The Bulkflow Plate Heat Exchanger Technology with large Heat Transfer area for Product Heating and Cooling of Bulk Solids, Powder and Granules has applications in the following areas:
Chemicals
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has been used effectively for heating and cooling a wide variety of chemicals. Some of these products include:
Ammonium Sulphate, Boric Acid, Calcium Chloride, Hexamine, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Nitrate, Potassium Sulphate, Soda Ash, Sodium Acetate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bisulfate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Percarbonate, Sodium Formate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Superabsorbent, Tetrapotassium Phosphate, Tri-Calcium Phosphate
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger maintains or improves product quality and can replace high maintenance pressure equipment.
Fertilizers
After drying and screening, most fertilizer products need additional cooling to avoid potential caking in storage. With more than 75 pressure equipment installations worldwide, the Bulkflow Heat Exchanger is a proven, cost effective solution for cooling fertilizer products of all types including:
Ammonium Nitrate, Ammonium Sulphate, Coated Fertilizers, LDAN, NPK Fertilizer, MAP, DAP, Scotts® Turf Builder®, Triple-Super Phosphate, Urea Granules, Urea Prills
Our heat exchanger technology requires no costly air handling or dust collection equipment. The modular construction also allows for future plant expansion.
Polymers
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger uses plate heat exchanger technology for efficient, indirect heating or cooling of polymers and resins. These polymers include:
ABS, EPR Resin, EPDM, EVOH, Nylon, PET, Polyactic Acid Pellets, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, PVC, Superabsorbent Polymer, TPU Pellets
Cooling of polymers prevents lumping in the packaging process and can be done continuously to increase production rates. Our technology can also be used for degassing or conditioning of pellets. The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger preheats resin to increase extrusion capacity.
Detergents
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has been used effectively for cooling detergent powders and related detergent products including:
Detergent Powder, Sodium Percarbonate, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Tetrapotassium Phosphate
Our technology can replace expensive nitrogen cooling methods and prevent the caking of product, thereby improving product quality.
Catalysts
Catalysts are typically processed at high temperatures and must then be cooled before handling and packaging. Catalyst coolers have been supplied to producers worldwide for various sizes and types of catalyst products, including:
Activated Alumina, Alumina Catalyst, FCC Catalyst, Molecular Sieve Beads, Zeolites
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has a large heat transfer area to cool high temperature products.
Minerals
Minerals are typically processed at high temperatures and must be cooled before packaging. Some products must be preheated to improve the process. Bulkflow`s technology has been applied to a number of minerals and other products including:
Activated Carbon, Alumina, Carbon, Catalyst, Clay, Coal, Copper Powder, Ceramic, Foundry Sand, Glass, Graphite, Iron Carbide, Iron Powder, Limestone, Nickel Powder, Resin-Coated Sand, Silica, Talc Pellets, Welding Flux, Zircon
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has a large heat transfer area to cool high temperature products.
Oilseeds, Grains and Food Products
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has been used effectively for heating and cooling various types of oilseeds, grains and other food products, including:
Animal Feed, Bird Seed, Canola, Corn Germ, Distillers Dry Grain Solids, Isomalt Crystals, Lysine, Methionine, Popcorn, Rape Seed, Rice, Salt, Soybean, Sugar
Our technology has a large heat transfer area to cool high temperature products. The product discharge is within 5°C of heat transfer medium temperature.
Sugar
After sugar crystals are dried, cooling is required to prevent caking and maintain product quality in storage. Bulkflow Technologies has supplied 10 coolers to the sugar industry since 1999 for cooling beet sugar, cane sugar and starch derivatives. The sugar products handled by Bulkflow include:
Beet Sugar, Cane Sugar, Isomalt Crystals, Starch Derivatives
The Bulkflow Sugar Cooler is recognized as a proven, cost effective solution for cooling sugar crystals.
Biosolids
Biosolid pellets are formed by drying sewage sludge to make an organic fertilizer. The pellets must be cooled before they are conveyed to storage bins to prevent smoldering and combustion.
The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has been used to cool dried biosolids since 1992, with more than 40 units supplied worldwide. Unlike air coolers, this indirect method of cooling does not require additional dust and odor removal. The slow movement of the pellets through the equipment prevents product breakage and the generation of fines that can occur when using jacketed screw conveyors. There are few moving parts, resulting in low maintenance and operating costs.
