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APV ParaFlow Plate Heat Exchangers

F o r HVAC A p p l i cat i o n s
 SPX offers an extensive portfolio of
plate heat exchanges covering many
industrial applications. Regularly SPX
heat exchangers replace older technology
products due to the simplicity of installation
and their high performance thermal
characteristics. Whether recovering waste
heat or isolating the cooling system from
the cooling source, SPX has the application
knowledge and product to improve
efficiency and performance.
Our vision for the future is rooted in a
long standing tradition of excellence and
commitment to progress. We strive to offer
the customer the highest quality products
and services today, tomorrow and beyond.
SPX provides advanced APV heat transfer
solutions for cooling, heating, condensing
and evaporation of process fluids -
designed to solve heat transfer process
challenges in a vast array of industries. They
are designed to meet demanding process
conditions and to optimize the utilisation of
energy. APV heat transfer solutions have
proven reliable and highly efficient helping
customers worldwide to run their processes
safely and economically. Dedicated and
specialized SPX staff around the world is
committed to design and provide efficient
and durable heat transfer solutions to help
customers optimize energy utilization and
minimize downtime for improved profitability.
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Technology, Performance & Value
APV is a leading innovator of solutions specifically designed to meet the
challenges of the HVAC market.
APV provides a broader selection of plate sizes and corrugation patterns —
offering the greatest number of options and thermal lengths, ensuring you
get the solution that best meets your needs.
A d va n tag e s f o r HVAC A p p l i cat i o n s
• Reduced operating and maintenance costs
• Compact size
• Modular design facilitates installation in areas where space is limited
• Flow rates up to 11,000 GPM
• Design pressures to 400 PSI
• High efficiency design for smaller heat exchangers with lower pressure
drops
• Computerized thermal rating optimizes plate types for maximum effi-
ciency
• Full ASME code compliance
Wat e r S o u r c e H e at P u m p
Today, heat pumps are widely used in HVAC applications. An open cooling
tower is typically combined with a plate heat exchanger as the preferred
alternative to closed circuit coolers. With the APV Paraflow you can be
assured that contaminated water from sources such as open cooling
towers, water wells, streams and lakes will be isolated from the closed loop
heat pump system.
Cooling
Tower
Paraflow
Water Source
Heat Pumps
AHU
Chiller
T h e r m a l S to r ag e
Typical product applications
Cooling
Tower
Thermal storage systems are being used to efficiently manage
peak building cooling loads. During the night, the chiller
capacity is used to cool water or produce ice in a thermal
Paraflow

storage reservoir. During the day, when loads are at their

Free cooling
peak, the “stored cooling” is used to handle the demand. The
thermal storage system will reduce utility costs as the chiller
is operated at night when energy rates are lower. Mechanical Heat recovery

equipment loading is also minimized through the use of this

system. Since glycol or brines are often used in the chillers,
Water Source Water source heat pump
the Paraflow
Heat Pumps is used to isolate these fluids from the rest of the

system and act as a pressure block to the storage reservoirs.

Thermal storage

AHU
Chiller
Pressure interceptor

AHU
Evaporator
District heating and cooling

Paraflow

Thermal
Storage
Tank

Fr e e Cooli ng Condensor

A waterside economizer system using a Paraflow plate

Evaporator
heat exchanger will save thousands of hours of mechanical
refrigeration, which translates to tremendous bottom-line
benefits. Using the free cooling available in the outside air Paraflow

under optimum wet bulb conditions, this system delivers

cooling tower water with a temperature that minimizes chiller
Cooling
operation. The key is the highly efficient Paraflow plate heat Tower
Building
exchanger, which provides heat transfer and simultaneously Load

isolates and protects expensive air conditioning equipment

from tower water contamination.

