Evaporative
condenser
TYP CRV
C a p a c i t y 74 to 1535 kWkW
QUALITY AND CERTIFICATION
To maintain standards we pay strict attention to
quality control.
The constant control of quality during manufacture guarantees that we can meet
the highest standards required by our customers.
The components on our equipment are carefully selected and subjected to testing
which guarantees consistency and reliability.
Our procedures have been approved and the certification is the mark
of quality of our products.
GENERAL unit, which separates droplets from the air stream,
only a small quantity of fresh make up water has
to be added.
The evaporative condensers CRV comprises 50
models ranging from a capacity of 74 up to 1535
kW. It may be necessary to treat the fresh water, i.e.
the pH-value should be kept in the neutral range
The new range of CRV evaporative condenser is and hardness around 5 to 10dH.
resigned to accomodate all types of applications.
All models can be installed either inside or outside. A desuperheater can be fitted on the air outlet
The low profile unit is constructed inside or outside after after spray nozzles to precool condenser
single compact module, wich makes intallation gas. This reduces lime scaling of the main heat
exchanger.
easier.
WORKING PRINCIPLE
Water is drawn by a circulating pump from a water
sump below and forced through a sprinkler system
above the closely spaced condenser coil. It then
trickles along the outside of the pipes and runs
back into the water sump.
1 Pumpe
2 Radialventilator
3 Frischwasserventil
4 Medium Ein
5 Medium Aus
6 Besprhung
7 Block zur Mediumkhlung
8 Tropfenabscheider
A Umlaufwasser
B Luft
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DESCRIPTION heat transfer with minimum air pressure drop. The
pipe matrix is assembled within a steel frame,
OF THE EVAPORATIVE the complete assembly is hot dipped galvanized
CONDENSER CRV after fabrication in our own galvanizing facility. A
pressure test to 30 bar is carried out before and
after galvanization.
This unit is in two parts : a fan section and a heat
exchanger section. Eliminator Section : An ultraviolet resistant
plastic is used to manufacture the water
spray collector. Its efficiency is 99 %.
The sections of the collector can be removed for
Heat Exchanger Section access or cleaning. The casing is manufactured
from galvanized steel and incorporates an inspec-
tion hatch.
This consists of a hot dipped galvanised steel
coil, a sprinkler system and moisture eliminators
Water Distribution System : The distribution
(plastic).
system is manufactured in plastic including the
All these elements are protected by a casing spray nozzles. For ease of maintenance the
manufactured from galvanized steel with PVC nozzles are quik release type.
painting (RAL 7001, grey).
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Fan Section hubs.
All detachable components are protected by a
The fan section consists of a water sump, fan galvanized grille, place on inlet side. An inspec-
motors and V-belt drives. Fan motors and V-belt tion hatch enables easy access to fans for
drives are assembled on a base frame, they are cleaning.
never in contact with the water. All these compon-
ents are made of galvanized steel with a standard
zincpaint coat, except for motors and V-belt drives.
Fan Section. This is constructed in galvanized
steel. The impellers are fitted with adjustable
tensionning rods to achieve maximum rigidity
and concentricity. The hollow drive shaft is
mounted in ball bearings with external greasing
points for ease of maintenance.
Motors driving fans are in accordance with
IEC-norm (IP 55 protection). All motors are
designed to work in dry operation.
V-belt Drive incorporates pulleys with removable
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OPTIONAL FEATURES be directed toward the least sensitive area and
therefore improves our environment.
Accessories
These accessories are available on request :
Silencer
- pump and piping
Where noise level restrictions are in force, silen-
- trace heating with thermostat cers are available for either/or the air inlet and air
- two speed fans discharge. Various specifications are available.
- electrical level indicator
- inspection hatch to control spray nozzles, to
reach silencer
- pressure-activated dampers in centrifugal fans,
including motor and pressure switches
- water regulated solenod valve
- heat exchangr made of stainless steel tubes
- inlet and outlet silencers
- desuperheater
Raffelprotect :
coating against corrosion
The casing, water sump, support, etc, are manuf-
actured from galvanized steel sheet on which is
applied a special polymerized metal painting.
