Komax - Sludge Heat Exchanger

Heating sludge to harness energy by capturing the biogas is a green practice utilized around the world in sustainable farming to capture methane gases. The biogas can be used to recover energy and generate power using a generator, and this energy can be used to power the other plant operations.

• Municipal Sludge Mixing
• FOG
• Reclaiming heat from outgoing sludge/deliver to cold incoming sludge
• Heat sludge to deliver re-circulation of anaerobic digestion

The Komax Hi-pass mixing technology of the heat exchanger eliminates the boundary layer, increasing the heat transfer efficiency. The turbulence created by the patented non-clogging Hi-pass mixing elements, set in a dual series of angles with a larger opening than the standard triple action static mixer, allows for sludge and debris to pass through the tube side and shell side piping, scavenges the pipe walls, resulting in low to no maintenance or production downtime. This technology keeps the pipe walls clean, by eliminating fouling or caking of sludge on the pipe wall, resulting in more consistent heating performance over time. This makes the sludge heat exchanger more thermally efficient than a standard shell and tube heat exchanger. Due to the heat transfer improvement, Komax shell and tube heat exchangers can be up to 50% smaller than a standard ‘tube in tube’ heat exchanger for the same heating application.

Set of mixing elements placed on opposite side to allow wall-to-wall radial transfer of sludge and debris with no clogging or build up as it offers a wider opening in the center of the static mixer, allowing bigger particles to pass through. The jacketed heat exchanger transfers heat from one media to another by utilizing hot water or hot sludge. The internal hi-pass non-clogging mixing elements create high