Product features
- High-performance air cooler for industrial cooling and deep freezing requirements
- Particularly suitable for hygienic food processing
- Low moisture loss thanks to highly efficient aligned tube system
- FHVIT air cooler/evaporator with efficient defrosting process
- Development and production - made in Germany

High-performance air coolers for industrial refrigeration applications
The FHVI high-performance air cooler is particularly suitable for cooling and deep-freezing requirements for industrial refrigeration applications where hygiene and corrosion protection play an especially important role.
Due to its highly efficient, aligned tube system with large fin spacing of up to 12 mm, it guarantees low dehumidification and is ideal for use in food processing.
Product benefits
Your advantages at FHVI/FHVIT

Strong, thick fins
for cleaning using a high-pressure cleaner

Streamer
for increased air throw in longer cold rooms (optional)

Perfect cleaning:
Outer pan hinged as standard for cleaning purposes, incl. heating

Large casing side spaces:
Large spaces on the side of the housing make it easy to connect large-dimension tubes (e.g. water)
Corrosion protection
Various types of heat exchanger corrosion protection for use in aggressive environments
EVD ice superheat controller:
Built-in electronic Carel expansion valve with EVD ice superheat controller (on request)

Optimal heating rods arrangement:
Heating rods arranged to achieve the best possible heat distribution and reliable defrosting, in aluminium housing to prevent vapours
75% lower defrost energy costs
Air cooler defrost concept to reduce the defrost frequency to up to one defrost a day and saves up to 75% energy costs
Features
All product advantages at a glance
General
- Cooling capacity 7 – 40 kW
- Temperature range: FHVI: 0 – 60 °C / FHVIT: -40 – 60 °C
- Fin spacing 4.5 / 7 / 10 mm
- Defrosting: electric, optional: Brine, hot gas, water sprinkler
- Heat exchanger coil for an operating pressure of 25 bar/ 60 bar with CO2
Easy assembly
- Large spaces on the side of the housing make it easy to connect large-dimension tubes (e.g. water)
- Easy access via side doors, completely removable
- Flat stainless steel hanging rails
- Connections with threaded nipple, ventilation and drain valve (water or brine mode)
- Drain heating can easily be retrofitted
- Heating rods wired to terminal box
Airflow routing
- Increased air throw with optional streamer
- Special fans with particularly high external pressure (option)
- Textile tube connection (option)
Inspektion & Reinigung
- Double drip pan construction prevents condensation forming on the underside of the tray
- Side doors, completely removable
- Generously sized condensation drains
- Aligned tube pattern and fin spacings of up to 12 mm for easy cleaning
- Constructive properties geared to the HACCP concept
- Thick fins (0.3 mm) for extra stability during cleaning
- Hinged drip pan as standard for cleaning purposes
Energy efficiency
- High-performance heat exchanger with aligned tube system for minimum air-side pressure losses and large surfaces
- Large heat exchanger surfaces for reduced moisture loss and defrosting
- EC fans for energy-efficient, quiet operation (optional)
- Adjustment of the air volume flow according to the cooling load via external controller (0 – 10 V or 4 – 20 mA or Modbus signal with EC fans)
- Defrost damper and defrost hood (accessories) for efficient, quick defrosting
- ERP compliant fans
Corrosion protection
- Corrosion-resistant powder-coated aluminium housing
- Fully lacquered heat exchanger with dual component lacquer or powder-coated (protection class C)
- Fully lacquered heat exchanger with dual component lacquer or powder-coated and tin-coated copper tubes (protection class D)
- Stainless steel housing (optional)
- Copper fins as corrosion protection (salty air)
- All corrosion protection variants at a glance
Defrosting
- Heating rods arranged to achieve the best possible heat distribution and reliable defrosting, in aluminium housing to prevent vapours
- Heated drip tray to easily drain away condensation in low-temperature storage rooms (FHVIT)
- Textile defrost damper to isolate the air cooler on the pressure side during defrosting (accessory)
- Defrost safety thermostat interrupts electric defrosting if the defrost control system (accessory) malfunctions
- Frame heating for electrically heating the fan ring and to avoid ice bridges during defrosting (accessory)
- Defrost hood: Uses trapped heat and helps with defrosting in the air cooler
- Defrosting using brine circuit, hot gas or water sprinkler
Accessories
Find suitable accessories for the FHVI/FHVIT

Swivelling fans
for better access allow more thorough cleaning of the heat exchanger

Defrost Damper:
Textile shielding of the fan during defrosting

Frame heating
for electrically heating the fan ring and to avoid ice bridges during defrosting

Defrost hood:
less warming of the room owing to defrost heat, optimized defrosting process

Streamer
The streamer increases the throw by more than 100% with almost the same air volume and sound level

Textile hose connection
for the easy installation of textile hoses for uniform air distribution without draughts

Air filter grille
for on-site use of air filters in the air intake (25mm thickness)

Auxiliary heating
for reliable condensation drain
Additional accessories
- Insulated drip pan prevents condensation forming on the outer side
- Defrost safety thermostat interrupts electric defrosting if the defrost control system malfunctions
- EVD-ice: Electronic e-valve and superheat controller for efficient, safe operation and quick start-up (on request)
References
Delicatessen production - FHVI - Frigor
As with most food manufacturers, the various processing procedures require different refrigeration technology in order to keep the cold chain in the building unbroken. This food company in Belgium which manufactures salads and sauces uses Roller air coolers in its processing, packaging and storage rooms. In rooms where people work, textile hoses were used to ensure uniform, draught-free cooling.
Application | Food processing |
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Address | Maldegem / Belgium |
Fluid | HFC |
Product | FHVIT 763 |
Offshore-Converterstation - FHVI - BorWin
BorWin3 is the third offshore grid connection project off the coast of Borkum which brings ashore the wind power produced out at sea by two wind parks. For the offshore converter station manufactured in Dubai, Roller equipped the technical rooms with specially produced HVS/HVIS and FHV/FHVI air coolers. It also fitted HKN air conditioning units in the crew's communal areas.
Application | Energy technology / Converter station |
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Address | North Sea / Germany |
Fluid | Water / Glycol |
Product | FHVI / FHV / HVS / HVIS / HKN |
Plant seed cooling - FHVI - Thai Seed Bank
Cold room for storing agricultural plant seeds. The temperature and relative humidity are regulated by the Roller FHVI air cooler with no need for a separate dehumidifier in the cold room.
Application | Food processing |
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Address | Bangkok / Thailand |
Fluid | R407c |
Product | FHVI |
Technical data
All important technical data at a glance
Product name | FHVI | FHVIT |
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Capacity range | 10 - 40 kW | 7 - 29 kW |
Temperature range | 0 - 60°C | -40 to 60 ˚C |
Defrost heater | Without | Block and drip tray |
Tubes | Internally grooved | Internally grooved |
Tube system | Aligned | Aligned |
Number of fans | 1 - 4 | 1 - 4 |
Fan type | AC / suction / IP 54 | AC / suction / IP 54 |
Fan size | 500 mm | 500 mm |
Fin spacing | 4,5 / 7 / 10 mm | 4,5 / 7 / 10 mm |
Energy efficiency class | C to D | C to D |

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