed in a way they save energy and can
be used in extreme ambient as well.
Design of all chillers is based on EN 378
and 2006/842 F gases directive.
On request, we also offer units in Ex design.
We recommend to talk to our project managers to specify the design suitable for your
application.

Central chiller system

Container with cooling tower

For almost 30 years gwk container help to

reduce investment, operation and maintenance costs. Basically the following systems
are available:
Central heating & cooling system
water chillers with environmentally friendly
refrigerant R 134a
heat pump systems for heat recovery
cooling tower in combination with KU
system as a closed, clean circuit
Heat exchangers for direct heat recovery

Container systems a success

story for almost 30 years
hermeticool principle hybrid coolers for
energy saving
cooling water conditioning units
There are almost unlimited options for container systems regarding capacity and combination varieties. Each unit is designed
and built as result of an individual energy
assessment from gwk project managers.
Contact them.

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Energy saving cooler hermeticool

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Container interior with chillers

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Tailor-made solutions

Example 1
Heating/Cooling system type teco
Operating temperature range: 0C up to +160C
Thermal fluid: water
(Electrical) heating capacity: 24 kW
Cooling capacity: 32 kW/+15C

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Expansion tank
Pump
Electrical heater
Cooling heat exchanger
Level switch
Safety valve
Temperature switch
Pressure switch
Temperature probe
Temperature controller

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Cooling water
Thermal fluid

Example 2
Heating /Cooling system type tecma wi
Operating temperature range: -25C up to +20C
Thermal fluid: water/ glycol
Cooling capacity: 100 KW/-15C with water /
glycol / brine-heat exchanger

Thermal fluid for temperature below 0C can be

water/glycol or brine.
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Reactor heating & cooling

Example 3
Combined Heating/Cooling system
Two options: either use a gwk temperature control
unit type tecma and plug into primary energies on
site. Or use a chiller unit type weco for more
flexible requirements.

Chiller weco W
Operating temperature range: -40C up to +150C
Thermal fluid: oil
Cooling capacity 1: 5 kW/-40C
Cooling capacity 2: 60 kW/+20C with water heat exchanger
Heating capacity: 80 kW/+150C with steam heat exchanger
Water-cooled condenser

Units with air-cooled condenser do have a

compact design like the water-cooled units.
You could also use a split design with

chiller unit inside and condenser outside

the building.

Example 4
Secondary circuit units use primary energies available on
site. By feeding different temperature levels into the unit,
you get a combined heating & cooling system type tecma.

Operating temperature range: -100C up to +200C

Thermal fluid: oil
Electrical heating capacity: 180 kW
Cooling capacity: 500 kW/+20C with water heat exchanger
Chilling capacity: 300 kW/-80C with brine heat exchanger
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All gwk units are equipped with the reliable

compact controller Logotherm as standard.
Precise microprocessor control
Digital alpha-numeric display with set points and actual values
Membrane type keyboard
Optional connection for external thermocouple (Fe-CuNi or Pt 100)
Optional interfaces (analogue 0 - 10 V, 0/4 - 20 mA;
serial RS 232, RS 422, RS 485, TTY; CAN-Bus; Profibus)
Optional ramp functions
Safety functions, e.g. set point limitation, flow and level control
Installation in control cabinet, protection class IP 54

Microprocessor controlled
compact controller Logotherm
A Set-point
B First set-point
C Dwell time

gwk Logotherm: The perfect

controller for your application
For more complex control systems we use
Siemens PLC systems with operator panels
such as the OP 73. We use PLC systems
with Multi Panel to control complete systems

that combine several chillers and temperature control units. In addition to this we offer the option of remote maintenance.

PLC operator panels

Malfunctions and production stops can be

more or less prevented or easily fixed by
continuous gwk service and evaluation of
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operation data via telecommunication devices.

Service
worldwide and around the clock
Requirements in pharmaceutical and chemical industry regarding production processes are demanding. gwk therefore define
service as assistance throughout your
whole process from the beginning on. Preventive inspections of your heating and

cooling systems eliminate potential production stops in advance.

New directives such as pressure equipment
directive or F-gas regulation require inspections on a regular basis.

Project planning
Infrared analysis
Performance measurement
Project studies
Mould design

Support
Maintenance
In-house service inspection
Teleservice
Mould cleaning/system cleaning
Training
Spare parts
Perfect Cooling and Temperature Control

Contracting
Second hand units
Contracts
Financing

Optimization
Retrofitting / redesigning
Advice / support
Water analysis
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Perfect Cooling and Temperature Control

Production
costs

Many factors serve to improve productivity:

Reduction of cooling time, therefore
savings in required machine hours
Improvement of product quality

Increasing availability of production plants

Decreasing running cost
Reduction of maintenance cost

gwk teco cw
Most economic system to
extract heat from consumers
at very low temperatures by
patented cold water temperature control.

gwk-tecma
High process stability with
customised temperature
control solutions for all appli
cations with high performance
requirements up to 400C.

gwk KU-plants
The simplest and cheapest
solution to increase the
availability and to decrease the
maintenance cost of open
cooling systems.

gwk-weco
Controllable production in
variable climatic conditions
and high flexibility with compact, energy saving water
chillers using environmentally
friendly refrigerant.

gwk hermeticool hybrid

Innovative cooling system to
decrease the running and
maintenance cost in
comparison to conventional
cooling systems.

gwk container-plants
Highest flexibility and lowest
expenses for planning,
installation and relocation
of a centralised cooling plant.

gwk SKL/SKW
Reliable and economic supply
of cooling water in the low
temperature range, even
under the toughest ambient
conditions.

gwk active
Adjusting and maintaining
optimum capacity by means
of constantly clean water,
supplied by a fully automatic
water treatment system.

gwk HSW
Cost reduction by means of
advanced heat recovery
systems.

gwk service
Decreasing the maintenance
cost and protection of company
owned resources through professional execution of installation and maintenance works
incl. cooling water treatment.

Gesellschaft Wrme Kltetechnik mbH

Scherl 10 D-58540 Meinerzhagen
Tel. +49 2354 7060-0 Fax +49 2354 7060-156
info@gwk.com www.gwk.com

CHemie_GB_06/2014 Subject to technical modification without notice.

Cost
reduction

Increased productivity
In many areas of the industry, cooling and temperature control provides a great potential for
increasing productivity and thus for lowering costs.