Air-cooled heat exchangers
Air flow is nature’s own method of regulating temperature. Alfa Laval offers a wide range of energy-efficient high-performance systems for air-cooled heat exchange in industrial applications.
Air-cooled heat exchanger range
Explore our different variants of water and air to air heat exchangers.
Vertical air-cooled finned tube heat exchangers
- No water required
- Compact installation
- Reliable, robust design
- Typically used in gas compression applications, power generation, and immersion cooling
Horizontal air-cooled finned tube heat exchangers
- No water required
- Suitable for demanding duties
- Reliable, robust design
- Typically used in renewable fuel, data center cooling, pipeline compression, refrigeration units, synthetic oil cooling, and downstream oil and gas applications
Hybrid air-cooled heat exchangers
- Evaporative cooling
- Minimal water consumption thanks to dynamic cooling
- Outstanding capacity and low OPEX
- Typically used in industries such as biofuels, carbon capture, industrial water and waste treatment, oil & gas, refinery, generator cooling, turbine cooling, renewable power, pulp & paper, petrochemicals and steel.
Wet surface air-cooled heat exchangers
- Evaporative cooling
- Highly compact alternative to cooling towers
- Outstanding capacity and low OPEX
- Typically used in industries such as biofuels, carbon capture, industrial water and waste treatment, oil & gas, refinery, generator cooling, turbine cooling, renewable power, pulp & paper, petrochemicals and steel.
Cooling Pod - data center cooling system
- No water required
- Complete cooling solution for edge data centers and other modular cooling needs
- Plug-and-play installation
- Typically used for edge data center cooling, modular hydrogen generation
Air-cooled heat exchangers selection guide
| Working pressures | Approach temperatures | Cooling capacity per installed area | Water consumption | Energy consumption | Maintenance requirements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertical air-cooled finned tube heat exchangers | <350 bar | >5.5°C or >10°F | Medium | None | Medium | Low |
| Horizontal air-cooled finned tube heat exchangers | <600 bar | >5.5°C or >10°F | Low | None | Medium | Low |
| Hybrid air-cooled heat exchangers | <350 bar | <5.5°C or <10°F | High | Minimal | Low | Medium |
| Wet surface air-cooled heat exchangers | <350 bar | <5.5°C or <10°F | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
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