VibroCool & VibroQ Heat Exchangers

Are your products cooling or heating fast enough to support efficient downstream processing?

Provide consistent cooling performance with continuous vibrating and ensure even heat distribution for reliable product conditioning

Minimize product buildup and handling issues through uniform temperature control

Increase operational efficiency with compact, energy-conscious indirect thermal cooling and heating technology

VibroCool & VibroHeat (VibroQ)

Carrier’s VibroCool and VibroHeat (or VibroQ) are designed to cool or heat material indirectly using a liquid cooling or heating media. Liquid is circulated through tubes immersed in a vibratory bed of product. The unique design allows for thermal exchange without passing air through the product, thereby eliminating the need for fans, ductwork, or dust collection equipment.

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Features & Benefits

Movement of solids between heat transfer pipes provides highly efficient bulk flow heat transfer.

Low temperature and a long residence time is ideal for processing temperature sensitive products.

No moving parts contact the product stream to eliminate contamination and degradation.

Simple, effective design with few moving components for easy cleaning and maintenance.

No moving air is used in the heating or cooling process delivering little to no emmissions.

Steel coil isolation springs and a gearbox-driven eccentric weight drive products a vibratory motion that ensures product moves slowly through the machine in a gentle, well-mixed, sub-fluidized state.

Gentle vibratory motion efficiently wipes the sidewalls to minimize product buildup.

Horizontal design configuration provides a low profile for installations where height constraints are an issue.

Versatile design accommodates fine particles (<100 microns).

Equipment Options & Accessories

Sweep Gas

Sweep gas can be used to evacuate moisture or volatiles.

Materials of Construction

Material contact surfaces can be fabricated from a number of materials such as carbon steel, stainless steel, and other alloys for high temperatures and/or corrosion resistance.

Custom Controls

Minimize field commissioning work with simple starter panels or customized PLC-based controllers complete with remote startup and engineering services.

Heating or Cooling Media

Systems can be configured for chilled water, hot water, glycol, thermal oils, or other liquid heat transfer media depending on process requirements.

Tube Bundle Configurations

Heat transfer tube layouts can be customized for retention time, thermal load, abrasion resistance, or product flow characteristics.

Custom Inlet & Discharge Arrangements

Feed and discharge configurations can be tailored for integration into existing process lines.

Support Structure Configurations

Elevated support frames, platforms, or compact floor-mounted designs are designed based on plant layout needs.

Aplicaciones

Free-Flowing Bulk Materials

Bulk materials that require uniform cooling or heating, gentle handling, and continuous conveying in a compact footprint.

Sand & Proppants

Transform raw silica sand into specialized, durable grains used to keep hydraulic fractures open in oil and gas wells.

Fertilizers & Chemicals

Transform raw materials into nutrients for agriculture.

Cement Clinker & Lime

Cool hot clinker quickly for solidifying into nodules.

Foundry Materials

Cool green sand, shakeout sand, return sand for reclamation systems, slag and dross byproducts, and more.

Minerales y menas

Minerals and ores processing of raw materials and powders from the mining industry.

Coal & Coke

Cool hot material downstream after thermal processing such as calcination. Common materials include petroleum coke, metallurgical coke, calcined coke, activated carbon, and various grades of coal.

Biomass & Wood Products

Reduce biomass temperatures to prevent smoldering, degradation, or combustion risks. It improves product stability and moisture consistency before packaging or transport.

Metal Powders & Pellets

Reduce product temperatures after drying, sintering, roasting, pelletizing, or other thermal processes while maintaining material quality and consistency. Typical materials include iron ore pellets, metal fines, powder metals, and other processed metallurgical products.

Glass Cullet & Ceramics

Cool hot product after kilns, furnaces, dryers, or thermal processing operations while maintaining material quality and handling efficiency. Its gradual, uniform cooling minimizes thermal shock and material cracking.

Folletos

Bulk Flow Heating/Cooling Exchangers Brochure

Carrier Capabilities Brochure

CPEG Capabilities Brochure

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VibroCool / VibroHeat Equipment FAQs

How does VibroCool differ from traditional cooling equipment?

VibroCool uses indirect heat transfer through liquid-filled tubes instead of air, eliminating the need for fans, ductwork, and dust collection equipment.

What materials are best suited for VibroCool equipment?

The VibroCool handles a wide range of bulk materials and is ideal for fine materials such as salt, sand, carbon, minerals, coal, coke, biomass, metal powders, pellets, glass cullet and other products where dust control or contamination is a concern.

How does the VibroCool improve product quality?

Uniform cooling and gentle vibratory conveying help reduce product degradation, thermal shock, and fines generation.

What are the benefits of indirect cooling?

Indirect cooling reduces dust, minimizes product contamination, and simplifies system design by removing the need for airflow systems.

How does the VibroCool help reduce dust and emissions?

The VibroCool uses indirect cooling without high-velocity moving air, helping minimize airborne dust, material loss, and process emissions.

How does VibroHeat work for heating applications?

VibroHeat uses the same principle as VibroCool but circulates heated liquid through internal tubes to gently and uniformly heat the material.

What maintenance advantages does the VibroCool/VibroHeat offer?

With few moving parts and a simple design, these systems require minimal maintenance and provide long service life.