All-aluminium heat exchangers outperform the traditional solution in many aspects: cost, efficiency, weight, space, installation, transportation and recyclability.
All-aluminium Hydro HYVAC™ packages for heat exchangers are a source of great benefits:
- deep knowledge and science of aluminium as preferred material
- long-term expertise in brazing technologies
- well-equipped R&D centers
- our Service Centre from which small volumes of microchannel tubes (MPEs), slotted headers, fin material, baffles and end caps can be bought for test purposes, prototypes or small series production
Yes, we can contribute to your success!
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Round tube mech. expanded
(Cu tube/ Al fin) |
Round tube mech. expanded
(Al tube/ Al fin) |
Brazed aluminium
(Al MPE tube/Al fin) |
| Required space |
100% |
100% |
28% |
| Tube weight |
100% |
33% - 66% |
33% |
| Heat exchanger weight |
100% |
66% - 83%
|
42% |
| Tube cost per heat exchanger** |
100% |
20% - 40% |
30% |
| Burst pressure |
100% |
47% - 100% |
100% |
| Refrigerant charge in condenser |
100% |
100% - 86%
|
7% |
| Refrigerant side pressure drop*** |
100% |
100% - 150%
|
195% (40kPa) |
| Air side pressure drop |
100% |
100% |
74% |
| Lifetime |
High fin corrosion |
All-aluminium balanced alloy combination |
All-aluminium balanced alloy combination |
| Recyclability |
Separation needed |
No need for separation |
No need for separation |
- Data based on properly designed condensers
- Design conditions:
R404a
Condensing temperature 40ºC
Ambient temperature 25 ºC
Air speed 2.4m/s
* Compensated for increased tube wall thickness to meet burst pressure
** LME prices 23.03.09
*** Optimized pressure drop 40kPa (utilize heat exchanger/keep high COP)