Paraflows
 Sys t e m A d va n tag e s E n e r gy S av i n g s Ca lc u l at i o n s
• In most cases payback is in less than 18 months The following information must be known:
• Lower energy costs and longer chiller life
• Approximate winter tonnage
• High efficiency and less maintenance through prevention of
• Efficiency of chiller
contamination and fouling in the building chilled water system
• Hours of operation at winter design wet bulb
• Eliminates duct work required for air-side economizers, saving
• Approach temperature between cooling tower water and
space and money
building chilled water temperatures (i.e. 37°F tower water @
• No moving parts minimizes maintenance
2°F approach, nets a building water temperature of 39°F).
• Paraflow meets retrofit demands of existing structures
• High efficiency allows close approach temperatures (i.e. 2°F),
P r e s s u r e I n t e r c e p to r
increasing your hours of free cooling
In tall buildings, HVAC systems that use water, glycol and brine
• Example: Fort Bragg, NC
often experience problems with pressure build-up from static
380 tons x .90 KW/ton = 342 KW
head. The Paraflow plate heat exchanger is used at various
342 KW x 1734 hrs (37° wb or lower) = 593,028 KWH
elevations to create separate circulation loops and reduce
593,028 KWH x $.05/KWH = $29,651/yr
the operating pressure throughout the system. The lower
operating pressure allows you to use standard equipment for
A p p r ox i m at e H o u r s o f O p e r at i o n
pumps, valves, chillers and evaporators. Energy savings in pump
s tate city 47° WB
7 a .m. - 7p.m.
38° wb 7a . m. 7
a .m. - 7p. m.
horsepower can also be achieved.

1,848.2 800.6
alabama Birmingham
1,009 427
6112.4 4,733.6
A l as k a A n ch o r a g e
3,378 2,612
Load
1,722.9 167
Ar izona Phoenix
939 75
620.6 183.2 Paraflow
ca l i f o r n i a Sacramento
327 84
Load
4,373.6 3,014.6
c o lo r a d o Denver
2,412 1,657
2,255 1,065.2
g eorg ia Atlanta
1,235 574
3,833.6 3,178.4
i lli nois Chicago
2,112 1,748
2,847.2 1,808.6
k e n t u c ky Lexington
1,564 987
4,145 3,043.4
mas sac h u s etts Boston
2,285 1,673
4,305.2 3,398
m ich igan Detroit
2,374 1,870
5,210.6 4,224.2 Load
m i n n e s ota Duluth
2,877 2,329
1,526 615.2
m i s s i s s i pp i J a ck s o n
831 324
2,145.2 780.8
n e va da L a s Ve g a s
1,174 416 Load
4,231.4 3,245
n ew ham psh i r e Po r t s m o u t h
2,333 1,785
3,619.4 2,418.8
n ew j e r sey Cherry Hill Paraflow
1,993 1,326
4,130.6 3,279.2
n e w yo r k Buffalo
2,277 1,804
3,547.3 2,494.4
ohio Cincinnati
1,953 1,368
2,750 1,459.4
oklahoma Tu l s a Chiller
1,410 793
3,421.4 989.6
Oregon Po r t l a n d
1,883 532
2,739.2 1,551.2
Vi rg i n ia R i ch m o n d
1,504 844