In salt spray tests for accelerated corrosion this
coating has demonstrated significant life extension.
Furthermore this painting does not pollute the
atmosphere on application and thus cuts out the
problem of emission of organic solvents.
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RELIABILITY
Raffel has its own galvanizing faci-
lity.
This enables the quality control of
the heat exchanger assembly at
every stage of manufacture ensu-
ring excellent resistance against
corrosion and longlivety.
All components are hot galvanized
to a temperature close to 450C in
our factory.
SHIPMENT AND
RIGGING
All models in the CRV range
are assembled into a complete
unit at the plant to ensure
quality performance. For ship-
ment and ease of site handling
they are delivered in one
section. Road transport is
normally made by flat bed lorry.
The unit is equipped with lifting
points.
Only for final assembly is a
crane required.
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SELECTION PROCEDURE Example 1 :
Given :
* rejection capacity Qc : 320 kW
Given
* refrigerant : NH
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To select an CRV evaporative condenser, the follo- * condensing temperature : 30C
wing specific data is required : * wet bulb temperature : 22C
- rejection capacity (kW) n Qc
- refrigerant n NH
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- correction factor n Fc
* according to table I, Fc : 0,549
* nominal capacity
Qn = Qc/Fc : 320/0,549 = 583 kW
Solution * referring to table III, a model CRV 408C will be
selected.
1) To determine the correction factor to use, refer
to table I or table II
Example 2 :
Qn = Nominal capacity
For a selection with desuperheater (E) :
Qc = Rejection capacity
* nominal capacity Qn = 320/0,549 = 583 kW
Fc = Correction factor
* according to table III, a model CRV 310 C will
Look up known condensing temperature and
known wet bulb temperature in table I. be selected.
Correction factor will befound at the intersection
point.
Solution :
* according to table II, Fc : 0,494
* nominal capacity
Qn = Qc/Fc : 320/ 0,494 = 647
kW
* referring to table III, a model CRV 410B will be
selected.
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Tabelle I: Korrekturfaktor NH (R717)
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Wet Bulb Temperature (C)
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
30 1,030 0,983 0,933 0,878 0,832 0,779 0,722 0,666 0,613 0,549 0,488 0,425 0,359 0,290 0,219 0,148 0,078
31 1,100 1,054 1,007 0,953 0,907 0,854 0,797 0,741 0,688 0,624 0,563 0,501 0,435 0,367 0,297 0,226 0,156 0,081
32 1,176 1,129 1,082 1,028 0,982 0,929 0,872 0,816 0,764 0,700 0,640 0,579 0,514 0,446 0,375 0,303 0,233 0,131
33 1,252 1,205 1,157 1,103 1,058 1,004 0,915 0,893 0,841 0,778 0,719 0,658 0,592 0,524 0,453 0,382 0,315 0,243
34 1,327 1,282 1,234 1,180 1,136 1,083 1,027 0,974 0,921 0,857 0,798 0,737 0,671 0,604 0,536 0,466 0,396 0,325
35 1,406 1,360 1,312 1,259 1,215 1,163 1,107 1,051 1,000 0,937 0,878 0,818 0,754 0,687 0,617 0,548 0,481 0,410
36 1,485 1,440 1,393 1,339 1,296 1,243 1,187 1,131 1,080 1,018 0,961 0,901 0,835 0,769 0,702 0,634 0,568 0,498
37 1,567 1,521 1,473 1,420 1,376 1,324 1,268 1,214 1,165 1,103 1,044 0,985 0,921 0,854 0,790 0,721 0,657 0,585
Condensing 38 1,648 1,603 1,554 1,501 1,459 1,408 1,353 1,296 1,248 1,186 1,130 1,070 1,009 0,943 0,878 0,810 0,744 0,673
Temperature
(C) 39 1,730 1,686 1,639 1,587 1,545 1,492 1,437 1,382 1,334 1,274 1,219 1,160 1,087 1,032 0,966 0,898 0,834 0,764
40 1,817 1,771 1,723 1,671 1,630 1,579 1,524 1,471 1,423 1,364 1,308 1,249 1,186 1,121 1,056 0,998 0,926 0,856
41 1,902 1,857 1,811 1,759 1,717 1,667 1,614 1,560 1,513 1,452 1,399 1,338 1,276 1,211 1,148 1,081 1,019 0,950
42 1,989 1,945 1,900 1,850 1,809 1,758 1,704 1,651 1,603 1,542 1,489 1,430 1,368 1,304 1,242 1,176 1,114 1,046
43 2,083 2,037 1,991 1,940 1,900 1,849 1,795 1,740 1,694 1,635 1,581 1,523 1,462 1,398 1,337 1,271 1,211 1,144
44 2,173 2,128 2,083 2,031 1,990 1,940 1,887 1,834 1,788 1,728 1,677 1,619 1,557 1,495 1,435 1,369 1,310 1,241
