Koolance plate heatexchangers

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ME WANTS

HXP-193 Plate Heat Exchanger
The HXP-193 is made of copper-brazed stainless steel and plated externally in nickel. A detachable heavy steel mounting bracket and screws are included. G 1/4 BSP threads.
•Heat Transfer: 4.0 kW (13,600 BTU/hr) (@5LPM, Delta between inlets = 20°C)
•Design Pressure: 10kgf/cm2 (140 PSIG)
•Design Temperature: -40°C (-40°F) min, 130°C (270°F) max
•Number of Plates: 12
•Channel Plate Material: SUS304 Stainless Steel
•Brazing Material: Copper

HXP-135 Plate Heat Exchanger
The HXP-135 is a proprietary Koolance design, and possibly the smallest heat exchanger of its kind. It is made of copper-brazed stainless steel and plated externally in nickel. A detachable heavy steel mounting bracket and screws are included. G 1/4 BSP threading.

•Heat Transfer: 2.7 kW (9,200 BTU/hr) (@5LPM, Delta between inlets = 20°C)
•Design Pressure: 10kgf/cm2 (140 PSIG)
•Design Temperature: -40°C (-40°F) min, 130°C (270°F) max
•Number of Plates: 15
•Channel Plate Material: SUS304 Stainless Steel
•Brazing Material: Copper

http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/default.php?cPath=119

 

[flogge]

Is this just a liquid-liquid heat exchanger? What type of system would call for such an animal? Phase change cooling I would guess.

 

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Is this just a liquid-liquid heat exchanger? What type of system would call for such an animal? Phase change cooling I would guess.

Liquid <-> liquid - yes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_heat_exchanger

Not phase - well if you by that referring to a chiller - then this plate heatexchangers will be perfect.

They are really small and therefore easy to install in a cabinet, perfect for hooking up a external chiller

Just wonder how restrictive these exchangers are , hopefully we will see a review covering that question...

 

[Erasmus354]

Seems like a mostly useless waste of money. If you are going to do a chiller setup just send the chilled liquid straight to the loop instead of adding in an expensive piece of inefficiency. The only thing this would be good for is watercooling a PSU with expensive coolant for the PSU being cooled by a water loop. Hey look, that is the only thing that Koolance uses them for too!

 

[Fafeifa]

they look pretty small to be any usefull for a extreme set up

 

[Koolance]

they look pretty small to be any usefull for a extreme set up

You might be surprised. We have heat transfer and pressure drop data available under the "Other Data" buttons on those products' web pages.

Plate heat exchangers are definitely for specific applications. For example, you could use tap water on the external loop without worrying about causing corrosion or biological growth on the internal loop.

 

[Erasmus354]

You might be surprised. We have heat transfer and pressure drop data available under the "Other Data" buttons on those products' web pages.

Plate heat exchangers are definitely for specific applications. For example, you could use tap water on the external loop without worrying about causing corrosion or biological growth on the internal loop.

A pretty poor example, considering that a 2$ gallon of distilled water will easily last you for a year. You are looking at a rate of return of a couple hundred years with that setup

 

[Cerulean]

Interesting.

How do you setup or install one of these devices?

 

[Fafeifa]

You might be surprised. We have heat transfer and pressure drop data available under the "Other Data" buttons on those products' web pages.

Plate heat exchangers are definitely for specific applications. For example, you could use tap water on the external loop without worrying about causing corrosion or biological growth on the internal loop.

more like using your aluminum rads and while keeping alive the nice and shiny copper blocks like this or this and last but not least that is not all inclussive. I'm not rich enough to run straight tap water 24/7 a $1 gallon of distilled water works for me. I would love to see some kind of warning about al+cu = waste of money.

 

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You might be surprised. We have heat transfer and pressure drop data available under the "Other Data" buttons on those products' web pages.

Plate heat exchangers are definitely for specific applications. For example, you could use tap water on the external loop without worrying about causing corrosion or biological growth on the internal loop.

I guess that the pressure drop isn't linear ? How much will it be @ 20LPM ? ( if you happen to know that ? )

HXP-193 is in my cart just now... but maybe I will have to order some stuff for customers (they always order in the weekend - or straight after the weekeend ) so if possible please answer before tuesday

 

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more like using your aluminum rads and while keeping alive the nice and shiny copper blocks like this or this and last but not least that is not all inclussive. I'm not rich enough to run straight tap water 24/7 a $1 gallon of distilled water works for me. I would love to see some kind of warning about al+cu = waste of money.

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"The HXP-193 is made of copper-brazed stainless steel and plated externally in nickel."


http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=944

 

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A pretty poor example, considering that a 2$ gallon of distilled water will easily last you for a year. You are looking at a rate of return of a couple hundred years with that setup

FYI: I pay the same if I use 100000 gallons of tapwater or 1000 gallons..... and we have MORE than enough of it

 

[Koolance]

more like using your aluminum rads and while keeping alive the nice and shiny copper blocks

(?) We sell both aluminum and copper radiators in every size on our website. In fact, we offer more copper versions than aluminum (optimized for both low and high air flow). If you purchase a pre-built system like the Exos or ERM, you should definitely not mix bare copper in the loop. Copper rad options for those units are in the works, though!

A pretty poor example, considering that a 2$ gallon of distilled water will easily last you for a year.

We expect plate heat exchangers to be of more value to customers that need to use a proprietary coolant (many industries do), or have some configuration incorporating chillers, heat pumps, pressurized water, or building chilled water. For a typical PC loop, there isn't much of a need to transfer heat between two different liquids... unless you're looking to recycle your heat into a fish tank, or something odd like that.

I guess that the pressure drop isn't linear ? How much will it be @ 20LPM ?

We've only graphed up to 8LPM, but the 10-13mm ID curve is pretty consistent. Certainly, the more flow you give them, the better the heat transfer will be.

Tim

 

[Erasmus354]

We expect plate heat exchangers to be of more value to customers that need to use a proprietary coolant (many industries do), or have some configuration incorporating chillers, heat pumps, pressurized water, or building chilled water. For a typical PC loop, there isn't much of a need to transfer heat between two different liquids... unless you're looking to recycle your heat into a fish tank, or something odd like that.

Exactly as I said in my first post. I don't agree with the chilled water example because it would be better and more efficient to just send the chilled water directly to the water block. The only use in this is if you are using an expensive coolant for something like your power supply. It is an extremely niche product that is of very little or no use to 99% of the market.

 

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99% don't watercool....

And for me this plate heat exchanger is perfect for hooking up my "transportable" chiller - if you don't like it - fine, but I do like it....

 

[OB1ie]

wow that heatexchanger looks amazingly awesome!

 

[jeremyshaw]

Exactly as I said in my first post. I don't agree with the chilled water example because it would be better and more efficient to just send the chilled water directly to the water block. The only use in this is if you are using an expensive coolant for something like your power supply. It is an extremely niche product that is of very little or no use to 99% of the market.

Wouldn't directly sending chilled water in cause consensation build-up? Or is it negligable?

 

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Wouldn't directly sending chilled water in cause consensation build-up? Or is it negligable?

I guess you meaning condensation ? The answer to that is yes if the liquid is cold enough plus factors which involves how much moisture in the air and so on.