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Our tank heating solutions are used for freeze protection and maintaining fluid temperatures in small, medium and large-volume, industrial storage tanks. Typical applications for electrical heat tracing of tanks and vessels include:
•Freeze protection of low and medium viscosity fluids (e.g.water, ammonia)
•Temperature maintenance for medium viscosity fluids (e.g. oils, resins) •Crystallization prevention (e.g. caustic soda)
•Condensation prevention (e.g. fly ash in conical bases of silos)
Contact Tyco Thermal Controls for heat-up applications, hazardous locations, heat tracing of high viscosity fluids (e.g. heavy oils), applications where agitation is used, and other non-standard applications.
Tank heating applications can be quite varied. For this reason, Tyco Thermal Controls offers a wide range of technologies to optimize your tank and vessel heat-tracing system.
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Self-regulating BTV, QTVR, XTV |
Power-limiting VPL |
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| Plastic tank wall |
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| Plastic-lines tank wall |
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| Even heat to all walls needed |
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| Maintain temperature more than 120°F (49°C) |
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| Maintain temperature more than 200°F (93°C) |
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| Maintain temperature more than 250°F (121°C) |
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| Low installed cost desired |
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| High watt density needed |
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| Distributed high watt density needed |
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| Temperature-sensitive fluids |
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| Condensation prevention |
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| Small-diameter stagnant tanks |
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| Limited tank surface area available |
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| High heat-loss tanks |
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