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ZBW
Air-cooled heat exchanger type ZBW

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ZBW
Air-cooled heat exchang er

 Rectangular bundle design with finned or

bare tubes
 Fluid: an y gas or liquid
 Used in: refin eries, chemical plants, ... Water as a coolant
 Fluid side material: CS, SS, CuNi, ...
 Fin material : Al, Cu, CS, S S, ... is much too valuable...
 AP I 661 Standard or customers'
specifications (Exxon, Shell, ...)
 Produced according to all national and
international regulations (AS ME VIII Div. I +
U-Stam p, AD , CODAP, STOOMWEZEN,...)
 Technological steel co nstruction
 National ly and internationally certified
(China, Poland, Hungary, ...)

Fluid

Air

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ZBW Design
According to customers' requirements, provides its entire know-how as early as the
quotation p hase .

 Processed by competent engineers

 Application of ultra-modern computer technology with a consistent combination of data:

1. T hermal and h ydraulic calculation according to the state of the art.

2. Integ rated fan design (in cl. n oise octave band).
3. API 661 specificatio n sh eet as a print-out or as an electronic file in P DF format.
4. Custo mer data sheet incl. a dimension ed sketch as a print-out or as an electronic file in
P DF format.

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also provides API 661 air-
cooled oil coolers to match its API 614
standard oil supply units

American
Petroleum
Institute

ZBW range:
 Planning, construction and manufacture of
air-cooled heat exchangers, complete with
kA / [W/K]

cooling element, supporting structure, fans and

electri c motors.
 Further accessories on request (louvers,
vibrati on cut-out switches, ...).

excels with high product quality at a

favourable price, combined with short delivery
OIL / [l/min] periods and compliance with deadlines.

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ZBW An Overview

Platform

Supporting stru cture Header Axial fan Louver

with driver

This arrangement, where air is pulled through the bundle,

This arran gement, where air is pushed across the meets API 661 "induced draft ".
bundle, meets API 661 "fo rced draft". Advantages:
Advantages:  Pr ovides more uniform air distribution across the
 Fans are easily access ible. bundle
 Lower operating costs  Pr otection from adverse weather (direct sun-shine,
 Better thermal performance of the heat exchanger hail, heavy rain, snow).

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Bundle

This header design, with a flanged cover-plate, meets

API 661 "removable cover- plate header".

Use :
Highly soiled fluids with frequent tube cleanin g interv als
on the inside of the tubes.

This header design, with a s houlder plug opposite each

tube end, meets API 661 "p lug header".

Use :
Plenum Fluids under high pressure on the tube side (e.g. gases).
If the plug ha s been removed, the tubes behind it can be
cleaned, re- rolled or closed.

The axial fan with driver

 Optionall y avail able Ex-proof The bonnet header with a half pipe e nd construction.
 Drive by IEC or NEMA standard motors
a) Direct drive Use :
b) Geared mo tor With clean products on the inside of the tube and/or with a
c) Motor with belt drive low l eakage requirement.

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ZBW Tube systems
BIMETAL I - F IN
High finned tu bes Medium high finned tubes

A band is s pirally wrapped under tension over the

outside surface of a tube. T he speci al thing h ere is the
The fins are formed by extrusion from an alumin ium corrugated fin foot, which enlarges the contact area
outer tube onto the host tube. This results in a very between the fin and the tube. In add ition, the fin is
good contact between the host tube and the fin soldered onto the tube for e fficient heat tran sfer
(Tm ax = 250°C). (Tm ax = 180°C).

L - FIN PLATE - FIN

High finned tu bes P late finned tubes

An L-s haped b and is sp irally wr apped under tension The tubes are pushed into the pre-stamped holes of the
over the outside surface of a tube. This results in a pl ates. A variable c utting tool and insertion system o f
large contact area between the fin and the tube the plates makes it possible that any size of bundles
(Tm ax = 120°C). can be produced (Tm ax = 18 0°C).

G - FIN LOW - FIN

High finned tu bes Low finned tubes

The fin is wrap ped under tension and mechanically

embedded in a groove, which was spir ally cut into the The fin is rolled out from the material of the base tube.
outside surface of the tube. This results in a good, As the fin and the tube consist of the same material,
permanent contact between the fin and the tube this constr uction can also be used under extreme
(Tm ax = 300°C). mechanical and thermal conditions (Tmax = 500°C).

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Tube cleaning systems with brushes

Layers of fouling in the tubes of hea t exchange rs have a negative effect on the t hermal performance of the
heat exchang er. In order to reduce the fouling resistance inside the tubes, various mechanical cl eaning
methods are used. In practice, automatic brush cle aning has prove n to b e a good and economical
method to cle an he at exchang er tubes flowed through by liquids. The brushes are pushed thro ugh the
tubes by the flow. The direction of flow is normally re versed for about 1 mi n. every 8 hrs by automatically
controll ed valves. Protecting screens on both sides of the tube hold the bru shes back.

Turbulence promotors

In the laminar flow of highly viscous liquids through heat exch angers, the overall heat transfer coeffi cient
is often controlled by the inner heat transfer coefficie nt. The main resistance is to be f ound in the Prandtl's
boundary layer. The use of turbulence promotors generates a radia l mixing of the bounda ry layer and
thus a d istinctly better inner heat tra nsfer. Further, the hea t exchanger shows a lower tendency to foul ing
due to the resultant secondary flow. Altho ugh the tub e side pressure drop rises strongly, a compa ct, favour-
ably pri ced heat exchanger is obtained by the use of the turbulence p romotors.

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