Westcon Ølen has ordered seawater coolers from Hydroniq Coolers for a newbuild trawler they are constructing for Norwegian seafood company Bluewild.
The vessel will be built with Ulstein Design & Solutions' well known X-Bow design, whilst Hydroniq will be responsible for supplying three of their Pleat seawater coolers to the vessel. Two of these coolers will be utilised for cooling of the main engine room, while the third will be cooling other auxiliary systems.
Pleat coolers differ from standard plate heat exchangers, as they consist of sex elements per cooler, with one cooling element being equivalent to 15 plates in a conventional heat exchanger. The crew can easily open and clean the elements, reducing maintenance cost and time.
"There is limited space on board most fishing vessels. Our Pleat has been designed with this in mind. Low energy consumption, long service intervals and easy to maintain," says Magnar Kvalheim, sales manager at Hydroniq Coolers.
Image credit: Bluewild
The vessel is capable of accommodating a crew of 30, with a delivery date planned in 2023. It will be built as a freezer trawler with a live fish factor and on-board fillet and boiled shrimp processing and will be running on diesel-electric hybrid power and a large battery pack. Surplus energy from the winches will be stored in the battery pack whilst excess heat generated from the engines will be recovered and used where necessary on board.
The vessel is due to be delivered to Bluewild, a Norwegian seafood company also based in Ålesund.
"It is fantastic that an Ålesund-based shipowner orders seawater coolers from another Ålesund-based company. That being said, the energy efficiency and maintenance-friendliness of our Pleat system is much more important to Bluewild than our location," Magnar Kvalheim adds.
The equipment will be manufactured and assembled by Hydroniq at company headquarters in Ålesund and deliver it to Westcon this year.
For more information on Hydroniq Coolers visit their website, HERE.
The Aquaculturists
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