Coaxial heat exchangers

 

Truco® High Performance Coaxial Condensers made by Schmoele are distinguished by a special design of the flow path. Furthermore, the counterflow principle for improved heat transfer is applied. It permits an extensive exploitation of the superheat of the hot refrigerant vapour and a subcooling of the liquid refrigerant.

The superheated refrigerant vapour flowing in the free space between the outer shell tube and the finned inner tubes cools down firstly and then condenses at the outside surface of the finned tubes. The condensate thus developed flows to the free space at the bottom of the system.

The cooling medium, e. g. the domestic or central heating water to be heated, flows in the inner tubes according to the counterflow principle, whereby, together with the exploitation of superheat, high water outlet temperatures - possibly above the condensing temperature - and a thorough subcooling of the condensate are obtained.

 

For a long time economic and efficient evaporators have been equipped with finned tubes or tubes with extended surfaces, resulting in a greatly improved heat transfer from the tube wall to the evaporating refrigerant.

The optimum heat transfer of the Truco® Coaxial Evaporators made by Schmoele is achieved by the application of high performance enhanced surface evaporator tubes and by the correct control of the flow paths on the refrigerant and heating medium sides. Furthermore, the counterflow heat exchange principle for improved heat transfer is applied.

The evaporating refrigerant counter-flows through the evaporator tubes. By the appropriate adjustment of the expansion valve a superheating of the refrigerant vapour of some degrees is obtained. Therefore, dry refrigerant vapour can always be fed to the compressor.

An approved distribution system ensures that refrigerant is distributed to the individual high performance evaporator tubes and provides high specific evaporating capacity, when compared with traditional systems.

 


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Type K as coaxial condensers

 

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Type VS as coaxial evaporators

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