Alfa Laval HSS Technical Solutions Rev 20190709 Final
Alfa Laval HSS Technical Solutions Rev 20190709 Final
Alfa Laval HSS Technical Solutions Rev 20190709 Final
But …after more than 100 years… is there still room for improvement?
Disc spacing
Bowl disc
Bowl disc
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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Particles, water, sludge are
’dragged’ with the oil/fuel
Smaller Disc
spacing
Flow pattern
Bowl disc
Bowl disc
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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Hence:
• There is an optimum disc spacing, related to viscosity
• Reducing the spacing below this optimum will reduce performance
• Furthermore, reducing the spacing leads to - risk for clogging
- more difficult to clean
- heavier, more expensive disc stack
= particles
= oil
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The separator of the future...
Is more energy-efficient
For a given capacity this means:
• Is part of a system
• Is connected
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The separator of the future...
Is more intelligent
Customer values…
• Condition monitoring
Smart Separation
• Predictive maintenance is the future!
• Performance optimization
• Valuable data
Alfa Laval
Don’t just comply – be a step ahead
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