Falling film chiller

What is a falling film chiller?

This unit is a heat exchanger that is engineered to reach the desired temperature for cooling water; the cold water is used to cool down large amounts of this fluid in short periods of time and is also suitable for cooling contaminated liquids.

A falling film chiller can recycle water and decreases the plates temperature to optimal
levels; this recirculating falling film chiller will continuously cool down all fluids and keep
their temperature uniformly.

How does a falling film chiller work?

There is a water distribution tray at the bottom of this equipment with multiple orifices on its surface to drain water out of the tray and into the double-relief/double-pane laser plates hanging at the bottom.

A thin water layer falls on the plate and is cooled down to the desired temperature; the falling film chiller can cool water down to a temperature of 0.5 °C.

After cooling, cooled water travels from the plates and enters an optional tank where it is pumped and distributed to the next process, which could be another heat exchanger, a process tank or a food product; used water can be collected in a deposit and pumped back to the top part of the falling film chiller where the process starts all over again.

The Pilow Plate is a cluster of heat exchanging plates that consists of two stainless stee plates welded by a customized circular weld profile and is hydraulically inflated via a hydrostatic pump transporting the refrigerant.

Basic information for a proper selection

1. Input temperature
2. Output temperature
3. Flow
4. Cooling capacity
5. Type of refrigerant