WASTEWATER HEAT RECOVERY
System 2000
Heat Recovery For The New Millennium
Thermal Engineering’s System 2000 is factory-built, service proven, complete heat recovery system engineered for maximum wastewater heat recovery
Thermal Heat Plate Exchanger
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PERFORMANCE: 300% more efficient than Shell and Tube heat exchangers. |
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EXPANDABLE: Just add plates for additional capacity – a one hour job. |
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ANTI-FOULING: Highly turbulent corrugations and electro-polished heat transfer surfaces easily release soap scum. |
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SERVICEABILITY: Simply remove compression bolts and spread plates apart for a full internal inspection of both the waste and fresh water heat transfer surfaces. |
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HEAT LOSS: Practically none – no insulation is needed. |
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COMPACT: Entire system occupies 25 to 35% of floor space compared to 30-foot long continuous tube reclaimers. |
TEA "SMART THERM"
Automatically controls waste and fresh water flows to extract the maximum waste energy for pre-heating hot and tempered make-up waters to the highest levels ever achieved.
Smart Touch Control System
The stand-alone control panel includes an advanced color touch screen interface for all control functions. This touch screen has the ability to completely operated and monitor the entire system operation. These functions will include the ability to start and stop all system components from the central control panel. This system is standard at no extra cost.
Exclusive Features
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SHAKER SCREEN. Automatically removes suspended solids above 175 micron to reduce TSS levels to acceptable levels. |
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AUTOMATIC SOLIDS COLLECTION. Suspended solids filtered from wastewater are collected in dewatering container for easy disposal with plant solid waste. |
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EXCLUSIVE PRE-PIPING AND WIRING STANDARD. Assembly includes all isolation and control valves. Stainless steel fresh water piping for lifetime service. |
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PNEUMATIC INJECTION CLEANING (PATENTED). Automatically air blasts waste water heat transfer surfaces every few minutes. Violent air/water agitation breaks loose any fouling which can impede heat transfer. |
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HOT FILTERED WASTE WATER FEED TANK. Stores filtered hot waste water for immediate delivery to heat exchanger. No heat recovery lag for lack of hot waste water when needed. |
| RE-CIRCULATION HEAT EXCHANGER CLEANING. Automatic 160° F hot water circulation cleaning cycle maintains "As New" performance in any kind of laundry. No dangerous hot caustic cleaning ever needed. |
| SAFETY FILTER. Basket strainer prevents solids from plugging plate exchanger if screen failure occurs. |
A History of Efficiency
The energy crisis of the 70’s resulted in demands for the best laundry waste water heat reclaimers possible. Existing shell and tube units, developed in the 1930’s and 1940’s, while adequate for those times, just did not have the performance capabilities needed when energy costs rose 10 times previous costs.
In 1978, Thermal Engineering of Arizona introduced its patented Thermal Heat Recovery System to the laundry industry. The exclusive corrugated heat transfer surfaces produce water flow turbulence, which resulted in 300% more heat transfer efficiency than even the best existing continuous tube heat reclaimers.
Combined with its integral Shaker Screen for automatic wastewater clean-up, TEA’S pre-packaged, wired and piped heat recovery systems quickly gained a position as the technological leader in the laundry industry.
In 1980, TEA introduced its patented hot and tempered water pre-heating wastewater heat recovery system - the greatest single improvement in laundry heat recovery ever. Today, fully 90% of all plants being built are using TEA’S concept of heat reclaimed tempered water preheating.
The results are spectacular. TEA systems are today achieving the highest levels of laundry waste water heat recovery ever achieved. Plants are normally designed to recover 75%, or more, of the total heat contained in the wastewater before discharge to the sewer.