Evaporators

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Our SONDEX® plate evaporators are designed to handle advanced evaporation duties. Using semi-welded plate cassettes, the media are guaranteed to never mix. The plate cassettes are designed to ensure the optimal level of turbulence on both sides while providing an even distribution of the media for superior performance and product quality.

Our standard, semi-welded, and brazed SONDEX® plate heat exchangers are outstanding choices for standard evaporation duties.

However, certain applications prove unsuitable for regular heat exchanger types. To help you obtain unsurpassed product quality, we have created exclusive evaporator plates tailored to meet the challenges presented by advanced evaporation applications.

Features and benefits

Special plate design featuring an extra-large inlet connection for steam. Steam consumption can be reduced when operating with multi-stage evaporators, as the product vapor will serve as the heating media.

Flexible design that makes it easy to increase capacity by adding additional cassettes or decrease it to save energy. Low residence time leads to perfect evaporation conditions and superior product quality.

High performance, even with low temperature differences between the media, which is especially great for mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) and thermal vapor recompression (TVR).

Applications

  • Dairy/food/beverage industry
    - e.g. food production, like juice and alcohol processing
  • Sugar industry
    - e.g. sugar production, such as concentration of sugar content in sugarcane juice
  • Biogas industry
  • Pulp and paper industry
  • Mining industry
  • Chemical industry

Technical specifications

  • Connections up to DN600 (24")
  • Frames designed according to FEA and PED 2014/68/EU (EN13445) and ASME sec VIII, Div. 1 construction standards
  • Plate materials: AISI 304/316, titanium, SMO, Hastelloy*
  • Gasket materials: EPDM-HT, NBR-HT*
  • Plate heights up to 2.4 m (8 ft)
  • Flow rates up to 800 m3/h (3,522 gpm)
  • Working pressure up to 10 bar (145 psi)
  • Working temperatures from -20 °C to 180 °C (-4 °F to 356 °F)

*other materials available upon request

Discover how the SONDEX® gasketed plate heat exchanger operates.

From design and construction to working principles, we take you through the key features behind these high-efficiency heat transfer solutions.

Documents

Documents
Type Name Language Valid for Updated Download File type
Brochure A world of heat exchangers English Multiple 13 Feb, 2024 7.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers German Multiple 17 Jan, 2024 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers French Multiple 22 Dec, 2023 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Polish Multiple 13 Sep, 2023 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Hungarian Multiple 13 Sep, 2023 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 13 Sep, 2023 9.6 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Danish Multiple 15 Sep, 2023 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Chinese (CN) Multiple 17 Jan, 2024 9.6 MB .pdf
Brochure Gasketed plate heat exchangers - Next-generation heat transfer solutions English Multiple 12 Feb, 2024 5.7 MB .pdf
Brochure Heat exchangers for the power industry English Multiple 12 Feb, 2024 5.4 MB .pdf
Data sheet SEC174 - Rising Film Evaporator English Multiple 04 Jun, 2020 853.1 KB .pdf
Brochure SEC174 Evaporator English Multiple 30 Nov, 2022 1.4 MB .pdf
Brochure SONDEX® Free Flow sugar brochure English Multiple 12 Feb, 2024 7.8 MB .pdf
Brochure SONDEX® Traditional Plate Heat Exchangers English Multiple 12 Feb, 2024 9.4 MB .pdf

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FAQ

The choice of heat exchanger depends on many factors. Our skilled sales engineers design the heat exchanger with the appropriate dimensions and correct specifications based on your input and requirements, to ensure that you receive a quality solution that performs optimally.

Our heat exchangers are approved and certified according to industry standards and requirements. For specific details, please reach out to your local SONDEX® brand sales representative.

Please contact your local SONDEX® brand sales responsible.

Please contact your local SONDEX® brand sales office. For the most accurate quotation, please prepare the following data:

  • Duty,
  • Type of media,
  • Pressure drop,
  • Flow rate,
  • Working pressure,
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Case stories

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    Since its launch in 2016, the SONDEX® branch of Danfoss Brasil has worked hard to become the leading manufacturer of plate heat exchangers for customers across Latin America. In December 2017, the company took giant strides towards fulfilling its high ambitions when it delivered four evaporators to Bioenergética Aroeira for use in the production of sugarcane ethanol – the biggest delivery of its kind ever manufactured in Latin America.

Service

Gasketed plate heat exchanger service

Our service team offers repairs, trouble shooting, upgrades, and on-site cleaning and maintenance of your plate heat exchanger solution. We always utilize genuine spare parts both for SONDEX® heat exchangers and our selection of other heat exchanger brands.