What is an Fan Oil Cooler?
Fan oil coolers are exchanger types that provide oil cooling with air.
Fan oil coolers, also known as fan oil cooler exchangers, are machines that allow oils reaching temperatures that cannot be used to be cooled with air. The extremely heated oils used in machines can be reused thanks to fan oil coolers. The heated fluid transferred through the pump from the fins in the fan oil coolers is cooled by the fan. The oil passing through the fins moves through the pipes without mixing with the air, cools down by moving through the curved pipes with the help of the fans, and becomes reusable.
The parts that make up a Fan Oil Cooler are as follows:
- Cooler: The equipment that cools the oil of the fan system.
- Fan casing: The system that protects the fan.
- Fan blade tip: Special structures in the fan blades.
- Fan Blades: The equipment that blows air.
- Fins: Curved pipes designed to extend the movement of the oil.
Where is Fan Oil Cooler Used?
- In construction machinery, drilling and breaking machine engine oil cooling
- In agricultural machinery, cooling of engine oils of agricultural machines
- In forest product extraction machine oil cooling circuits
- In the mining sector, oil cooling systems such as soil drilling machines
- In compressor applications, cooling of oil heated by piston
- In hydraulic systems, cooling of oils heated to temperatures that cannot be handled in generators, wind turbines, railway, automotive, and aviation sectors
What is the Difference from Other Oil Coolers?
Fan oil coolers do not require the use of an extra fluid other than air and oil, it uses air as a fluid. It takes up considerably less space than other exchangers in terms of area. Since it is less costly than other piping equipment, the cost of heat transfer is also lower.
In places where the use of fan oil coolers is difficult, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed heat exchangers, and tube heat exchangers are used.