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Watlow OPTIMAX® Heat Exchangers

Product Overview

Watlow’s new OPTIMAX® technology combines optimal fluid dynamics, efficient heat transfer, low pressure drop and a compact and reliable package to create a world-class system solution.

Overview

Watlow has over 40 years of experience designing and manufacturing heat exchangers, and we have the knowledge, experience and expertise required to create optimal heating solutions. Watlow has taken the tried and true, critical design criteria and improved it to create a new generation heating technology – the OPTIMAX® Heat Exchanger.

Watlow’s EFD (enhanced fluid dynamic) technology provides advanced flow throughout the system without compromising the integrity of the fluid, heating elements and/or vessel. Fluid temperatures are further optimized through the use of OFT (optimized film temperature) technology in the heating elements. These, coupled together, provide an accelerated heat transfer rate allowing the vessel to perform consistently at shorter lengths, or smaller shell diameters. In addition, the OPTIMAX®​ can be designed for backwards compatibility with existing designs.

Watlow’s has validated these technologies through CFD/FEA modeling, as well as over 5000 hours of laboratory testing.

Features & Benefits

  • Realize improved heat transfer efficiency with Watlow’s EFD (enhanced fluid dynamics) technology.
  • Reduce overall footprint up to 50%.
  • Achieve world-class pressure drop performance.
  • ANSI compatible or similar, 3 through 48 sizes.
  • Power duty up to 3 megawatts.

Specifications

Material
Duplex Stainless – 2205, 2507

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1400 F°
760 C°
Material
Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Cobalt - 625

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1800 F°
982 C°​
Material
Nickel-Chromium-Iron – 600

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1700 F°
926 C°​
Material
Nickel-Iron-Chromium - 800, 825, 84

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1800 F°
982 C°​
Material
Nickel-Molybdenum-Chromium - C-276

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1400 F°
760 C°​
Material
Austenitic Stainless – 304/304L, 316/316L, 321

Maximum Operating Temperatures
1200 F°
650 C°​

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