{"id":4610,"date":"2026-09-10T19:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/heat-exchanger-cleaning-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:36:09","slug":"heat-exchanger-cleaning-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/heat-exchanger-cleaning-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Gu\u00eda de limpieza y mantenimiento de intercambiadores de calor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heat recovery equipment only delivers its rated savings if it stays clean. Dust, grease, and moisture film raise <strong>Ca\u00edda de presi\u00f3n<\/strong> and lower <strong>effectiveness<\/strong>. A simple maintenance plan protects the investment.<\/p>\n<h2>General Inspection Schedule<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Entorno<\/th>\n<th>Inspect<\/th>\n<th>Clean<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clean office air<\/td>\n<td>Every 6 months<\/td>\n<td>Annually<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dusty \/ industrial<\/td>\n<td>Quarterly<\/td>\n<td>When dP +15-20 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greasy (kitchen, booth)<\/td>\n<td>Monthly<\/td>\n<td>As needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Cleaning by Type<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plate exchanger:<\/strong> Pull cores, vacuum or wash with mild detergent, rinse, dry, reassemble. Avoid high-pressure jets that bend plates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotary wheel:<\/strong> Use the manufacturer&#8217;s wash cycle or soft brush; never soak the drive motor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heat pipe:<\/strong> Wipe fins; check for bent tubes; verify no freeze damage seasonally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bobina de transferencia (run-around):<\/strong> Flush the glycol loop, check concentration, top up as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Measure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pressure drop across the core vs baseline.<\/li>\n<li>Supply-air temperature rise vs design.<\/li>\n<li>Fan current (rises with clogging).<\/li>\n<li>Visible dust or film on plates\/fins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Preguntas frecuentes<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Can I pressure-wash plates?<\/strong><br \/>\nOnly with a wide fan nozzle at low pressure; high pressure dents plates and ruins the seal surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I know it is time to clean?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen measured pressure drop exceeds baseline by 15-20 % or effectiveness drops below spec.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yc-related\">\n<h3>Art\u00edculos relacionados<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/psychrometric-processes-heat-recovery\/\">Psychrometric Processes in Heat Recovery: What Happens on the Chart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/ntu-effectiveness-method\/\">The epsilon-NTU Method: Predicting Heat Exchanger Performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/dew-point-and-frost-point\/\">Dew Point and Frost Point: The Temperatures That Decide Core Survival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/thermal-comfort-heat-recovery-ashrae-55\/\" title=\"Thermal Comfort and Heat Recovery: ASHRAE 55 and IEQ\">Thermal Comfort and Heat Recovery: ASHRAE 55 and IEQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Why a Maintenance Plan Pays<\/h2>\n<p>A clogged core can lose 15-30% of its effectiveness and push fan energy up with it. A scheduled inspection costs far less than the lost savings plus emergency downtime. Log pressure drop at commissioning as the baseline, then trend it monthly in harsh environments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heat recovery equipment only delivers its rated savings if it stays clean. Dust, grease, and moisture film raise pressure drop and lower effectiveness. A simple maintenance plan protects the investment. General Inspection Schedule Environment Inspect Clean Clean office air Every 6 months Annually Dusty \/ industrial Quarterly When dP +15-20 % Greasy (kitchen, booth) Monthly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,197],"tags":[233,234],"class_list":["post-4610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-calc","category-encyclopedia","tag-cleaning","tag-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5151,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions\/5151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}