Cut costs and go green
June 1st 2008 Thermal fluid heaters from
Babcock Wanson claim to reduce
process heating energy costs and
increase plant operating efficiency
by 20% to 50% in comparison with
steam heating. All Babcock Wanson
thermal fluid heaters can be
supplied to burn any of a range of
liquid or gaseous fuels, with low
exhaust emissions because of their
high combustion efficiency.
A parallel range of heat recovery
thermal fluid heaters is also
increasingly contributing to the
reduction in operational costs in a
wide range of process plant
gaining maximum advantage from
energy in waste heat.
The Babcock Wanson TPC LN
thermal fluid heater is available in
fourteen models with heat outputs
from 298 kW to 2620 kW. It is a
fully automatic coil-type multi-pass
heater with an integrated burner
and control system, and is
equipped with safety devices that
maximise thermal fluid life by
matching the fuel input to the
plant energy requirements through
generously sized combustion
chambers and heating surface. The
TPC LN has the particular
advantage that it is available in
either vertical or horizontal form at
to suit the application.
The twelve models of the
Babcock Wanson TPC B range of
thermal fluid heaters cover outputs
from 100kW to 7000kW and are
again coil design in oil, gas or dual
firing versions. Thermal fluid flow
and temperature are continuously
monitored for optimum heat
transfer conditions within the
heater and at the end process heat
user.
Normally installed with a
Babcock Wanson circulating pump
group and a
combined deaerator,
thermal
buffer and
expansion tank,
Babcock Wanson
thermal fluid
heaters can be
fully integrated
into a process
control system to
be remotely
operated or
managed by
computer or
telemetry.
Operation is
within a closed low
pressure liquid
phase loop system containing
heater and process users.The
normal temperature range is from
120°C to 320°C.The energy losses
from a thermal fluid system are
restricted to minimal surface heat
losses from what are highly
insulated surfaces.The savings
accrue from having no blowdown
or condensate trap losses, no
effluent losses, no losses as a result
of corrosion damage (thermal fluid
systems are corrosion free) and
having the highly efficient
combustion systems fitted to all
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