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In this issue of Process Heating, we have two articles to help you be successful using thermal fluids as well as advice on boilers, ovens and dryers, and packaged heating systems.
Lo-Density heater provides efficient heating of asphalt and emulsions in underground tanks and distributor trucks. The drop-in heater is installed through the tank’s manway and attached horizontally to the tank bottom.
Replacing non-functioning boiler systems — pressurized vessels placed in a facility to heat water — can take quite a bit of time. Enter the boiler-bypass system: a non-pressurized system that sits outside a facility or building. It heats up hot water, which then goes through the heat exchanger inside the building. Such units can be deployed rapidly and are scalable.
No one understood or more succinctly described the strategies and philosophies of war than the great Chinese general, Sun Tzu: “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
A North American manufacturer of punches and dies ordered a dual-chamber, fiber-lined furnace to process small parts in wire baskets and parts wrapped in foil during hardening. The upper chamber heats to 2200°F (1205°C), and the lower draw chamber heats to 1600°F (870°C) with 23 kW of power.
Before plunging headfirst into myriad industrial heat tracing designs, products and applications, one must first have an understanding of the basics of heat loss.