Vortex induction heater

About us

“Alternative energy” Limited liability Company is a manufacturer of VIHs (vortex induction heaters). It was founded in 2007. The company has got a certificate and a patent on VIH.
Principles of “Alternative energy” LLC

Individual approach to each Customer.
Cooperating with our company you contact the only project manager who solves all problems regarding your order and the choice of equipment up to the payment in installment.

Packaged supply:
Heat diagram and process flow diagram analysis;
Choice of optimal solution concerning power selection and calculation;
Development of standard or individual order;
List of equipment on a single order and production of the equipment;
Delivery of the equipment to a customer or the customer pick up;
Installation supervision.

Scope of “Alternative energy” LLC activities:
Basic activity of the company is the production of VIHs (vortex induction heaters).

Variants of application:
heating of living quarters and production premises;
work in a hot water supply system (water heating and further automated maintenance of its temperature in an accumulating tank of the system; then it is supplied to a customer).
heating of process liquids in production processes;
heating of swimming-pools (natural water reservoirs);
pasteurization of foodstuff;
production of modular boiler houses, modular units, etc.

Purpose of the company:
The main purpose of the company is to work out energy-saving and environmentally safe technologies in order to get inexpensive heat energy all over the world using recent developments in the field of power engineering and physics. Free of charge electric power production is in prospect of the company.
Our company has successfully developed and implemented vortex induction heaters (VIHs) in order to solve the following problems:
Direct heating of oil and oil products;
Production of water-fuel emulsions;
Heating of living quarters and production premises;
Heating of process liquids in production processes;
Heating of swimming-pools (natural water reservoirs);
Pasteurization of foodstuff;
Production of modular boiler houses, modular units, etc.

It provides essential savings of electric power and also the reduction of material expenses and time consumption during the equipment installation.
The VIHs (vortex induction heaters) are complete production heating equipment having the certificate of conformance and the patent. It guarantees you the getting of a high-quality and reliable instrument to solve such problems as the organizing of effective heating of industrial buildings, hot water supply, ventilation and production processes.

Customers of the company:
Our units work with success in more than 150 heat supply stations. Our sales geography comprises the territory from Canada to Korea. Our equipment is installed in a great number of Russian cities. We constantly get favorable reports regarding the efficient operation of our heaters from our dealers and representatives. The clients of our company are both private persons and small and big enterprises of Russia, near abroad and far abroad countries.

We don’t agitate you to buy our heating equipment. Our task is to focus on the problem of energy saving. After all your well-being depends on the dole of expenses for heating among your expenses for other things!

We provide people with heat!

ECONOMY

Let’s compare economic efficiency of VIH and tubular electric heater (TEH) operation. Your heating system is ready. You have to choose a “heart” of your heating system. For example, you have got a private house with 240 m2 area, 3 m ceiling height, heat-isolated glued laminated lumber, vinyl windows, insulated floor and roof, etc.

Initial data of the house and climatic parameters:
Total heated area: 240 m2 or (720 m3).
The coldest period: (t),-34°С (according to Construction Rules and Regulations).
Temperature in the house: +25°С.
Electricity cost: (2,7) rub./kW.
Heating season: 222 days (according to Construction Rules and Regulations).
Electric heater VIH-20 power - 20 kW.
An average monthly temperature in the street during the coldest month is -20°С. An average monthly temperature during a heating season is -5,6 °С.

 

	VIH	TEH	NOTES
Power	20 kW   380V	24 kW   380V	The tubular electric heater loses its effectiveness while operation due to its coefficient of efficiency decreasing.
Heater cost	50 000 rub.	30 000   35 000 rub.	difference in price is paid off during the first heating season
Heat power loss	0	15 - 20 % per a year	The VIH coefficient of efficiency doesn’t decrease during its operation period due to the absence of scale
Electric energy saving during operation	from 30 to 50 %	0	VIHs really reduce operating costs on electric energy

A new tubular electric heater on 24 kW and 380 V is required for the heating of the house with 240 m2 area because the tubular electric heater loses its effectiveness while operation due to the formation of scale on its heating units and its coefficient of efficiency decrease. If you choose a vortex induction heater for this house heating you need the VIH with 20 kW power.

