HELIMAX

HELIMAX

HELIMAX

Product catalog summary
Introduction
The HELIMAX™ Ultra-Efficient Electric Heat Exchanger utilizes Continuous Helical Flow Technology™ to enhance heat transfer efficiency, reducing maintenance intervals and increasing productivity by minimizing fouling and coking.

Features and Benefits
  • Continuous Helical Flow Technology™: Offers industry-leading heat transfer, reduces skin and shell temperature rise, and minimizes fluid bypass.
  • Reduces Coking and Fouling: Eliminates dead zones, ensuring tighter temperature control and improving velocity profiles.
  • Size and Weight Reduction: Allows for a smaller heat exchanger footprint, beneficial for space-constrained applications like offshore platforms.

Performance Capabilities
  • Unit wattages up to 5 MW and system wattages up to 200 MW.
  • Design temperatures up to 1742°F (950°C) and pressures up to 3000 psi (206 bar).
  • Suitable for single-phase liquids and gases.

Specifications
  • Terminal enclosures made from materials like Alloy 800H and 316SS.
  • Supports multiple heater configurations and compatible with WATCONNECT® control panels.
  • Designed to ASME VII- Div 1 and 2, PED, CRN standards.

Hazardous Area Ratings
  • Certified for ATEX and IEC standards, suitable for Class 1, Divisions 1 & 2, Groups B, C & D.

Typical Applications
  • Includes hot oil, gas regeneration, steam superheating, syngas heating, and more.

Contact Information
For technical sales, contact Watlow's North American or International offices.

Diagrams
Includes vessel dimensional drawing and helical flow diagram for reference.
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Catalog excerpts

HELIMAX-1

SPECIFICATION SHEET HELIMAX™ Ultra-Efficient Electric Heat Exchanger Diminish Heat Exchanger Maintenance Intervals Due to High Fouling Rates with Continuous Helical Flow Technology™ The HELIMAX™ is a next generation heat exchanger with Continuous Helical Flow Technology™ that enables ultra-high heat transfer unlike large, traditional heat exchangers with dead zones. Fluctuations within the heat exchanger to either the sheath temperature or the localized flow rate are common causes of coking, which can lead to system failures and expensive downtime. Some heat exchanger design methods, like segmental baffles, have known dead zones where hot spots can occur, accelerating the coking process. The HELIMAX provides better performance and longer heater life in a smaller footprint allowing you to reduce maintenance intervals leading to increased productivity. Performance Capabilities • Unit wattages: Up to 5 MW • • • • • • • * System wattages: Up to 200 MW* Voltages: 690V Design temperatures: Up to 1742°F (950°C) Design pressure: Up to 3000psi (206 bar) Maximum ambient temperature: 176°F (80°C) Maximum ambient temperature: -76°F (-60°C) Media phase: Single-phase liquids and gases Multiple system configurations can include multiple units in parallel, in series or a combination of these Watlow® and WATCONNECT® are registered trademarks of Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company HELIMAX™ and Continuous Helical Flow Technology™ are trademarks of Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company. Features and Benefits Continuous Helical Flow Technology™ • Industry-leading heat transfer (two to five times factor improvement compared to legacy technologies) • Enables lower skin and shell temperature rise above the process fluid compared to segmental baffles • Offers the ability to push the limit on high outlet temperature applications (above 600°C operating temperatures) • Minimizes fluid bypass • Assures tighter sheath temperature control • Provides smaller shell diameter • Leads to higher pressures without going to exotic vessel designs • Offers ability for retrofit with field measurements of existing shell Reduces coking and fouling • Eliminates dead zones assuring tighter sheath and shell temperature control • Creates lower skin temperatures • Improves the velocity profile on the elements Overall weight and size reduction • Able to greatly reduce the overall size of the heat exchanger or quantity of system units required • Enables significant benefit to space constraint applications in offshore platforms and floating production storage and offloading vesse

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HELIMAX-2

Typical Applications Terminal Enclosures Hot oil Gas regeneration Steam superheating Syngas heating Mole sieve regeneration Fuel gas Waste gas Crude oil Molten salt Catalytic regeneration Supercritical CO2 or gas Polypheonols-generic add Diesel • Standard materials: Alloy 800H, 316SS, 304H, carbon steel • Standard sizes: 8 to 24 nominal pipe size (NPS) • Sensing: High limit skin temperature, inlet/outlet process, exposed metal surface temperature, shell (pressure vessel) temperature, terminal enclosure temperature • Orientation: Horizontal, vertical • Multi-heater configuration support: Dual,...

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