Air Cooled Condensers

Cooling your plant with a wet cooling tower is the common solution. But what if there´s little or no water available? Or the available water is too costly? Or what if it gets so cold in the winter that the plume ices up roads, runways or neighboring facilities? Or what if there´s no suitable place to discharge waste water? Or what if you are being challenged on issues of water conservation, pollution or aesthetics? If your´re facing one or more of these problems, GEA Heat Exchangers has the perfect answer: A reliable, efficient Air Cooled Condenser. A GEA air cooled condenser does not rely on water for cooling and hence there are no waste water disposal problems. This makes it ideal for water scarce areas, zero discharge plants, or situations that mandate plume elimination. GEA began developing this technology in Europe in 1939 to conserve diminishing water resources. Over 600 GEA air cooled condensers have been installed and are still operating worldwide. In fact, more than 70 have been operating for over 30 years. GEA air cooled condensers can be arranged in a variety of configuration, including a space-saving A-frame design, which can be installed at grade level or on a rooftop. The V-type arrangement offers standardised module sizesfor small sizes air cooled condensers. GEA also offers vertical and horizontal designs for sites with either limited spaces, severe height limitations or aesthetic concerns. GEA air cooled condensers can be equipped with two proven fin tube systems (see picture). They are constructed with either rugged all steel hot dip galvanised two row tube systems with large size elliptical fin tubes or high efficient aluminium finned single row tube systems with flat type carbon steel steam channels. In any case the unique GEA single-pressure, two-stage condensing process minimizes subcooling, corrosion and freezing risks.