Schmidt® SIGMASTAR Evaporation Systems
Our Schmidt evaporization systems with SIGMASTAR® Climbing-film Plate Evaporators are used in the food industry, in the organic and chemical industry, and for wastewater treatment.
Advantages of the rising-film SIGMASTAR® include
- Superior product distribution due to the thermo-siphon principle
- Extremely short residence time, to guarantee a gentle treatment of the product
- Low pressure losses across the tubes, a benefit of the short tube length
- High concentrations and viscosities are possible due to the high vapor velocity in a rising film
- Clearly defined product flow path. There is no chance of local over-concentration
- Lower cost heat transfer area, compared to other evaporation systems
- No components are welded to the plate surface that can cause corrosion and build up of fibrous materials
- Flexible design – capacity changes can be made easily by adding or removing plates
The unique construction of the SIGMASTAR® evaporization plates makes it possible to apply SIGMASTAR® in a number of different evaporization processes. With problem products (e.g. viscous streams, slurries, and liquids with fouling tendencies) which cannot be processed with falling film evaporators, the SIGMASTAR® evaporizer performs especially smoothly and successfully.
Each of these pressed plates is approximately 0.9 m wide, 1.8 m high with longitudinal, sinus form corrugations, which extend over the full width of the plate. The flow passages on the plates are sealed by gaskets held in place by adhesive. This construction has several technical advantages.
Process Description
Our evaporation systems are constructed of steam and product plates, where steam condenses on one side of the plate while product boils on the other. Plates are aligned in the system so that vertical channels form in a circular shape. These channels can be conisdered “psuedo” tubes, resulting in a construction that combines the advantages of both plates and tubes.
Due to the special design of the upper part of the heat transfer surface, the heating steam is distributed evenly over the complete width of the plate. The cross-sectional flow area is the same on both sides of the plate, which ensures a well balanced feed into the heating channels.
Two Product Processing
Also available is our SIGMASTAR®-45V plate, a variation of the SIGMASTAR®-90V. This plate has an additional gasket down the center of the plate, which allows two products to be processed simultaneously. In this set up, steam can enter either the left, the right, or both sides of the plate, and the condensate exits from the bottom of the corresponding side of the plate. This can be seen in the figure below:
The SIGMASTAR®-90V and the SIGMASTAR®-45V can be combined in many different ways to increase the flexibility of our systems, especially for small duties. As the dimensions of both plates are identical, the same frame supports can be used. Expansions and modifications involving both plate types are possible at any time.
Thermal Transfer Products Process Coolers
Our Thermal Transfer Products brand offers a full line of process cooling heat exchangers.
Water-Cooled
- Fixed bundle shell and tube
- U-Tube Removable Bundle
- Stainless Steel brazed plate
- Large range of standard sizes
Air-Cooled
- Copper-tube and fin
- Brazed aluminum
- Large range of standard sizes
Standard Product Options
Thermal Transfer process coolers are available with a wide variety of standard options to best suit each application.
Water-Cooled
- Copper, copper-nickel, or stainless steel tubing
- Nickel-braze plate coolers
Air-Cooled
- AC, hydraulic, or air-motor fan drives
- Copper tube aluminum fin
- Brazed aluminum (P-BAR)
- Heresite coating for offshore or corrosive environment operation
Customer Focused and Driven
- All catalog product is available with short lead-times
- Expert application engineers available to select and size the right product for your application
- Custom designs are available
For application help and quoting, visit our Full TTP site or contact ttpsales@apiheattransfer.com.
Thermal Transfer Products Process Coolers
Our Thermal Transfer Products brand offers a full line of process cooling heat exchangers.
Water-Cooled
- Fixed bundle shell and tube
- U-Tube Removable Bundle
- Stainless Steel brazed plate
- Large range of standard sizes
Air-Cooled
- Copper-tube and fin
- Brazed aluminum
- Large range of standard sizes
Standard Product Options
Thermal Transfer process coolers are available with a wide variety of standard options to best suit each application.
Water-Cooled
- Copper, copper-nickel, or stainless steel tubing
- Nickel-braze plate coolers
Air-Cooled
- AC, hydraulic, or air-motor fan drives
- Copper tube aluminum fin
- Brazed aluminum (P-BAR)
- Heresite coating for offshore or corrosive environment operation
Customer Focused and Driven
- All catalog product is available with short lead-times
- Expert application engineers available to select and size the right product for your application
- Custom designs are available
For application help and quoting, visit our Full TTP site or contact ttpsales@apiheattransfer.com.
Thermal Transfer Products Process Coolers
Our Thermal Transfer Products brand offers a full line of process cooling heat exchangers.
Water-Cooled
- Fixed bundle shell and tube
- U-Tube Removable Bundle
- Stainless Steel brazed plate
- Large range of standard sizes
Air-Cooled
- Copper-tube and fin
- Brazed aluminum
- Large range of standard sizes
Standard Product Options
Thermal Transfer process coolers are available with a wide variety of standard options to best suit each application.
