Tubular heat exchanger for thermal treatment of viscous products
Optimize efficiency in heating, cooling, and pasteurization processes with a versatile heat exchanger designed to handle everything from smooth liquids to products with particulates, ensuring high-quality output for demanding production lines.
Ensures Efficient Thermal Processing for Liquids
The GEA VARITUBE® Tubular Heat Exchangers are engineered to provide precise thermal treatment for a range of liquid products in the food, dairy, and beverage industries. Designed with a modular approach, the exchangers utilize straight or corrugated inner tubes positioned within a shell, ensuring efficient heat transfer through optimization of the product/media volume ratio. This design is particularly suited for viscous liquids and those containing particles or fibers.
Applications include heating, cooling, pasteurization, and UHT treatment, with the capability to handle products such as fruit juices, yogurt drinks, plant-based milk alternatives, and tomato paste with chunks. The system supports continuous operation with configurable production capacity to meet varied processing demands.
Engineered from 1.4571 (AISI 316 Ti) material, the VARITUBE® exchangers are built for durability and resistance to corrosion, making them suitable for demanding process environments. An aseptic, sanitary sealing system ensures product integrity, while the design allows for easy integration into existing production lines, offering seamless upstream and downstream connectivity.
The units are TÜV-approved and feature a unique floating tube bundle design that compensates for thermal expansion, enhancing operational reliability. CIP compatibility ensures efficient, contamination-free cleaning, reducing maintenance downtime. With customizable configurations, GEA offers engineering support to tailor solutions specific to your operational requirements.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality with precise thermal treatment.
- Streamlines production efficiency with modular and customizable design.
- Minimizes maintenance with CIP-compatible cleaning.
- Adapts to diverse liquid and particulate products.
- Ensures operational reliability with corrosion-resistant materials.
- Applications
- Beverages,Liquid food,Cip media,Particulate products,Liquid dairy,Hot water generation,Non-alcoholic beverages
- End products
- Ready-to-drink coffee,Tomato paste with chunks,Pasteurized liquid eggs,Uht milk,Hot water for sanitation,Milk,Protein shakes,Chunky salsa,Iced tea,Plant-based milk alternatives,Fruit juices,Creamy soups,Yogurt drinks,Cleaning solutions,Sterilized milk,Flavored milk
- Steps before
- Emulsification,Grinding,Mixing
- Steps after
- Pasteurization,UHT treatment,Cooling,Heating
- Input ingredients
- low-viscosity products,high-viscosity products,products with particles,products with pulp,products with fibers,products with pieces,liquid food,liquid dairy,beverages,products containing pieces,products containing particles
- Output ingredients
- heated products,cooled products,pasteurized products,UHT-treated products,hot water,CIP media
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Thermal efficiency
- High efficiency due to corrugation and optimized product/media volume ratio
- Material
- 1.4571 (AISI 316 Ti)
- Production capacity
- Customizable based on requirements
- Product type
- Handles low to high-viscosity products including particles,pulp,and fibers
- Operating temperature
- Suitable for high temperature differences
- Fluid path design
- Product flows through straight or bent inner tubes
- Flow configuration
- Counter-current
- Sanitary design
- Sanitary O-ring sealing system
- Inspection capability
- Removable inner tube bundle for inspection
- Volume flow rate
- Up to 60 m³/h
- Leak detection
- Intermediate flange with radially positioned tell pipe
- Installation
- Modular design for easy installation,extension or modification
- Working mechanism
- Straight tube heat exchanger
- Automation level
- PLC/Manual
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Thermal efficiency
- High due to optimized product/media volume ratio
- Modular design
- Allows easy installation,extension,or modification
- Heat exchange tube
- Plain or corrugated
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Heat Exchanger Type
- Tubular
- Tube Configuration
- Single Tube / Multi-tube
- Inner Tubes Material
- 1.4571 (AISI 316 Ti)
- Installation Type
- Modular
- Thermal Expansion Compensation
- Floating Inner Tubes
- Inner Tube Design
- Plain / Corrugated
- Product Flow Paths
- Without Dead Zones
- Sanitary Design
- O-ring Sealing System
- Product Flow Direction
- Counter-current
- Disassembly
- Removable Inner Bundle
- Outer Shell Design
- Radially Positioned Leakage Tell Pipe
- External Shell Material
- Not specified
- Modular Design
- Easy installation,extension,or modification
- Material
- 1.4571 (AISI 316 Ti)
- Inner Tube Options
- Plain or Corrugated
- Flow Paths
- Dead zone-free design
- Sealing System
- Sanitary O-ring