Overview of Alternate Energy Systems' Vaporizers

Alternate Energy Systems manufactures a complete line of liquid Propane/Butane vaporizers. To meet the requirements of customers and particular applications around the world, we are employing a variety of design concepts. They vary in capacity from 12 GPH to 7000 GPH (25 kg/h to 14000 kg/h), and in the source of the heat (direct fired, indirect fired, electric, steam). The vaporizers are manufactured to the rigid codes of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the latest edition of  NFPA #58, and most are approved for Factory Mutual (FM) or Industrial Risk Insurers (IRI) installations, in addition to Canadian Standards Association (CSA), American Gas Association (AGA), and Canadian Gas Association (CGA).

As a manufacturer, we go far beyond the requirements and codes and are continually working to produce equipment with the most modern engineering techniques available.

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Direct Fired Vaporizers
AE-Series, DF-Series
ASME "U" Stamp
 
50 gph to 480 gph
(100 kg/h to 960 kg/h)

Water Bath Vaporizers
WB-Series

200 gph to 7000 gph
(400 kg/h to 14000 kg/h)

Electric
Water Bath Vaporizers
EV-Series

50 gph to 150 gph
(100 kg/h to 300 kg/h)

Vertical
Water Bath Vaporizers for
external water supply.

60 gph to 3000 gph
(120 kg/h to 6000 kg/h)

"Dry" Electric Vaporizers
Lectrapak Series

12 gph to 25 gph
(25 kg/h to 50 kg/h)

Steam Vaporizers
"Letter" Series

40 gph to 2700 gph
(80 kg/h to 5400 kg/h)

WHAT IS A PROPANE VAPORIZER ?

A propane vaporizer is actually a boiler. Instead of boiling water, it boils propane, or another type of LPG. It may sound strange that heat is required to vaporize propane when propane will boil at - 44 °F but, when propane vaporizes by expansion alone, it causes a refrigeration action that would freeze valves and burner nozzles. Therefore, heat is required to offset the refrigeration action.

There are two major types of propane vaporizers. A direct fired type uses a portion of the propane it vaporizes to supply the heat for the vaporization process. The indirect fired type uses an outside source of heat, such as steam, electricity, or hot water, to vaporize the propane.