Introduction Thermal Oil Heaters Type VTO
Introduction Thermal Oil Heaters Type VTO
High Temperatures
Low Pressure
AB&CO · TT BOILERS Design
The boiler maker AB&CO · TT BOILERS LTD. have VTO thermal fluid heaters can be delivered in
since the middle sixties produced industrial boilers horizontal execution (with low height), or in vertical
and heaters for thermal fluid (hot thermal oil), execution (occupying limited floor space). They are
steam, water and recuperative type (heat recovery). delivered insulated with stainless steel cover sheets
and complete with burner, armatures,
The boilers are famous for their high reliability and instrumentation, safeties and a control panel - and
efficiencies, but also for the customised design when with full documentation including necessary
required by the special circumstances. certificates.
TT BOILERS have a service organisation dealing with The heaters are made with coils made of seamless
service and delivery spare parts throughout the tubes. The thermal fluid is heated during the flow
world. A staff of field engineers offers start-up, through the tubes. The heat is transferred to the
commissioning, repair, scheduled overhauls etc. fluid as radiant heat in the combustion chamber,
where the inner cylindrical tube coil and a flat tube
TT BOILERS joined the AB&CO company group in coil forms the chamber wall and the bottom
2000 and in this set-up the Danish owned company respectively. Consequently refractory concrete is
group AB&CO · TT BOILERS today design, avoided. The combustion gasses are hereafter
manufacture and deliver a wide range of customised cooled in the outer convection part, as the gasses
thermal solution within process heating and heat pass the space between the two tube coils. The
recovery – the key products being small and thermal design ensures a modest volume of the
medium sized industrial boilers and special heat thermal fluid relative to the size of the heater, and
exchanger for process air, exhaust gas and other allows unlimited thermal expansion due to the high
special fluids. fluid temperature. The heater and the thermal fluid
system in whole are constructed and equipped
according DIN 4754. Pressure vessels according AD-
Merkblätter (and corresponding ratified EN norms).
Oil replaces Steam and Water As standard the heaters are provided by
international recognized and only high quality burner
Water and steam are typically used as heat carriers brands - for natural gas, light fuel oil, heavy fuel oil
in heating systems. But at high temperatures, water and combinations (dual fuel). Demands for special
and steam requires a corresponding high operating burner designs can be meet and adapted in the
pressure. In industrial heating systems a high heater design.
temperature level is often a great advantage, and All VTO thermal fluid heaters are carefully checked,
establishing this with water and steam can be very controlled and function tested prior to dispatch from
controversial and expensive. the workshop.
In thermal fluid heaters a special oil are instead as Beside the standard execution the VTO heaters can
heat carrier, operating at atmospheric pressure up be delivered in e.g. following variations:
to 300°C. For comparison water and steam would
require a pressure of 85 bar to obtain this Electrical heated, including EX-design if required
temperature. There are several advantages by using Material in stainless steel
thermal fluid compare to e.g. steam systems. The Smaller complete systems as skid-mounted unit
most obvious are: Build in a container.
All below values are preliminary only. Each heater is customised to the actual capacity, flow and temperatures.
For determine actual dimensions and weight, use the nearest upper capacity compare to your actual demand.
Example : 500 kW heater – use the values for heat capacity 600 kW.
140 120 2100 1700 1400 1200 2100 ø150 500 600
235 200 2500 2000 1600 1300 2100 ø210 650 800
350 300 2800 2300 1700 1400 2200 ø210 1000 1200
600 520 3100 2500 1900 1600 2400 ø355 1700 2200
1,000 860 3900 3300 2200 1800 2600 ø400 2400 3200
1,500 1,300 4300 3700 2500 2000 2800 ø500 3600 4800
2,000 1,720 4800 4100 2600 2100 2900 ø560 4000 5500
2,350 2,000 5300 4600 2800 2200 3100 ø560 4300 5800
2,750 2,365 5400 4700 2900 2300 3300 ø630 4500 6600
3,000 2,580 5500 4800 3000 2400 3400 ø630 4800 6900
Up to Up to
On request
10,000 8,600
Item D
Expansion / Buffer Tank
Ausdehnungstank D9
Expansion / Buffertank
D1 D7
D4 LA D8
D3
D10 D2
D6
D5
D11
Item K Item C D2
Heat Exchanger / Consumer C5 3-Way Control Valve
Wärmetauscher / Verbraucher 3-Weg Regelventil
3-vejs Reguleringsventil D10/11 D3 E2
Varmeveksler / Forbruger C2
UNIT # 9
C1 C3
UNIT # 4
UNIT # 4
C4
C6 Item F
System Components
Systemkomponenten
Systemkomponenter
A4
A7 TA
A5 F7
TA TC FA
TS TI DPA
D10/11
A1
A6 D3 E2
B8 B4 B5
PI PI B2
TI B1 D2
B9 B6 B9 E3
E1
B3 B10 E4
A2 B7 Item E E5
Dearator Tank
Item B Gasseparator
Main Circulation Pump Udlufter
Haupt Umlaufpumpe
Item J A3 Item A Hoved Cirkulationspumpe
Chimney Thermal Fluid Heater
Schornstein Thermoöl Erhitzer Item G
Skorsten Hedtoliekedel Emptying / Filling System
Entleerung / Fühlungssystem
Tømme / Fyldesystem
G10 G4 G5 G3 G2
G11 PS
G8 G8
G1
G9
Item H
Barrels of Thermal Fluid
Tonnen mit Thermoöl G7
Tønder med Termisk Olie
G6