Electrical Heat Tracing is an engineered system designed to maintain or protect process piping, equipment, vessels, and instruments at defined temperatures and within specified design criteria.
An electrical heat tracing system is much more than just the heating cable. A large majority of
commercial electrical heat-tracing systems are of the resistive type and take the form of cables that are placed on pipes.
When electric current is flowing through the resistive elements, heat is created in proportion to the square of the electric current and the resistance of the elements to the current flow.
Industrial applications of heat tracing may be found in the oil and gas production, storage facilities, petrochemical plants, refineries, pharmaceutical production, power generation, water and waste treatment plants, food processing, plus many others. Solutions using heat tracing can be provided for freeze protection, or for temperature maintenance duties.
Heat tracing for frost protection ensures that the minimum temperature is not exceeded at any one point in time. Application areas are often supply lines. If these supply lines freeze, it would not only result in interruption to production, but would also attract considerable damage to the entire pipeline system. A competent heat tracing system would ensure safety and reliability and allow operations to run smoothly.
Some other typical application can include:
Frost protection for roof tops in cold countries.
Heat tracing systems for temperature maintenance have a wide range of applications. It ranges from the preservation of the fluidity of a medium to support for efficient production.
Some typical applications can include:
Gasoline oil, liquid asphalt, chemicals, chocolate, and vegetable oils.
Some heating processes require at times a particularly high performance/temperature, such as when restarting a column or a reactor. Once the target temperature is reached, the power can be reduced to regular temperature maintenance level. This flexibility allows the heat tracing system to be versatile and only use more energy when necessary.
Electrical Heat Tracing are the most efficient type of heating as compared to for example, steam tracing. The energy supply can be brought to any location with virtually no losses in energy to be converted into heat. You can find out more about electrical heat tracing vs steam tracing here.
If service is required, the area that is to be repaired is easily accessible and can be maintained with little effort after switching off the heating system.
Electrical heat tracing systems are easy to design, are rugged and easy to operate when installed by a competent expert specializing in the heat tracing industry.
We hope that you have a better understanding of the various applications for electrical heat tracing.
As an expert in the field of heat tracing with many years of experience and having completed various large-scale projects. Supermec provides both constant wattage and self-regulating trace heating systems. Get in touch with our friendly electrical heat tracing experts at sales@supermec.com or you can drop us a call at +65 68619522 to find out how we can assist you with your heat tracing needs and install a heat tracing system to help your business objectives today.
If you have any questions on Electrical Tracing on Pipe. We will give the professional answers to your questions.