°F
°C

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 Condensor
D i s t r i ct H e at i n g a n d C o o l i n g Lake Sou rce Cooli ng
The Paraflow PHE can be usedEvaporator
in low pressure steam, hot water A good example of Lake Source Cooling is a Northeast University
and chilled water district heating and cooling systems. The savings needed to replace their campus cooling system that dated back to
realized, incorporating one large centralized
Paraflow
plant rather than many the early 1960s. Several of their chillers used chlorofluorocarbons
small units, is evident over time. (CFCs), which could not be converted to non-CFC refrigerants. As
they explored their options, they began to seriously consider the
The Paraflow is used as an instantaneous heater and separation
Cooling
Tower
Building
installation of a lake-source cooling system. After extensive testing
device Load
from the main loop in each building. Hot or chilled water is
and environmental review, the university decided to move forward
sent to each building via the insulated pipes from the central plant.
with the lake source cooling system to cool all of the buildings
The heat exchanger transfers the heat to the closed freshwater throughout campus.
loops circulating through each building. This provides isolation and
pressure interception for the water loops. It also provides a constant
H ow i t Wo r k s :
pressure drop for the central plant.
Paraflows
Cold lake water is pumped to APV heat exchangers at the shore,
which absorbs some of the heat from the water used to cool the
University, then returns to shallow waters in the lake. The deep
waters of the lake are a naturally renewable source of chilled
water that saves 80% of the energy used to cool by conventional
refrigeration. The closed loop system also minimizes the required
energy needed to operate, since the return water coming down
the hill to the lake shallows creates a vacuum which pulls the deep
cold water from the lake up to the campus. The core of the system
consists of seven 12” 300 PSIG APV heat exchangers that are in
parallel arrangement, allowing any combination of pumps and heat
exchangers to be on line to meet the requirements to control the
comfort of 75 campus buildings.
Centralized
Boiler
Loop

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H e at R e c ov e ry F r o m C o n d e n s e r Wat e r
Heat contained in condenser water can be recovered using a
Paraflow plate heat exchanger between the condenser and the
cooling tower. The highly efficient Paraflow captures the “free
heat,” preheats domestic and building water, and reduces the
load to the cooling tower.
S ta r t B e n e f i t i n g To day
APV plate heat exchangers minimize downtime while reducing
maintenance time and expenses, delivering all the benefits you
need to improve your profitability. SPXs experienced engineers
will work with you every step of the way from system design to
implementation, to ensure you get the solution that best meets
the needs of your process.

F r o m Wa s t e H e at
The Paraflow allows you to recover heat from sources such
To learn more about how SPX can help you improve your
as institutional buildings which consume large amounts of hot
profitability, call us today at +1-800-207-2708.
water, offices where heat is generated by building occupants Paraflow
and equipment, as well as commercial and manufacturing
complexes producing heat from machinery and process liquids. Unheated Water
In the absence of a PHE heat recovery unit, millions of BTUs
Cooling
would be exhausted into the surrounding environment and be
Tower
wasted.

Condenser

From Condenser Water Preheated Water

Paraflow

Unheated Water

Cooling
Tower

Condenser

Preheated Water

From Waste Water Paraflow

Computer Room

Any water to
be preheated

Paraflow
 A W I d e ran g e o f p l at e h e at e xc h a n g e r s f o r h vac a p p l i cat i o n s
P late O p ti on s :
Con n e cti on Max i m u m A p p r ox . A p p r ox . A p p r ox . Maxi m u m
G-Gas kete d
Mod e l D i a m ete r US GPM H e i g ht Wi dth L e n g th S u r fac e A r e a
D-D ual Safety
I n /( MM ) ( LPM) i n /( MM) i n /( MM) i n /( MM) S q. F t. ( SQ. M . )
L-S e m i-We ld e d

2.0 200 44 15 27 - 67 650

AR 2 - 1 G, D, L
(50.8) (757.082) (1,117.6) (381) (685.8-1,701.8) (60.38)

3.0 460 63 18.5 23 -108 1,900

AR 3 - 1 G, D
(76.2) (1,741.289) (1,600.2) (469.9) (584.2-2,743.2) (176.52)

4.0 800 50 25 54 - 113 1,550

AR 4 - 1 G
(50.8) (3,028.329) (1,270) (635) (1,371.6-2,870.2) (143.99)

4.0 800 68 25 54 - 113 2,850

AR 4 - 2 G
(101.6) (3,028.329) (1,727.2) (635) (1,371.6-2,870.2) (264.77)

4.0 800 91 25 54 - 113 4,200

AR 4 - 3 G
(101.6) (3,028.329) (2,311.2) (635) (1,371.6-2,870.2) (390.19)

