Heat Exchangers
TERALBA is a third generation Australian company with more than 40 years’ experience designing and building heat exchangers.
Back in the late 80s, the company successfully experimented with mining slurry cooling for copper leachate from the Cobar mine site.
Since then, it has built strong links with ammonium nitrate manufacturing companies, with some of the units built back in the early 90s still in service.
In 2019, Teralba is well-equipped to help with heat transfer challenges.
Teralba director Stanley Baker said the company has a qualified and capable team at call.
“We don’t think negatively, and we have the solutions,” he said.
“We work with special alloys and exotics such as hastelloys, titanium, Duplex Stainless as well as the common grades which is especially useful for thick, (viscous), slurried liquid media, used with phase change applications, including condensing, and is built to withstand very high temperatures and high pressures.”
Teralba builds to meet and exceed the requirements of AS1210-2010 as well as ASME, and the designs incorporate wear elements and design features to prolong service life of exchangers.
“We’re happy to help with design and build capacities,” Mr Baker said. “We use HTRI and other design software to optimise our work.”
What makes Dimpleflo so unique?
Dimpleflo is highly turbulent, which means better heat transfer rates and better process efficiency.
Eddies and vortices introduced in the flow behaviour have a self-scouring function which means less fouling, reduced maintenance and lower life cycle cost.
In addition, Dimpleflo’s modular designs mean the flexibility and capacity to expand with process changes.
“Dimpleflo is Australian-made, and supports our local economy,” Mr Baker said.
“With guaranteed performance, and backed with time-proven (more than 40 years) business experience, you can rest assured you’re buying with confidence.”
It’s also an economical alternative to ‘snail’ type heat exchanger units with less investment capital tied up, and short lead times mean sites can respond faster to process change and growth.
What else can Teralba do to help?
“We are experienced in SKID mounted, pre-tested, equipment modules,” Mr Baker said.
“Combine our Dimpleflo units with pumps, pipework, and controls that are all factory-tested and mine-ready.
“Mine spec bases and adverse work environment protection is the way we think and we build this into our design culture.
“Bring us your basic heat transfer needs; we build plate heat exchangers, shell and tube style units as well as immersion panels.”
Teralba offers all in-house, all Australian-made, all performance guaranteed heat exchange solutions for mining.