Thermal Oil Heaters

A thermal oil heater reaches temperatures a conventional steam system can only achieve at punishing pressures, by heating a liquid heat-transfer fluid instead of water. Because the fluid stays liquid, the system delivers very hot process heat at low pressure, avoiding the heavy equipment, water treatment and pressure risk of a high-temperature steam boiler.

How the System Works

The heater fires a fuel to heat the thermal oil, which is then pumped in a closed loop to the process. The oil gives up its heat at the point of use and returns to be reheated, circulating continuously. The design lets a single heater serve several users at different temperatures, which suits processes with varied heat demands.

Why Thermal Oil Suits High Temperature

For duties needing temperatures well above water’s boiling point, thermal oil is often the simpler and safer route, since it avoids the pressures those temperatures would impose on steam. That is why thermal oil heaters appear throughout chemical, food and processing industries, wherever high-temperature heat is needed without the cost of high-pressure steam generation.

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• Waste to Energy Facility
• Feasibility Studies

Get High-Temperature Heat Without the Pressure

Klean Industries supplies thermal-oil and process-heating systems matched to each plant’s temperature duty.

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