Thermal Transfer Systems M3-VG - Manual (Page 7)

M10
Plate heat exchanger
Applications
General heating and cooling duties. Heating by means
of steam.
Standard design
The plate heat exchanger consists of a pack of corrugated
metal plates with portholes for the passage of the two fluids
between which heat transfer will take place.
The plate pack is assembled between a fixed frame plate
and a movable pressure plate and compressed by tightening
bolts. The plates are fitted with a gasket which seals the
interplate channel and directs the fluids into alternate
channels. The number of plates is determined by the flow
rate, physical properties of the fluids, pressure drop and
temperature program. The plate corrugations promote fluid
turbulence and support the plates against differential pressure.
The plate and the pressure plate are suspended from an
upper carrying bar and located by a lower guiding bar,
both of which are fixed to a support column.
Connections are located in the frame plate or, if either or
both fluids make more than a single pass within the unit,
in the frame and pressure plates.
Typical capacities
Liquid flow rate
Up to 980 gpm, depending on media, permitted pressure drop
and temperature program.
Water heating by steam
0.7 to 3.0 MW
200 tons – 850 tons
Plate types
M10B, M10M and M10BD
Frame types
FM, FG and FD (ASME design)
FML (non-ASME)
M10-BFG