Water-Cooled
- Copper, copper-nickel, or stainless steel tubing
- Nickel-braze plate coolers
Air-Cooled
- AC, hydraulic, or air-motor fan drives
- Copper tube aluminum fin
- Brazed aluminum (P-BAR)
- Heresite coating for offshore or corrosive environment operation
Customer Focused and Driven
- All catalog product is available with short lead-times
- Expert application engineers available to select and size the right product for your application
- Custom designs are available
For application help and quoting, visit our Full TTP site or contact ttpsales@apiheattransfer.com.
Thermal Transfer Products Process Coolers
Our Thermal Transfer Products brand offers a full line of process cooling heat exchangers.
Water-Cooled
- Fixed bundle shell and tube
- U-Tube Removable Bundle
- Stainless Steel brazed plate
- Large range of standard sizes
Air-Cooled
- Copper-tube and fin
- Brazed aluminum
- Large range of standard sizes
Standard Product Options
Thermal Transfer process coolers are available with a wide variety of standard options to best suit each application.
Water-Cooled
- Copper, copper-nickel, or stainless steel tubing
- Nickel-braze plate coolers
Air-Cooled
- AC, hydraulic, or air-motor fan drives
- Copper tube aluminum fin
- Brazed aluminum (P-BAR)
- Heresite coating for offshore or corrosive environment operation
Customer Focused and Driven
- All catalog product is available with short lead-times
- Expert application engineers available to select and size the right product for your application
- Custom designs are available
For application help and quoting, visit our Full TTP site or contact ttpsales@apiheattransfer.com.
Schmidt® SIGMADUAL Semi-Welded Plate Heat Exchangers
API Heat Transfer SIGMADUAL semi-welded plate heat exchangers feature plates that are welded using advanced laser welding techniques. Two plates are welded together and can be fitted with a Viton® O-Ring and/or Teflon® gasket liner. The resulting plate pack has every other plate fully serviceable, while maintaining integrity of the welded plate pair. This is especially suitable for critical fluids and gases, such as ammonia or caustic process chemicals where fluid loss is not acceptable. In the case of ammonia refrigeration, the reduced volume results in significant savings.
*Teflon is a registered trademark of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Semi-Welded Plate Pair with *Teflon Gasket
Schmidt® SIGMASHELL All-Welded Plate & Shell Heat Exchanger
Sealless and with a heat transfer surface area up to 700 m2, our SIGMASHELL laser-welded plate and shell heat exchangers are ideal for thermal treatment of liquid, vapor, and gas. SIGMASHELL is applicable in all industrial sectors, including chemical and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, renewable energies, bio energy, power generation, pulp and paper, steel mills, and coking plants.
Operational limits.
- Operating pressures from vacuum to 150 bar
- Operating temperatures from -200°C to 550°C
- Viscosities up to 8,000 mPas
Features.
- Available in all current plate materials
- Shell construction: all-welded or accessible to one or two sides
- Multi-pass possible for shell and plate side
- Calculations can be done for counter-current flow, co-current, and cross flow
- Fishbone corrugation for high and low heat transfer characteristics
Schmidt® SIGMAWIG All-Welded Plate Heat Exchangers
Our line of Schmidt SIGMAWIG all-welded plate heat exchangers represents the most compact, rugged and cost-effective means of transferring heat in many industrial applications.
Built entirely without gaskets or with an O-ring type gasket between the all-welded plate pack and frame, they provide exceptional corrosion resistance. The exchanger features corrugated plates that produce highly turbulent flow in a true counter-current direction. The result is high efficiency in a very compact design. Due to the smaller size and reduced material content, welded plate heat exchangers can be the most economical heat transfer choice.
Reduced Liquid Volume
The standard design has all piping connections located on one end of the heat exchangers. This simplifies installation and maintenance costs. Many times, the piping alone is all that is required to adequately support the heat exchanger, thus eliminating support considerations and labor costs in packaged equipment.
API Heat Transfer welded plate heat exchangers have narrow flow channels and reduced liquid volume needs. Due to their efficiency, they can be selected to use less coolant.
Reliable Heavy-Duty Construction
The exchanger design features plates with computer-designed corrugations in a “chevron pattern” that is alternated from plate to plate. This yields a strong, unitized construction. There are two options for incorporating the welded plate pack into the pressure frame. The plate pack openings are joined to the nozzles of the pressure frame or for frequent temperature fluctuation. The sealing between plate pack and pressure frame is ensured by a standard O-ring sealing material like EPDM or by a special high resistant material like Viton or Kalrez. Gaskets common to other technologies are eliminated.
Schmidt® SIGMABRAZE Plate Heat Exchangers
Our SIGMABRAZE brazed plate heat exchangers represent the most compact, rugged and cost-effective means of transferring heat in many industrial, process, and refrigerant applications. Built from 316 stainless steel with copper brazing materials, they provide exceptional corrosion resistance. Due to the smaller size and reduced material content, they can be the most economical heat transfer choice.
Schmidt® SIGMA Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers
Plate heat exchangers use corrugated plates stacked between a fixed and movable pressure plate. As virtually all of the material is used for heat transfer, plate heat exchangers can have large amounts of effective heat transfer surface in a small footprint. It is not uncommon that a plate heat exchanger will have the same thermal capacity as a shell and tube five times larger. Our plate heat exchangers incorporate superior design features to ensure long-term performance and customer satisfaction.