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    Direct Fired Heater

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    Direct fired heaters heat circulating thermic fluid inside furnace coils by firing fuel such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal directly inside the furnace body. They require extensive controls for safe and efficient operation, including fuel flow control, combustion air control, and temperature controls. In comparison, electric heaters only require controlling the electricity supply based on temperature. Hot oil tanks are needed to store and drain thermic fluid for maintenance and contain vents connected to condensers to account for fluid expansion during heating. Hot oil expansion tanks further manage thermic fluid expansion within the system and are installed at the highest point with at least a 3 meter elevation difference from the highest consumer.

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    Direct Fired Heater

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    Direct fired heaters heat circulating thermic fluid inside furnace coils by firing fuel such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal directly inside the furnace body. They require extensive controls for safe and efficient operation, including fuel flow control, combustion air control, and temperature controls. In comparison, electric heaters only require controlling the electricity supply based on temperature. Hot oil tanks are needed to store and drain thermic fluid for maintenance and contain vents connected to condensers to account for fluid expansion during heating. Hot oil expansion tanks further manage thermic fluid expansion within the system and are installed at the highest point with at least a 3 meter elevation difference from the highest consumer.

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    Direct fired heaters heat circulating thermic fluid inside furnace coils by firing fuel such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal directly inside the furnace body. They require extensive controls for safe and efficient operation, including fuel flow control, combustion air control, and temperature controls. In comparison, electric heaters only require controlling the electricity supply based on temperature. Hot oil tanks are needed to store and drain thermic fluid for maintenance and contain vents connected to condensers to account for fluid expansion during heating. Hot oil expansion tanks further manage thermic fluid expansion within the system and are installed at the highest point with at least a 3 meter elevation difference from the highest consumer.

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    Direct Fired Heater

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    Sagar Patil
    Direct fired heaters heat circulating thermic fluid inside furnace coils by firing fuel such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal directly inside the furnace body. They require extensive controls for safe and efficient operation, including fuel flow control, combustion air control, and temperature controls. In comparison, electric heaters only require controlling the electricity supply based on temperature. Hot oil tanks are needed to store and drain thermic fluid for maintenance and contain vents connected to condensers to account for fluid expansion during heating. Hot oil expansion tanks further manage thermic fluid expansion within the system and are installed at the highest point with at least a 3 meter elevation difference from the highest consumer.

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    Direct Fired Heater

    In direct fired heater we fire fuel inside the furnace body and heat is absorbed by the

    circulating thermic fluid inside the furnace coils. This fluid can be furnace oil, natural

    gas or coal. However, natural gas is the cleanest fuel among all three options. In

    comparison with electric heater, direct fired heater require lots of controls for efficient

    of safe operation of the furnace. These controls include fuel flow control, combustion

    air control, stake temperature and excess air control etc. When we compare this with

    electrical heater, there we have one control which cuts the electricity supply if hot oil

    supply temperature goes beyond set point. To understand direct fired heater

    operation and controls you can refer to the figure in Process Details section.

    Hot Oil Tank

    In thermic fluid system hot oil tank is required for thermic fluid storage and dumping.

    When I say dumping it means during plant shutdown or in case of any leakage, we

    need to drain complete thermic fluid from the system. This we do for the

    maintenance or repair work.

    Hot oil tanks should be provided with a proper size vent. And the vent of this tank we

    should connect to a hot oil vent condenser. You must take care the expansion of

    thermic fluid during finalizing the volume of hot oil tank. For example, if you take 1
    m3 volume of thermic fluid at atmosphere temperature then at 250 0C it will expand

    by around 20%.

    Furthermore, we should provide proper insulation to the tank. When we dump the oil,

    it is very hot, so for personal safety insulation is must.

    Hot Oil Expansion Tank

    As you can see from name itself, the service of this equipment is to take care the

    expansion of thermic inside the system. We install this equipment at highest level

    inside the plant. We should ensure that the elevation difference between expansion

    tank and the highest-level consumer is minimum 3 meters.

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