Westcon
Ølen has ordered seawater coolers from Hydroniq Coolers for a newbuild
trawler they are constructing for Norwegian seafood company Bluewild.
The
vessel will be built with Ulstein Design & Solutions' well known
X-Bow design, whilst Hydroniq will be responsible for supplying three of
their Pleat seawater coolers to the vessel. Two of these coolers will
be utilised for cooling of the main engine room, while the third will be
cooling other auxiliary systems.
Pleat
coolers differ from standard plate heat exchangers, as they consist of
sex elements per cooler, with one cooling element being equivalent to 15
plates in a conventional heat exchanger. The crew can easily open and
clean the elements, reducing maintenance cost and time.
"There is limited space on board most fishing vessels. Our Pleat has been designed with this in mind. Low energy consumption, long service intervals and easy to maintain," says Magnar Kvalheim, sales manager at Hydroniq Coolers.
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| Image credit: Bluewild |
The
vessel is capable of accommodating a crew of 30, with a delivery date
planned in 2023. It will be built as a freezer trawler with a live fish
factor and on-board fillet and boiled shrimp processing and will be
running on diesel-electric hybrid power and a large battery pack.
Surplus energy from the winches will be stored in the battery pack
whilst excess heat generated from the engines will be recovered and used
where necessary on board.
The vessel is due to be delivered to Bluewild, a Norwegian seafood company also based in Ålesund.
"It
is fantastic that an Ålesund-based shipowner orders seawater coolers
from another Ålesund-based company. That being said, the energy
efficiency and maintenance-friendliness of our Pleat system is much more
important to Bluewild than our location," Magnar Kvalheim adds.
The
equipment will be manufactured and assembled by Hydroniq at company
headquarters in Ålesund and deliver it to Westcon this year.
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