45 2,264 2,220 2,175 2,123 2,084 2,034 1,981 1,929 1,883 1,824 1,772 1,715 1,656 1,567 1,532 1,467 1,438 1,407
46 2,314 2,269 2,217 2,178 2,129 2,077 2,025 1,980 1,922 1,872 1,815 1,754 1,691 1,631 1,565 1,505 1,443
47 2,364 2,314 2,277 2,227 2,175 2,122 2,079 2,021 1,971 1,913 1,853 1,790 1,730 1,664 1,607 1,539
48 2,463 2,412 2,374 2,326 2,274 2,228 2,178 2,121 2,070 2,013 1,952 1,890 1,831 1,766 1,709 1,644
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TECHNICAL DATA
Table III
Nominal capacity Shipping weight Operating weight Refrigerant
Model charge
(kW) (kg) (kg)
approx. (l)
Without With Without With Without With Without With
desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater desuperheater
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Motor power Trace heating
Air flow Water flow Power Pump -8C with
(m3/h) (m3/h) Fan (kW) Fan (kWe) Two speeds fan (kW) (kW) thermostat
(1) (2) (kW)
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DIMENSIONS (mm)
STANDARD MODEL
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Nominal Diameter (mm)
Model
1a 2 3 4
CRV 104 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 106 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 108 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 110 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 206 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 208 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 210 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 308 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 310 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 408 DN 100 DN 100 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 410 DN 100 DN 100 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 608 DN 80 DN 80 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 610 DN 80 DN 80 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 808 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 810 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100
Caption :
1a Refrigerant - hotgas 7 Floating valve R 3/4, (from CRV 408 f R 1)
2 Refrigerant - liquid 8 Drain connection, socket R 11/2
3 Water - inlet 9 Access door
4 Water - outlet 10 Mounting holes 18 mm
6 Overflow, socket R 11/2 12 Lifting device
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DIMENSIONS (mm)
MODELS WITH
ACCESSORIES
Raffel reserve the right to make changes in specifications or design at any time.
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Nominal Diameter
Model
1 1a 2 2a 3 4
CRV 104 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 106 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 108 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 110 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 206 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 208 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 210 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 65 DN 65
CRV 308 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 310 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 408 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 410 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 80 DN 80
CRV 608 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 610 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 80 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 808 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100
CRV 810 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100 DN 100
Caption Lgende
1 Desuperheater - inlet 6 Overflow, socket R 11/2
1a Refrigerant - hotgas 7 Floating valve R 3/4, (from CRV 408 f R 1)
2 Refrigerant - liquid 8 Drain connection, socket R 11/2
2a Desuperheater - outlet 9 Access door
3 Water - inlet 10 Mounting holes 18 mm
4 Water - outlet 11 Silencer
5 Connection desuperheater 12 Lifting device
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NOISE LEVELS dB(A) Table IV
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