Convection and conduction heaters are used in heat processing applications to create and apply heat via either a medium such as air or via direct contact.

An electric air-heating solutions company needed a quick thermal management solution to prevent overheating of the air heater element used in its flanged inline heaters. Employed in industrial processing and research and development settings, the heaters are built to handle a range of demanding process heat applications.

The provisions made for thermal expansion and draining of the thermal oil are key factors to consider for the successful installation of any thermal oil heating system. Important system design principles like this often are overlooked; instead, the focus is placed on specific components like pumps, valves or the heater itself.

What is critical to operators of thermal plants? Of primary importance is the delivery of process steam and electric power within the established environmental limits for the site. 

It is no coincidence that the energy-cost-reducing technology used to recover and reuse heated process air in fluid-bed drying systems was developed during the energy crisis of the 1970s.

Whether you want a batch, paddle or web dryer, or something else altogether, you are looking in the right place.

Designed to fire process air heating devices that require heat application directly to the system airstream for direct- or indirect-fired combustion chambers, Type FDM is designed to provide 20:1 turndowns over a range of heat inputs.

Linnox Tee ULE offers a wide input range and the most module and row configurations of any line-style burner, according to the company.

Also worth considering in a conduction heating applications is the amount of heat being generated by the element versus the amount of heat being absorbed by the target material.

Heat can be moved in three ways: By conduction, where heat is transferred by physical contact; by radiation, where heat is transferred over a distance via electromagnetic waves; and by convection.