For over 40 years Reart has been producing electric heat exchangers for heating liquids and gases of all kinds. Electric exchangers are the optimal solution for heating process fluids in forced convection with the heating elements in direct contact with the fluid to be heated.
Thanks to its experience and product certification in accordance with the Atex Directive obtained at the Cesi in Milan, Reart is able to produce heat exchangers for applications in the Ex classified area.
Thanks to the experience of the technical department, the electric exchangers in Ex execution can be designed for the following types of fluids:
The electrical power installed on the electric exchangers can reach up to 1750 kW for each individual exchanger, according to specific customer requests.
The electric exchanger consists of an electric heating bundle with several resistive elements connected to each other and welded on a flange for coupling to the tank and inserted inside a tube (exchanger shell) sized and designed according to the project data (temperature and pressure ) in compliance with regulations according to the country of destination: VSR, PED, ASME, U-STAMP, TEMA, ADMERKBLATTER, STOOMWEZEN.
The tank and the heater are sized (materials and dimensions) by the technical office based on the operating conditions indicated in the customer’s reference specifications and on the design conditions by means of thermodynamic and mechanical calculation software.
For this type of exchanger in Ex execution, the electrical dimensions certified for Ex approval of the electrical enclosures of the exchanger are considered:
Different materials are applied to the part under pressure (tank and coupling flanges) and to the heater depending on the operating conditions:
For the heating elements (electric heating beam) the following can be used:
The electrical enclosure of the heater connections designed in Ex-d execution, based on the maximum operating temperature of the system, can be in direct contact with the heater flange or in the “cold head” transmission execution. The protection rating can be IP55, IP65 or IP66 with relative sealing gasket. The manufacture materials can be in carbon steel painted with aluminium zinc paint or in Aisi 304 stainless steel.
The electric heat exchangers in Ex execution are sized by the technical office with the aid of a software for thermodynamic sizing thanks to which it is possible to obtain the real operating conditions, based on the needs and specifications of the customer, to create flows at controlled temperature.
Thanks to the use of this software for the sizing of the electric exchangers, it is possible to define the main parameters including:
Together with the exchanger, Reco supplies the relative insulation supports in the most suitable material for the installation site, the exchanger lifting eyebolts, the tank support saddles for mechanical fixing of the exchanger and any couplings to the tank (vent and drain).
Electric exchangers in Atex – Ex execution can be equipped with the following accessories:
1-4-20mA temperature transmitters in SIL execution according to IEC 61508
2-Process control and safety sensors and heater (thermostats, PT100 temperature probes, thermocouples).
3-Power and safety cable glands in Exd execution
4-Electric control panel and heater control in a safe and classified Ex area
5-Local command and control panel in classified area (Atex).
6- Anti-condensation heater (prevention against humidity)
The control and safety instrumentation installed (thermal sensors) on the electric exchanger, mandatory for Atex certification, complies with the regulatory requirements for product certification.
The experience Reart, in many years of presence on the market in various sectors, allows to give its customers the most suitable technical solutions for the type of application required.
Reart manufactures process skids and supplies the turnkey package by supplying, in addition to the electric exchanger, the relative electrical command and control panel of the exchanger for safe area and Ex classified area (see section relating to “Control Panel Heaters”).
Reart is able to provide the following services to support the products supplied:
The following documentation is provided for the electric exchangers in the final certification file accompanying the product:
Reart has the product certifications for the Atex execution for both liquid and gaseous fluids with the following classification in reference to the Atex directive 2014/34/EU:
II2G Exd IIB T1 ÷ T4 IP 65
valid for classification area of use called zone 1 & for zone 2, with coverage for groups IIA and IIB according to the reference standards EN 60079-0 and EN 60079-1.
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II 2G |
Heater for surface installations with the presence of gas and vapours, category 2, suitable for zone 1 and (with redundancy) for zone 2 (2G) |
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Ex d |
Explosion-proof heater with explosion-proof terminal box. |
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II B |
Group II B enclosure suitable for Group II A or II B substances (gases) |
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T4 |
Housing temperature class (maximum surface temperature) suitable for the corresponding temperature class of the flammable substance (gas) |
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Marking of conformity with ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU and related technical standards. |
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CE |
Marking of conformity with applicable European directives |
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AB xx ATEX yyyx |
AB : name of the laboratory that issued the EC certificate xx : year of issue of the certificate yyy : type certificate number x : condizioni particolari d’impiego |
Group II B enclosures are also suitable for II A environments
The explosion-proof enclosures are designed for service with ambient temperature and temperature class T1-T4.
| Temperature classes | Temperature °C |
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T1 |
< 450 |
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T2 |
< 300 |
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T3 |
< 200 |
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T4 |
< 135 |
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T5 |
< 100 |
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T6 |
< 85 |
Table of Heater Temperature Classes on Flange in Atex – EX execution according to the system operating temperature
Together with the product certification, Reart has obtained the notification relating to the production of products in Ex execution, in its plant in Frossasco (TO).
All products supplied by Reart in Atex-ex execution are accompanied by the “Declaration of Conformity” with reference to the Atex Directive and applicable regulations.
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