In the realm of food and beverage production, thermal management concerns span a wider range than in many other industries. For instance, the electrical thermal management needed to keep technology and equipment properly cooled is similar to the needs of nearly every other industry. However, other processes specific to food and beverage production also rely heavily on effective thermal management, and with advanced heat exchangers, companies can streamline those processes, as well. (more…)
Using Heat Exchangers to Optimize Power Usage
Given the nature of most of today’s advanced technology, optimizing power usage has become more than just a luxury – it’s a necessity. For many applications, electrical thermal management is often one of the most significant areas where power consumption is highest. Therefore, the advent of heat exchangers to streamline thermal management has provided profound benefits for technologies of all types. With the ability to transfer waste heat rapidly and at high volumes, heat exchangers help keep electrical enclosures, control panels, and more properly cooled while consuming minimal amounts of energy. (more…)
Where to Transfer Electrical Waste Heat for Higher Efficiency
The goal of electrical thermal management has always been to effectively prevent waste heat from accumulating into pockets, which could lead to serious system damage. Traditionally, this has been accomplished through various ways, such as circulating chilled or compressed air through electrical enclosures. However, heat exchangers take a different approach by transferring the heat instead of eliminating it. The processes for doing so (i.e., convection, natural/forced convection, and phase-change cooling) require much less energy and effort than using chilled air to keep enclosures cool. They also allow for the repurposing of the waste heat, which means companies can save more costs and streamline operations even further. (more…)
What to Remember About Cooling Electrical Enclosures
In most applications, the threat of overheating equipment is a significant concern. Most forms of technology generate waste heat somehow, and in large-scale applications, controlling that heat is vital to maintaining operations. For example, if an electrical enclosure isn’t properly cooled, then the damage that excess waste heat can cause to the components inside of it could spell disaster for all of the systems that are attached to it. Fortunately, cooling electrical enclosures has become a much simpler and more streamlined process thanks to the benefits of advanced heat exchangers. (more…)
Ways to Optimize Heat Exchanger Manufacturing
By making electrical thermal management easier and more predictable in many cases, heat exchangers have been an important development in the advancement of modern technology. Companies that create heat exchangers have benefited, as well, by using that technology to optimize the heat exchanger manufacturing process. For example, innovations such as in-house manufacturing capabilities and rapid 3D printing help streamline the design, testing, and creation of heat exchangers to make manufacturing them even more efficient. (more…)
A Few Ways Companies Benefit from Modern Heat Exchangers
These days, electrical thermal management is vital to most manufacturing and other companies, as well as to virtually all forms of modern technology. Because of its importance, thermal management is also one of the most significant areas in which companies seek to streamline operations. For most of them, the addition of modern, high-performance heat exchangers accomplishes that goal with surprisingly effective and efficient results. In addition to streamlining electrical thermal management, heat exchangers also make overall operations more reliable, less costly, and easier to maintain. (more…)
What Do Heat Exchangers Have to Do with Wastewater Treatment?
As more companies use them and more advanced technology relies on them, heat exchangers have taken on several roles beyond just cooling electrical control panels. For example, in many instances, the advanced thermal management solutions also help companies streamline processes such as wastewater treatment. Unlike cooling electrical enclosures, which involves collecting and transferring waste heat from sensitive components, wastewater treatment and similar processes rely on the sustained application of heat. Using heat exchangers, companies can provide that heat more conveniently and at a much lower cost than ever before. (more…)
Aiming for Eco-Friendliness? Start with Heat Exchangers
These days, companies aim to do more than just optimize efficiency and productivity. They also seek to improve their operations long-term by implementing greener, more sustainable operations, often choosing technologies and processes based on their level of eco-friendliness. In many instances, those efforts are most effective when a company concentrates first on its thermal management processes. All forms of technology rely on these processes, and ensuring that they remain as cost and energy efficient as possible is paramount to ensuring any other aspect of a company’s operations are just as eco-friendly. (more…)
How Efficient Are Heat Exchangers?
A lot is said about the more efficient manner in which modern heat exchangers transfer heat when compared to more traditional solutions. For example, companies that implement heat exchangers in favor of air conditioners almost immediately notice the smoother and more reliable thermal management processes that they provide. Heat exchangers also improve efficiency in several areas, though, which make them even more beneficial in the long-run than companies may realize at first. (more…)
How Do Heat Exchangers Differ from Air Conditioning?
In many ways, it’s obvious how different heat exchangers are from more traditional air conditioning equipment. Not only do they look different, but the very methods they use to prevent electrical overheating vastly differ from each other, as well. By utilizing completely different thermal management methods, heat exchangers have resounding benefits that far exceed what air conditioners can provide. That includes impacting the overall costs of electrical thermal management, as well as the environmental footprint that companies must account for in regards to their technology. (more…)