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ENGINEERED AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS

Built just for your application

ENGINEERED AIR-COOLED
OUR KEY STRENGTHS
Outstanding customer service
Short lead times
Speed of response
Project management

WE DESIGN
Fluid Coolers

Gas Compression

Compressed Gas Coolers

Power Generation

Refrigerant Condensers

Chemical Processing

Steam Condensers

Landfill Gas

Vapor Coolers

Offshore Markets

Oil Coolers

and more...

Water/Glycol Coolers
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WE SUPPLY

HEAT EXCHANGERS
Custom Air Coolers, a division of Super Radiator Coils - manufacturer of heat exchangers since 1928,
serves a wide range of industries and applications providing products that meet our customers exact
specifications. We combine
unique product manufacturing capabilities
pipe and bend, plug box, bonnets and removable covers
and slab headers
plate fin and spiral wrapped fin tube heat exchangers
with industry standards
ASME, PED, CRN, CWB, Australian, Brazilian NR-13, GOST,
API-661, and ISO 9001: 2008
Oil flushing capabilities up to 750 gallons per minute
with ISO VG 32 mineral oil, meeting the intent of API-614
and engineering knowledge and practice
A multimillion-dollar testing facility that allows for
innovative product development and theoretical
heat transfer validation
to provide world class solutions for our customers.

Material Capabilities & Coatings


TURBULATORS

TUBES

BALL
Aluminum

Plate Fin OD: 5mm - 11/4


Spiral Wrapped Finned Tube OD: 3/8 - 2
Wall thicknesses range from .015 to .134
Tube Materials
Carbon Steel
Stainless Steel
Copper
Brass
Hastelloy

AL6XN
Cupro-Nickel
Monel
Optional Rifled Tubing

TWISTED TAPE
Aluminum, Copper, Carbon Steel,
Stainless Steel

SPRING
Brass, Stainless Steel (300 Series)

MATRIX
Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel

PLATE FINS

SPIRAL WRAPPED FINS

CORRUGATED FIN

L-FOOT

FLAT FIN

EXTRUDED

SINE FIN
Fin material thickness 0.0039 - .020
Plate Fin Materials
Aluminum
Pre-coated Aluminum
Copper
Carbon Steel

EMBEDDED
Spiral Wrapped Fin Materials

Stainless Steel
AL6XN
Hastelloy

Aluminum
Marine Grade Aluminum
Copper
Stainless Steel - offered in welded and edge-tension
construction

COATINGS
E-Coat, Heresite, Copon, Hot-Dip Galvanized and Others
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Headers
PIPE & BEND CONFIGURATION
Built to all quality systems, except API-661
Low initial cost
Lightweight
Flexible connection locations
Typically constructed in a thermal counter
flow configuration, regardless of connection
location requirements
Pressures up to 5150 PSIG

SLAB HEAD CONFIGURATION


Built to all quality systems
Lower cost than plug box construction at
high pressure
Great option for high pressure applications,
up to 6500 PSIG
Tube joints can be repaired or sealed off
Accessibility to each individual tube
Typically used with high pressure fluids and
gases with lower process flows

All of our headers can be constructed of the following materials:


Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper, Brass, Hastelloy, AL6XN, Cupro-Nickel, and Monel

PLUG BOX CONFIGURATION


Built to all quality systems
Accessibility to each individual tube
Tube joints can be repaired or sealed off
Heavy duty construction
Great for high fouling services
Pressures up to 5500 PSIG

BONNETS & REMOVABLE COVERS


Built to all quality systems
Accessability to every tube once the
cover is removed
Tube joints can be repaired or sealed off
Heavy duty construction
Great for high fouling services
Typically utilized for lower pressure
services

Unit Configurations
FORCED DRAFT
The most common style. Allows for easy access to
all of the mechanical components and for simplified
future plant expansions with direct access to the
bundle.

INDUCED DRAFT
This configuration is used to minimize the effects of
the environment and helps minimize the chances of
hot air recirculation.

J-UNITS
Common in the compression industry to mount up
against compressor houses. The bundles are vertical
and the air is drawn across the bundles and turns 90
degrees and discharges upwards.

V-CORE
Allows the unit to have more primary surface area in
a small space. This design works well for commercial
units that are Water/Glycol/Fluid Coolers or Refrigerant Condensers although it is not limited to these
products.

VERTICAL CORE
Vertical core coolers are very compact and a cost
effective solution to meet your cooling needs. This
configuration has great flexibility to meet space
constraints such fitting in the end or side of a containerized skid while allowing the process piping to run
directly back to the equipment needing cooling.

Engineered Air-Cooled Heat Exchange


CHEMICAL PROCESSING
MATERIALS
HEADERS

Carbon Steel Tubes


with L Foot Aluminum Fins
Carbon Steel Plug Box
Built to CRN and ASME Standards

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Forced Draft
with louvers for temperature control
TriEthylene Glycol Cooler used in the Oil Sands located in Northern Alberta.

RENEWABLE ENERGY
MATERIALS

Copper Tubes
with Aluminum Corrugated Plate Fins

HEADERS

Pipe & Bend

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Forced Draft

Installing 3 air coolers in New York City for a COGEN loop.


Units were design to operate at 75dBa at 3 feet due to noise restrictions at the site.

