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Compact Evaporator Format
3x5 refers to the nominal evaporator plate dimension. Cabinets are built with a plate count chosen to meet the required capacity, typically from four plates up to the cabinet maximum.
Capacity comes from plate count. The cabinet holds a number of evaporator plates and capacity scales with them, which makes the range easy to step through and easy to expand within the cabinet size where headroom was allowed at purchase.
Refrigeration side. The chiller is an evaporator, so it is matched to a condensing arrangement and a refrigerant. Suction conditions, refrigerant type and the control arrangement all need to be settled alongside the water-side duty.
Water side. Flow rate, inlet temperature and required outlet temperature set the duty. Tell us whether the water contacts product, because it changes the sanitation specification and sometimes the materials.
Typical Specification
- Evaporator plates: 3x5 Temp-Plate format
- Cabinet: Fully enclosed
- Plate count: Selected to meet the required capacity
- Freeze protection: Temp-Plate evaporator design prevents freeze-up
- Secondary exchanger: Not required
- Tank: Integral or tankless
- Materials: Stainless steel construction
- Cleaning: Plates and distribution accessible
- Water duty: Flow, inlet and outlet temperature
- Refrigerant: Matched to the condensing arrangement
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3x5 Falling Film Chiller
Sizing the Cabinet
Plate count is the variable. Specify the capacity you need today and tell us whether it is likely to grow, because a cabinet with room for additional plates costs very little extra now and saves buying a second unit later.
The water-side duty and the refrigeration-side conditions have to be settled together. A chiller sized on water duty alone can be mismatched to the condensing capacity available.
Common FAQs
It depends on the cabinet, with typical configurations running from four plates up to around twenty-four. Capacity scales with plate count, so the range steps in sensible increments.
If the cabinet was specified with room, yes. That is worth deciding at purchase, because retrofitting a larger cabinet later costs far more than specifying headroom now.
The chiller is the evaporator in a refrigeration system, so refrigerant selection follows the system rather than the chiller. Tell us the refrigerant and the suction conditions along with the water-side duty.
No, and that is the main advantage. Refrigerant is inside the evaporator plate and water flows on its face, so there is no glycol loop and no secondary exchanger costing you approach temperature.
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