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News Release from: Inditherm | Subject: Detergent tank heating
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Innovative tank heating systems at
detergent plant
Inditherm recently completed the installation of heating and insulation for 3 large storage tanks in a leading detergent manufacturing plant in the Manchester area
Inditherm recently completed the installation of heating and insulation for 3 large storage tanks in a leading detergent manufacturing plant in the Manchester area The existing electric trace heating had failed, which meant that the tank contents could not be maintained at the desired temperature levels, leaving the possibility of the contents becoming too viscous to pump to the process areas
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 31 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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One of the vessels was 60m3 tank located inside the plant.
Being old, it will require replacement soon, so the brief was to find a solution which could easily be removed and fitted onto a new vessel in due course.
The solution involved providing 16 vertical removable jackets that were suspended like curtains from rails around the top and centre of the tank.
The Inditherm heating pads were installed in two bands around the base of the tank.
The whole system was installed in under 2 days and offers easy removal for both inspection and also installation onto a new vessel when the need arises.
The vessel contents are now maintained at 30-32C, with the ability to raise the product temperature should the necessity ever arise.
This "curtain" option is a new innovation for Inditherm and was such a success, that it will become a new standard for other indoor installations requiring removable jackets or jackets and heating.
The other two 100m3 tanks were located outdoors and required heating to maintain their contents (a mixture of acids and colourings) at 34C.
In addition, the heating system had to be capable of raising the product temperature on demand.
To replace the current system with trace heating would have required an installation time of 2 weeks, meaning that the tanks would have been inoperable for an unacceptable period of time.
The Inditherm low voltage heating system was chosen because the installation time was only 2 days.
The installation involved stripping the tanks of their current cladding, insulation and trace heating and replacing them with two bands of low voltage heating, with adjustable temperature control.
Insulation and profiled Aluzinc cladding were added to ensure adequate heat retention and tank protection.
The customer is delighted with the installation and has asked Inditherm to quote for additional tank heating work on the site.
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