Process area

Liquid processing

Liquid processing covers the equipment that moves, heats, cools and treats liquid products: pumps, heat exchangers, valves, tanks and cleaning systems.

Common topics

Plate and tubular heat exchangers
Pumps, cavitation and flow problems
Heat treatment and holding
Valves, tanks and line layout
Cleaning in place (CIP)

Questions you can ask in LiveAccess

What is the tightening dimension for this plate heat exchanger?
Why does this pump make a rattling noise at full flow?

Talk to an expert

In the app, open the Expert Network and choose liquid processing to find an expert in this area. You can chat with them or call them, and your chats and calls stay in your call history.

Answers in LiveAccess may be inaccurate or out of date. Always confirm safety-critical steps against your site procedures or with a TPS engineer.

Troubleshooting guides

Guides for liquid processing.

Guide

Plate heat exchanger leaks and mixing of media: what to check

A plate heat exchanger can leak to the outside, or leak inside so that product and service media mix.

Guide

Centrifugal pump noise and low flow: cavitation checks

A centrifugal pump that sounds like gravel, delivers less than usual or wears its impeller fast is often cavitating.

Questions about liquid processing?

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