What is a Hydraulic Oil Cooler?
Hydraulic oil coolers are a type of heat exchanger that cools oil with air.
Hydraulic oil coolers, also known as hydraulic oil cooler heat exchangers, are machines that cool oils reaching temperatures that cannot be used by using air. The excessively heated oils used in machines are made reusable through hydraulic oil coolers. In the process, the heated fluid transferred through the fins in the hydraulic oil coolers is cooled by the fan. The oil moving through the fins moves through the pipes without mixing with air, is cooled by the fans in the curved pipes, and can be reused.
The components that make up a Hydraulic Oil Cooler are as follows:
- Cooler: The equipment that cools the oil in the fan system.
- Fan Housing: The system that protects the fan.
- Blade Tip: Specialized structures in fan blades.
- Fan Blades: The equipment that blows air.
- Fins: Curved pipes designed to prolong the movement of oil.
Where are Hydraulic Oil Coolers Used?
- In construction machinery, drilling and breaking machine motor oil cooling
- In agricultural machinery, cooling of motor oils in agricultural machinery
- In forestry machinery, oil cooling circuits of wood harvesting machines
- In the mining sector, in oil cooling systems of soil drilling machines, etc.
- In compressor applications, cooling of oil heated by pistons
- In hydraulic systems, cooling of oils heated to temperatures that cannot perform their duty in generators, wind turbines, railways, automotive, and aviation sectors
What Sets Them Apart from Other Oil Coolers?
Hydraulic oil coolers do not require the use of an extra fluid other than air and oil; they use air as a fluid. They occupy considerably less space compared to other heat exchangers. They are also lower in cost than other piping equipment, resulting in lower heat transfer costs.
In places where hydraulic oil coolers are difficult to use, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, and tubular heat exchangers are used.
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