Easy installation of hiTRAN Matrix Elements

hiTRAN Matrix Elements (turbulators) are easily fitted and removed. Installation can be carried out in-situ without removing the exchanger bundle (vertical or horizontal orientation) or in the workshop during fabrication or maintenance.

Elements are specially designed to be flexible for ease and speed of installation, even where access is very confined. This flexibility also allows the system to adjust to any tube diameter tolerances.

hiTRAN Installation into New Equipment

The exchanger fabricator will carry out the installation after completion of the bundle. Cal Gavin provides all instructions needed, fitting equipment and method of securing the elements.

Many fabricators have experience in fitting hiTRAN Matrix Elements. However, if necessary a Cal Gavin technician can supervise the installation and provide the necessary experience for future work.

hiTRAN Matrix Elements in U-Tubes

hiTRAN Matrix Elements can be fitted into the straight leg of U-tubes. The Turbulator simply has to be push fitted instead of being pulled into place. The Turbulators will be manufactured with a looser fit and one leg of each tube will have the element fitted in the opposite direction. These factors are taken into account when the engineers carry out their performance calculations.

hiTRAN Matrix Elements in Retrofit

Many heat exchangers have been fitted with hiTRAN Matrix Elements in the field. Provided the tubeside has been effectively cleaned this is normally achieved without difficulty and the heat exchanger does not normally need to be removed from the plant. Cal Gavin technicians have many years of site experience and have developed a range of techniques to allow rapid fitting of elements within demanding shutdown schedules.