Plate Ice

Water is pumped to the top of evaporator and flows freely on the external surface of the evaporator plates. Refrigerant is pumped to the internal surface of the evaporator plates, building uniformly thick ice on external surface of the evaporator plates.

As ice reaches a thickness of 5-10 mm, it is released by applying hot gas refrigerant to the internal surface of the evaporator plates. Ice falls into the storage tank and breaks into small pieces, which can be pumped or transported by a screw conveyor to wherever cooling is needed. Water from the load is circulated through the stored ice and gets cooled.