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HEATEC BULLETIN
This power generation facility heats natural gas with a combination Heatec thermal fluid heater and heat exchanger
through the coil and carries the heat to the heating tubes
inside a nearby heat exchanger.
The fuel gas flows through the shell of the heat exchanger
where it is heated by its heating tubes. The thermal fluid
circulates continuously through the heater and heat exchanger tubes.
A water bath heater typically consists of a shell that contains a fire tube and serpentine heating coil. A burner is
mounted on one end of the fire tube, which doubles back
to an exhaust stack. The shell is filled with a solution of
water-glycol, which is heated by the fire tube. The heated
solution heats the serpentine coil and the product that flows
through it.
A typical thermal fluid heater consists of a shell that contains a helical coil. A burner is mounted on one end of the
shell and fires through the helical coil. The burner heats
the coil directly with its hot gases, which double back to
an exhaust stack. Thermal fluid, (water-glycol) is pumped
EXPANSION CHAMBER
GAS
INLET
HEATER
SHELL
EXHAUST
STACK
GAS
OUTLET
SERPENTINE
COIL
FIRE TUBE
BURNER WITH
BLOWER*
*NOTE: NATURAL DRAFT
BURNERS ARE NONMODULATING AND HAVE NO
BLOWER
OUTLET
PLENUM
THERMAL
FLUID OUT
The thermal efficiency of a thermal fluid heater is usually about 15 percent higher than a water bath heater. The
higher efficiency results in significantly less fuel usage.
The thermal fluid heater has lower emissions because of its
higher thermal efficiency.
The thermal fluid heater system uses less liquid and has
faster fluid velocity than a water bath heater. Consequently
reaction time is faster and provides better temperature control. And there is less liquid to maintain.
The heating bundle in the heat exchanger used with the
thermal fluid heater is much easier to replace than the coil
inside a water bath heater. It also costs less than the coil in
the water bath heater. The helical coil in the thermal fluid
heater rarely requires maintenance.
INLET
PLENUM
THERMAL
FLUID IN
SHELL SIDE
GAS OUTLET
TUBE
SHEET
FLOW OF
THERMAL
FLUID
SHELL
TUBE
BUNDLE
HEAT EXCHANGER
Components of the thermal fluid heater and the heat exchanger are subjected to somewhat lower temperatures than
the fire tube of a water bath heater. Consequently they will
last longer.
The water bath heater is an open system that is subject to
evaporation. Accordingly it requires routine additions of
water-glycol solution. The thermal fluid system is a closed
system that rarely requires additions of fluid.
We offer both types of systems in order to satisfy customer
preferences.
Actually, the heating systems discussed above are only two
of many types of heating systems that we offer. We provide
heating systems for numerous applications and industries.
H E AT E C , I N C .
FLOW OF
GAS
BAFFLES
SHELL SIDE
GAS INLET
Publication 3-10-231