Your Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
Performance Specialist
Services include
Reverse Engineering
Condition Assessment
External and Internal Cleaning
Upgrades/Performance Improvements
Noise Reduction
Scheduled/Breakdown Maintenance
Spare Parts
Why go anywhere else when you can deal with just
one company for all your ACHE Performance needs
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About Extran
Extran is a highly experienced solutions-based company servicing the Oil and Gas, Petro-chemical, Power, Hydraulics, Environmental and Mining industries.
Extran is committed to providing our clients with the most effective heat transfer design solutions and to remain a quality, competitive provider in terms of supply, manufacture, maintenance, cleaning and site service.
Our in-house expertise enables us to address technically sophisticated projects and, through our partnerships with global leaders, more technically sophisticated equipment supply and servicing.
Our Maintenance Workshop has an enviable reputation for the service, rebuild and repair of all Heat Exchanger types.
We have the engineering depth to be able to solve any of your ACHE performance issues.
Extran is third party certified for Quality, OH&S and Environment:-
ISO 9001:2008
AS 4801:2001
ISO 14001:2004
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Condition Assessment Extran will inspect the ACHE to ascertain current performance;
Checking mechanical aspects of the unit for soundness and correct installation
Measure air flow performance
Take noise measurements around the unit
Measure temperature on the inlet and outlet of the air side
Check pressure drop across the cooler bundle
Gather tube side performance data
Rate the unit within our thermal design software
Reverse Engineering Extran will work with your Engineers to gather all relevant information about the ACHE (original data sheet, drawings, MDR files, Client specs, etc.) to enable us to simulate the cooler on our thermal design software. If data and drawings are missing, we can offer to perform site mechanical measurements to provide the relevant data. In doing this we set a baseline to check our coolers actual performance against.
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External and Internal Cleaning One of the biggest impacts on performance lose for an ACHE is external fouling of the finned tubes. Duty of a fouled unit can be improved by as much as 50% with proper cleaning of the fins. Extran uses a semi automated pressure cleaning system to perform this task, which eliminates potential fin damage from hand held cleaning equipment. We can also offer internal tube cleaning services for units where the client feels their fluids may the fouling and causing a reduction in duty.
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Upgrades / Performance Improvements If after rectifying damaged or improperly installed mechanical equipment and performing a through clean of the cooler, the unit is still not performing to your required duty, or due to process needs an increase in duty is required, Extran can help with the following services/changes.
Fan blade pitch adjustment
Tip seal supply and installation
Seal disc replacements
Inlet fan ring bells
High performance fan replacements
Motor/drive optimization
Re-tubing of existing bundle
Complete bundle replacement
Fogging system
Complete ACHE bay replacement
Noise Reduction
The existing fan and motor/drive parameters can be checked against what would be expected for that model fan, highlighting the expected noise level at time of manufacture.
If current environmental restrictions now require a fan with lower noise output, but the plant still requires current performance outputs, Extran can help with the following service/modification;
Fan speed/pitch angle optimization
Inlet bell installation
Fan change out to low noise models
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Schedule/Breakdown Maintenance
The best time to service your ACHE is when maintenance is actually required. This way, you avoid fouling-related problems that can eat into your profits and the expense of performing routine maintenance when it isn’t needed.
By monitoring the process and air side conditions of the cooler, service intervals can be scheduled for the right time, ensuring ongoing productivity and performance.
By setting these performance parameters and monitoring them, Extran can provide scheduled maintenance of the cooler that is done at the right time.
And for those time when due to unforseen circumstances there is a need to perform breakdown services, Extran has a maintenance workshop and the staff capable of providing the expert service that is needed.
Spare Parts
Extran is capable of providing all your ACHE Spare Parts needs;
Fan Blades
Fan Hubs
Inlet Bells
Fan shafts
Bearings
Sprockets and belts
Motors
Finned tubes
Header plug and gaskets
Louvers
Extran Pty Ltd
10 Gabrielle Court
Bayswater North
Victoria, 3153 - Australia
Phone - +61 3 9761 7766
Fax - +61 3 9761 4511
Email - [email protected]
www.extranheattransfer.com.au