OIL & GAS / OFFSHORE


MATERIALS

Stainless Steel Tubes


with extruded Aluminum Fins
Copon Coated

HEADERS

Stainless Steel Plug Box


Built to Australian &
ASME Section VIII Code

Forced Draft
UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Water cooler used to cool process equipment on compressor trains, located in Gorgon,
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off the northwest coast of Australia.

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POWER GENERATION
MATERIALS
HEADERS

Carbon Steel Tubes


with Aluminum Corrugated Plate Fins
Pipe & Bend
Built to CRN & ASME Section VIII Codes

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS
Forced Draft
with Hot Air Recirculation Louvers Used
to Control the Process Temperatures

Glycol water cooler located in Alberta, Canada. This cooler minimizes the consumption of water
from the cooling tower during lower ambient days.

GAS COMPRESSION
MATERIALS

Carbon Steel or Stainless Steel Tubes


with Flat or Corrugated Fins

HEADERS

Pipe & Bend


Built to ASME Section VIII Div. 1 Code

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Forced Draft

Compressed natural gas (CNG) cooler used to remove the heat of compression at a natural gas filling station. This four stage
cooler has either carbon steel or stainless steel tubes with either flat or corrugated plate fins. All four stages utilize a pipe
header construction that is ASME Section VIII Div. 1 certified with an upper level pressure rating of 5150 PSIG.

LANDFILL GAS
MATERIALS

Stainless Steel Finned Tubes


Aluminum L-Foot Fins

HEADERS

Plug Box

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Forced Draft

Methane gas cooler used to cool high volume, low pressure gas, from a landfill blower located in Wisconsin.
The plug box headers are constructed of stainless steel with stainless steel plugs. The plugs allow for
easy tube cleaning due to some of the fouling products that can be delivered from the landfill.
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Certifications
API 661 / API 614
API STANDARD 661
ASME U AND UM STAMP
Coils constructed in accordance with the requirements of the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for the Unfired Pressure
Vessels under Section VIII Division 1 of the code.

Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Service


Custom Air Coolers can provide compliance with this International
Standard, which provides requirements and recommendations for
the design, materials, fabrication, inspection, testing and preparation for shipment of air-cooled heat exchangers for use in the
petroleum and natural gas industries.

API STANDARD 614


CE - EUROPEAN MARK
Super Radiator Coils is capable of supplying coils with a CE
Mark in compliance with the European Pressure Equipment
Directive, Category I, II, III and IV.

CRN
CANADIAN REGISTRATION NUMBER
Super Radiator Coils can provide coils that are certified in accordance with the Canadian Boiler, Pressure Vessel and
Pressure Piping Code (B51-97)

API Standard 614 Flushing Capability


Lubrication, shaft-sealing, control-oil systems and auxiliaries for
petroleum, and chemical and gas industry services. Custom Air
Coolers can provide in-house oil flushing meeting the intent of
paragraph 4.3.3.7.1 of API Standard 614.

NDE

NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION
Magnetic Particle Inspection (MT)

- Effective at checking for flaws located at or near

the surface.

- Uses a metallic power or liquid along with strong

magnetic field probes to locate flaws.
Liquid(Dye) Penetrant Inspection (PT)

- Uses colored or fluorescent dye to check for

surface flaws.

- Will not show sub-surface flaws.

CANADIAN WELDING BUREAU


CWB is a structural steel welding certification for the
country of Canada. Currently certified under standard W47.1
Division: 3.

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Ultrasonic Testing (UT)



- Determines the size and location of discontinuities
within a component using high frequency

sound waves.
X-ray Inspection (RT)

- Reveals deep flaws within a component

- Creates a permanent record of a weld used for

quality inspection purposes.

Test Lab
Lab
Test

Our new, state-of-the-art, on-site Test Lab equips our design engineers with a cutting edge. This new capability
provides our customers with even greater confidence in the products we build for them. Not only can the lab
handle a wide range of airflows and conditions, it has multiple fluid loops to test a variety of refrigerants and applications. Capabilities include:

Airflow from 100 8,500 cubic feet per minute


(0.05 4.00 m3/s

Air temperature from 23-140F (-5 C 60 C)


Humidity from 20%-95%
Entering Water temperatures up to 180F (82C)

Entering Glycol temperatures range from 20F to 200F


(-6C 93C)

Separate fluid testing loops for: Water, Glycol, Oil, Steam,


Refrigerants, and Other Fluids

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Markets & Applications


CHEMICAL
PROCESSING

Air Booster Coolers


Bleed Air Coolers
Brake Coolers
CNG - Filling Station Coolers
CNG - Gas Storage Facility Coolers

Compressed Gas Coolers


Engine Coolers
Hydrocarbon Coolers
Hydrocarbon Condensers
Landfill Gas Coolers
Lube Oil Coolers
N2 Coolers
Oil Coolers
Recuperators Coolers
Refrigerant Condensers
Rotor Air Coolers
Steam Condensers
TEG Coolers
Water/Glycol Coolers

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CONDENSERS

GAS
COMPRESSION

LANDFILL
GAS

OIL & GAS /


OFFSHORE

POWER
GENERATION

RENEWABLE
ENERGY

Custom Air Coolers, a division of Super Radiator Coils


2622 South 21st Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(602) 257-9708
sales@customaircoolers.com
www.customaircoolers.com

Phoenix, AZ facility is ISO 9001:2008 certified

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