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Self-Cleaning Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger with High Heat Transfer Efficiency and Wide Open Channels for Sludge Digestion

Self-Cleaning Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger with High Heat Transfer Efficiency and Wide Open Channels for Sludge Digestion

MOQ: 1 Sets
Price: 10000 USD
Delivery Period: 2 months
Payment Method: L/C,T/T
Supply Capacity: 200 sets / days
Detail Information
Place of Origin
China
Brand Name
Center Enamel
Certification
ASME,ISO 9001,CE, NSF/ANSI 61, WRAS, ISO 28765, LFGB, BSCI, ISO 45001
Material:
Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel
Size:
Customized
Design Pressure:
0.1-10 Mpa
Applications:
Chemical, Food Processing, Beverage Processing, Brewing, Metallurgy, Oil Refining, Pharmaceuticals
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Self-Cleaning Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger

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High Heat Transfer Efficiency SPHE

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Wide Open Channels Sludge Heat Exchanger

Product Description
Thermal Activation: Spiral Plate Exchangers Drive Efficiency in Sludge Digestion
Anaerobic digestion serves as the cornerstone of modern wastewater treatment, achieving dual objectives: substantial sludge volume reduction and generation of methane-rich biogas—a valuable renewable energy source. This biological process depends entirely on maintaining sludge within a precise optimal temperature range, typically around 35°C (mesophilic) or 55°C (thermophilic).
Achieving uniform thermal stability presents significant process engineering challenges. Sewage sludge is an extremely thick, viscous medium containing abrasive grit, fibers, and grease. These characteristics cause rapid fouling and plugging in conventional heat exchangers, leading to thermal inconsistency, biological instability in digesters, and costly operational shutdowns.
The definitive solution for this critical thermal application is the Robust Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger (SPHE). With its unique single-channel, high-velocity design, the SPHE is specifically engineered to handle extreme viscosity and high solids content, ensuring reliable, continuous heat transfer.
Shijiazhuang Zhengzhong Technology Co.,Ltd (Center Enamel) provides durable, high-integrity solutions for industrial containment and severe service applications, delivering operational longevity in critical municipal infrastructure.
Fueling the Digester: The Necessity of Uniform Sludge Heating
Anaerobic digestion efficiency correlates directly with temperature stability within the digester. Consistent heating maximizes methane-producing bacterial activity, resulting in higher sludge decomposition rates and increased biogas yield. Inconsistent heating, often caused by fouled equipment, leads to system upsets and reduced energy production.
The SPHE ensures thermal stability through its Forced, Self-Scouring Flow advantage.
The Sludge Challenge: Sludge behaves as a non-Newtonian, highly viscous fluid. In traditional multi-pass exchangers, it tends to channelize or stagnate, allowing solids to settle and rapidly form insulating layers.
SPHE's Self-Cleaning Mechanism: The SPHE's unique spiral path forces the entire sludge volume through a single, long, turbulent channel. High flow velocity and centrifugal forces actively sweep particulates and debris along channel walls, preventing deposition and accumulation. This continuous "self-scouring" action maintains clean heat transfer surfaces, guaranteeing consistent thermal input for optimal digester performance.
Engineering for Extreme Viscosity: The SPHE Design Advantage
The SPHE represents specialized engineering excellence, designed for continuous heat transfer in one of the most challenging fluid applications.
Principle of Operation: Constructed from two long metal plates coiled to form separate, large-diameter spiral channels. Extremely viscous sewage sludge flows through one wide channel while clean heating medium (typically recovered hot water) flows counter-currently through the other. This configuration provides extensive heat transfer surface area within a compact footprint while ensuring absolute physical separation between sludge and heating utility.
Key Design Features for Anti-Plugging and High Uptime
  • Wide, Open Channels: Specifically engineered wide spacing accommodates large solids, fibers, and grit without bridging or plugging—a primary failure mechanism in other exchanger types. This feature maximizes operational uptime in 24/7 wastewater facilities.
  • High Heat Transfer Efficiency: Continuous, forced turbulent flow maintained by spiral geometry ensures consistently high heat transfer coefficients, efficiently transferring heat while reducing overall energy requirements.
  • Access for Maintenance: While self-cleaning design minimizes routine intervention, units can be fabricated with easy-to-remove covers for complete mechanical access to channel surfaces, facilitating inspection and deep cleaning when required.
The need for uncompromising structural quality in corrosive environments highlights the expertise of Shijiazhuang Zhengzhong Technology Co.,Ltd (Center Enamel). Their proven track record in manufacturing durable containment and processing systems ensures long-term SPHE integrity against the abrasive and corrosive nature of sewage sludge.
Driving Biogas Production and Operational Stability
Robust SPHE performance in sludge heating systems delivers comprehensive benefits across wastewater treatment facilities.
  • Maximum Biogas Yield: Stable, uniform thermal energy ensures anaerobic digestion operates at peak biological efficiency, maximizing methane-rich biogas generation. This renewable energy source enables many plants to achieve energy-neutral or energy-positive status.
  • Unmatched Reliability: Anti-plugging and self-scouring design dramatically reduces unscheduled maintenance and shutdowns caused by fouled equipment, guaranteeing continuous thermal input for long-term digester stability.
  • Volume Reduction and Sustainability: Successful digestion, facilitated by proper heating, significantly reduces final residual solids volume for disposal, lowering costs and enhancing environmental and economic sustainability.
Robust Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers represent indispensable technology for efficient, sustainable sludge management worldwide. By delivering essential thermal stability for anaerobic digestion, providing superior self-cleaning capabilities against extreme fouling, and maximizing energy recovery through biogas production, they are vital to modern wastewater processing. This highly reliable, robust solution is secured by the engineering quality and industrial commitment of companies like Shijiazhuang Zhengzhong Technology Co.,Ltd (Center Enamel).