6.0 1,800 67 29 41 - 114 2,700

AR 6 - 1 G
(152.4) (6,813.741) (1,701.8) (736.6) (1,041.4-2,895.6) (250.83)

6.0 1,800 85 29 41 - 114 4,150

AR 6 - 2 G
(152.4) (6,813.741) (2,159) (736.6) (1,041.4-2,895.6) (385.55)

6.0 1,800 122 29 41 - 114 6,900

AR 6 - 3 G
(152.4) (6,813.741) (3,098.8) (736.6) (1,041.4-2,895.6) (641.03)

6.0 1,800 64 23 46 - 134 2,405

AR 6 L- 1 G
(152.4) (6,813.741) (1,625.6) (584.2) (1,168.4-3,403.6) (223.43)

6.0 1,800 92 23 46 - 134 4,770

AR 6 L- 2 G
(152.4) (6,813.741) (2,336.8) (584.2) (1,168.4-3,403.6) (443.15)

8.0 3,100 62 36 55 - 151 3,950

AR 8 - 1 G
(203.2) (11,734.777) (1,574.8) (914.4) (1,397-3,835.4) (366.97)

8.0 3,100 77 36 55 - 151 6,250

AR 8 - 2 G
(203.2) (11,734.777) (1,955.8) (914.4) (1,397-3,835.4) (580.64)

8.0 3,100 103 35 54 - 119 7,960

AR 8 - 4 G
(203.2) (11,734.777) (2,616.2) (889) (1,371.6-3,022.6) (739.50)

8.0 3,100 122 36 55 - 151 13,800

AR 8 - 5 G
(203.2) (11,734.777) (3,098.8) (914.4) (1,397-3,835.4) (1,282.06)

8.0 3,100 86 33 60 - 126 5,050

AR 9 - 2 G,L
(203.2) (11,734.777) (2,184.4) (838.2) (1,524-3,200.4) (469.16)

8.0 3,100 103 33 60 - 126 6,700

AR 9 - 3 G,L
(203.2) (11,734.777) (2,616.2) (838.2) (1,524-3,200.4) (622.45)

8.0 3,100 120 33 60 - 126 8,700

AR 9 - 4 G,L
(203.2) (11,734.777) (3,048) (838.2) (1,524-3,200.4) (808.25)

12.0 7,000 75 40 58 - 211 6,100

AR 1 2 - 1 G,L
(304.8) (26,497.882) (1,905) (1,016) (711.2-5,359.4) (566.71)

12.0 7,000 94 40 58 - 211 10,700

AR 1 2 - 2 G,L
(304.8) (26,497.882) (2,387.6) (1,016) (711.2-5,359.4) (994.06)

12.0 7,000 109 40 58 - 211 12,850

AR 1 2 - 3 G,L
(304.8) (26,497.882) (2,768.6) (1,016) (711.2-5,359.4) (1,193.80)

12.0 7,000 119 40 58 - 211 15,050

AR 1 2 - 4 G,L
(304.8) (26,497.882) (3,022.6) (1,016) (711.2-5,359.4) (1,398.19)

12.0 7,000 138 40 58 - 211 19,400

AR 1 2 - 5 G,L
(304.8) (26,497.882) (3,505.2) (1,016) (711.2-5,359.4) (1,802.32)

16.0 13,200 106 51 137 - 256 17,600

AR 1 6 - 1 G
(406.4) (499,674.36) (2,692.4) (1,295.4) (3,479.8-6,502.4) (1,635.09)

16.0 13,200 118 51 137 - 256 22,500

AR 1 6 - 2 G
(406.4) (499,674.36) (2,997.2) (1,295.4) (3,479.8-6,502.4) (2,090.32)

16.0 13,200 130 51 137 - 256 25,700

AR 1 6 - 3 G
(406.4) (499,674.36) (3,302) (1,295.4) (3,479.8-6,502.4) (2,387.60)

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 APV ParaFlow
Plate Heat
Exchangers
f o r HVAC A p p l i cat i o n s

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