Monthly expenses on electricity

Expenses on electric energy:
24 kW × 8 hours per a 24-hours period × 30 days × 2,70 rubles for 1 kW = 15 500 rubles
per a month = 108 500 rubles per a heating season.
The second year of operation
The tubular electric heater loses up to 15% of its thermal power during the second year of operation. The time of total continuous work correspondingly increases.
24 kW × 9,2 hours per a 24-hours period × 30 days × 2,70 rubles for 1 kW = 17 880 rubles
per a month = 125 160 rubles per a heating season.
The third and the forth years of operation
The tubular electric heater loses about 25% of its thermal power. It means that the time of its work increases again.
24 kW × 11,5 hours per a 24-hours period × 30 days × 2,70 rubles for 1 kW = 22 356 rubles
per a month = 156 492 rubles per a heating season.
VIH
It is enough to use VIH-20 for the same house heating. Its effectiveness doesn’t decrease and its heating expenses are unchangeable during all the period of its operation.
20 kW × 8 hours per a 24-hours period × 30 days × 2,70 rubles for 1 kW = 12 960 rubles
per a month = 90 000 rubles per a heating season.
Expenses per a heating season will be unchangeable during the all period of the VIH operation.

Comparison

Great number of heating units. High probability of one or several tubular electric heaters failure with partial or complete loss of a TEH function. Great number of sealing joints (tubular electric heaters and flanges). There is the necessity of constant control. If water treatment is poor intensive scale deposit and the clogging of a boiler and a system with sludge occurs because of high watt load on the TEH surface. Great number of electric contacts (TEHs and flanges) in the zone of high temperature action requires constant maintenance of appropriate electric contact. It leads to the system complication. Life time of the TEH depends on a heat carrier quality (1000 hours without taking actions on water softening, 5000 hours – with taking actions). High cost of operation. There is the necessity of TEHs, shims and semiconductor switches periodic replacement.

The heater reliability is almost absolute due to the absence of heating units. Absence of sealing joints.  Scale and deposit formation is practically impossible because of low load in combination with the action of alternating magnetic field and high-frequency vibration on a heated surface when magnetization reversal. Absolute absence of electric contacts in the zone of high temperature action doesn’t require special measures to maintain appropriate electric contact. The VIHs haven’t got high-temperature units and a heat-exchange apparatus. Temperature difference between the heat exchanger case and the heat carrier is not more than 10-15°С. Life time is more than 30 years without special service (100000 hours). Low cost of VIH operation (it doesn’t require repeated maintenance and unit replacement).

 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. Purpose and use 

1.1 Vortex induction heaters VIHs are designed for getting of hot water for process needs, heating of production premises and living quarters and also for hot-water supply.

1.2 Operation conditions:
-constant duty and intermittent duty operation; 
-ambient temperature from + 5°С to + 40°С; 
-non-aggressive and non-explosive environment;

1.3 Climatic version – moderate climate (boreal climate), the 4th placement category according to1 5150-69 GOST (all-Union State Standard).
Certificate of conformance № РОСС RU.AH25.B00310 
Certification body: «IZH-STANDART-TEST», Russia, Udmurt Republc, Izhevsk.

 2. Technical features 

 2.1 Heat carrier - water.
2.3 Heat carrier temperature in hot water getting operation mode is up to 95 ˚С.
2.4 Maximum working pressure of the heat carrier is 0.3 MPa.
2.5 VIH heating power per 1 kW of electric power is not less than 850 kcal.
2.6 Power of VIHs produced by the company is from 3 to 60 kW.
2.7 Main voltage of alternating current is 220/380 (+- 5%) V.
2.8 Current frequency is 50 Hz.
2.9 Overall dimensions and weight of the VIHs are indicated in Table 1.  

 Note: it is possible to use cooling fluids and other special nonflammable fluids as a heat carrier instead of water with the approval of the manufacturer. 
 

FIELD OF APPLICATION

VIH units are oriented on a wide range of consumers: from private persons (heating of flats, gardens, summer houses, cottages, etc.) to offices and big factories. They are also used for plating baths heating and for the hot air heating of manufactures and hangars.  The VIHs for hot water supply are in demand of private farmers and animal production units.

 Auto repair shop

 
Working temperature of auto repair shops is from +5°С to +10°С as opposed to residential buildings. An electric boiler can be used as a local heat supply equipment of such premises as garage cabins or office premises of the maintenance shops.  

 Dwelling house

 
The VIH unit gives the opportunity to choose different heat supply diagrams and temperature control in different places of a house. It also provides simplicity, reliability and high coefficient of efficiency. If there is a gas heat supply in the house it is possible to use the VIH as an emergency source of heat.
 

Factory

 
The VIH provides optimization and fast redistribution of thermal loads of a factory. It makes its heat supply system more flexible and changeable. The VIH is an optimum alternative both as a main and an emergency source of heat (and also for the heating of liquids in production processes).