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 |
Our tailored industrial air-cooler solutions
Finding the right evaporative air-cooled heat exchanger solution for your industrial process can be quite challenging depending on many different factors. Water access is one of them - you may have limited or no access at all to water. You may also be struggling with seasonal changes and other challenges.
In this video you will find out more about our range of air-cooled heat exchangers and which industrial cooling solution is ideal for you based on your specific air-cooler condenser requirements.