Description of Komax InLine Sanitary Steam Heater
The Komax sanitary inline steam heater is made of stainless steel, polished (or electropolished), and designed for CIP process. The typical applications for the sanitary inline steam heater in the food and beverage industry are heating of water, CIP (clean in place) solutions, and other heavy viscous slurries such as tomato paste, starches, peanut butter, molasses, and purees.
Using the patented Equalizer™ Mixing Module, no motors/no moving parts are needed to perform the steam absorption, allowing for a continuous process with low to no maintenance or downtime. The Equalizer™ also encourages a lower level of noise pollution and vibrations throughout the line, making the Komax Sanitary inline steam heater provide less stress on the system compared to conventional steam heating devices.
Features
- No moving parts and no small orifices eliminates maintenance and plugging problems
- Heating, cooking or sterilizing
- Continuous process, straight through product flow
- Precise and uniform temperature profile
- Instant hot water
- Rapid assembly and disassembly-sanitary clamps only
- Results in excellent mixing while heating
- Produces uniform product consistency
- 316 stainless steel construction-assures years of dependable service
- Available in all sizes
- Quiet, vibration-free operation
Typical Applications
Applications of the Komax Sanitary Steam Heater include heating, cooking, sterilization and pasteuri-zation and can be utilized in processing of products such as: starches, slurries, dairy products, mayon-naise, stews, pastries, sauces & gravies, soups, purees, puddings, baby food, juices, vinegar, water, CIP solutions, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
- Heating Water
- Tomato Paste
- Molasses
- Chemicals
- Carrot Puree
- CIP Solutions
- Other Slurries
Connection and Custom Options
- Flanged Ends: Flanged End connections are available for all pipe steam heaters, sizes from 2” to 24”. They allow an easy mounting of the heater directly in the line of the product to be heated.
- Threaded Ends: Komax Systems offers male and/or female NPT/BSPT end connections.
- Weld Prep Ends: For custom configuration, the heater can also be provided with weld prep end connections.
- Tri Clamp Ends: For the sanitary heater, standard connection is Tri Clamp, made of 316SS tube housing, it is available in sizes from 2” to 6”.
*All static mixers are custom made; end connection type can be made per customer’s request/needs.
EQUALIZER MIXING MODULE
The Komax Equalizer® Mixing Module consists of six mixing chambers installed with Komax’ helical mixing elements that allow contacting of the steam and product to be heated (i.e. water). These elements will then divide and recombine the process flow to form multiple impingent blending zones that produce high turbulence and small steam bubble sizes for a more uniform temperature output with no vibration, no water hammer, and no excessive noise.
Specification
INSTALLED KOMAX CORN STARCH COOKER 4-inch diameter Komax Steam Heater constructed of 316 stainless steel with clamp-type ferrule end connections.
- Flow rate, starch: 40 – 50 GPM
- Inlet temperature: 45 – 65 degrees F
- Outlet temperature: 230 degrees F
- Steam line pressure: 48 PSIG
- Starch line pressure: 10 PSIG
- Starch line pressure drop: 0.8 – 1.4 psi
- Length: 17 inches flange to flange
Sanitary Inline Steam Heater Model and Size
Smaller diameter sanitary versions of Komax highly successful Direct Steam Heaters have improved the heating of liquids and the cooking of heavy viscous slurries. The Komax Sanitary Heater demon-strates superior performance in starch cooking over earlier designs of direct steam cookers.
The static mixing chamber of the Komax Direct Steam Heater produces complete and uniform heating of the process flow. Komax Direct Steam Heaters contain no moving parts and will work efficiently on low 25-psi to 50-psi steam. This simple invention is a major break through in direct steam cooking. Straight flow through no moving part design provides for CIP or rapid disassembly for cleaning.
| Line Size | Port Size | Equalizer | Overall Length | Shipping Wt. Lbs 150# |
| 1 1/2″ | 0.5″, 0.75″ | 1 1/2″ | 10″ | 15 |
| 2″ | 1″ | 2″ | 12″ | 19 |
| 3″ | 1 1/2″ | 3″ | 12″ | 35 |
| 4″ | 2″ | 4″ | 17″ | 53 |
| 6″ | 2″, 3″ | 6″ | 23″ | 96 |
| 8″ | 4″ | 8″ | 26″ | 174 |
| 10″ | 6″ | 10″ | 30″ | 298 |
| 12″ | 6″ | 12″ | 32″ | 400 |
| *Standard connections are Tri-Clamps but can be supplied with RFWN flanges (electropolished) | ||||
| * Steam Port sizes vary based on steam flow require | ||||
Smaller diameter sanitary versions of Komax highly successful Direct Steam Heaters have improved the heating of liquids and the cooking of heavy viscous slurries. The Komax Sanitary Heater demon-strates superior performance in starch cooking over earlier designs of direct steam cookers.
The static mixing chamber of the Komax Direct Steam Heater produces complete and uniform heating of the process flow. Komax Direct Steam Heaters contains no moving parts and will work efficiently on 25-50 psi steam. This simple invention is a major breakthrough in direct steam cooking. The flow through de-sign provides for a CIP and rapid disassembly for cleaning.
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Source: komax.com
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