Thermon Heat Tracing

Products & Services

for Refining
Peter Baen… from San Marcos, Texas

Annual Downstream Conference

Bucharest -- 30th September 2010

®
Globally Recognized As . . . The Heat Tracing Specialists
 Thermon’s Vision is to be . . .

. . . Globally Recognized as
The Heat Tracing Specialists
 Thermon’s Mission:

To Enhance our Customers’ Process

Operations by Providing Innovative
and Reliable Solutions at the
Lowest Total Cost of Ownership.
 Thermon Industrial Markets

Oil & Gas Production

Refining & Bio-diesel

Mining

Foundation Heating for Cryoginic Storage Tanks

Chemicals & Petro-chemicals

Power Generation: Fossil & Nuclear

Texitles, Pulp and Paper Mills

Marine: Offshore and Shipping

But, what is Heat Tracing?
 Why Heat Trace?

Winterization (Freeze Protection) & De-icing

Prevent Condensation in Vapor Streams

Frost Heave Prevention

Reduce Viscosity
 Common Industrial Applications

Potable Water Lines Process Fluids

Steam Supply & Molten Sulfur

Condensate Lines

Fire Protection
Caustic Lines

Pump Manifolds
Crude Oils and Fuel Oils
Storage Tanks
Process Instrument Tubing
Frost Heave Protection

CEMS & Analyzer Lines

Service Air and Water

Control Valve Manifolds Safety Showers

 Winterization Convenience or Necessity?

Ruptured
Pipes

Interuption of Loss of Safety

Water Supplies Systems

Plant Outages
Electrical Heat Tracing
 More to Heat Trace than “Cable”. . .

Transformer
480V 120/208V

Conduit and Wire

Power Distribution /
Control Panel
Heat Tracing and
Mount Transformer and Control Panels Accessories
Run Conduit and Wire
Install Heat Tracing
Make All Terminations Thermal
Insulation
Install Thermal Insulation
Test and Commission System
RTD/Temperature
Controller
 Electrical Heat Tracing Systems

Positive Temperature Coefficient Parallel and Series Constant Wattage Specialty Heat Trace, Skin Effect
(PTC) Heat Tracing for Complex Heat Tracing for Interconnecting Systems, Tank and Hopper Heating
Piping Piping

Self-Regulating Parallel Constant Watt MI Constant Watt

Skin Effect Heating

Power-Limiting Series Constant Watt Tank Heating

Hopper Heating
 Approvals for Electrical Heat Trace

JIS

Worldwide Approvals
 Heating Element Performance

Graphically represented

PTC Self-Regulating &

Power- Limiting Heater
Power (W/m)

Output

ZTC Constant Wattage

Heater Output

0
Pipe Temperature
 Self-regulating Electrical Heat Trace

Complex Piping Within Process Units

BSX HTSX VSX

Low to Moderate Temperature Temperature Maintenance and Temperature Maintenance and

Maintenance & Winterization Freeze Protection Freeze Protection
Max. Maintain Temp: 65°C Max. Maintain Temp: 121°C Max. Maintain Temp: 150°C
Max. Exposure Temp: 85°C Max. Exposure Temp: 204°C Max. Exposure Temp: 204°C
T-Rating: T6 T-Rating: T3 T-Rating: T3

Maintain and Exposure Temperatures Determine EHT Selection

 Tank Heating Systems

External Tank Heating Systems

•Electrical Heating:
– FlexiPanel Pad-type heaters
– Serpentined EHT
•Steam Heating:
– HeetSheet (Plate-type Coil)
– Field Applied Tubing

Challenges with insertion heaters

 Steam Tracing Facts

Over 70% of Refineries and Chemical Plants

Indicate that Steam is Their Primary Means of
Heat Tracing

Bare Tubing is
70% to 80% of
All Steam Tracing
 Steam Tracing Systems

From Steam
Header
Much more than what’s on the pipe…
Lay Out Tracer Tubing
Install HTCompound (if required) To Condensate
Install Supply and Return Lines Header
Steam Supply Manifold

Install & Test All Connections

Install Thermal Insulation

Condensate Return Manifold

Commission System

Thermal
Insulation

Steam Tracer
 SafeTrace
To Condensate  BTS or bare Tracing
ThermoTube
Return Line  Thermonized
Preinsulated
Tracing Steam Supply and Trap Station
Return Tubing
 Steam Tracing Prior to 1954

Jacketed Pipe

Bare Tube or Pipe

Spacer Block
 Reduced Installed and Operating Cost

 With a Bare Tracer Total Heat

Transfer Coefficient as our
base-line, the “Thermonized”
Trace has a Total Coefficient of
~ 10 X the “Ut” coefficient
 A Higher Heat Transfer Rate
Allows:
Fewer Tracers
Lower Steam Pressures
Higher Pipe Temperatures
Stable Pipe Temperature
During Ambient Swings
 The Impact of Ut on Pipe Temperature

A) Fully Jacketed System

B) Thermonized Systems
C) Conventional Bare
Tracing System
D) Conventional “Light
Tracing” System
E) SafeTrace System
All performance based on 50#
steam on 2” NPS insulated line
 “Thermonized” Tracing Advantages

– Fast Heat-Up Capability

– Low ∆T from Tracer to Pipe
– Predictable Performance
– Even Temperature Distribution
– No Cross-Contamination Risk
– Cut-to-length (Pipe Dimensions
Required for Full Jacketed Pipe)
– Standard Pumps & Valves can
be used at Much Lower Cost
 Selecting SafeTrace Isolated Tracers

Primary Application: Low to Medium Heat Requirements

DLS- IT SLS- IT BTS

Uses: Freeze Protection and Low Uses: Freeze Protection and Low to Uses: Freeze Protection and Moderate
Range Temperature Maintenance Moderate Temperature Maintenance Range Temperature Maintenance
Maintain Temp. Range: 10°C to 55°C Maintain Temp. Range: 24°C to 93°C Maintain Temp. Range: 38°C to 121°C
Max. Exposure Temp: 204°C Max. Exposure Temp: 204°C Max. Exposure Temp: 215°C
Max Steam Pressure: 17 Bar Max Steam Pressure: 17 Bar Max Steam Pressure: 17 Bar

Maintain Temperature and Heat Loss Determines Tracer Selection

ThermoTube Pre-insulated Tubing

… Reduces Installation and Operating Costs

– Lower Labor Requirements Much

Less than Field Installed & Insulated

– ThermoTube is Easily Installed

– Increased Life Expectancy

• UV Stabilized Extruded Jacket
Protects Thermal Insulation

– Sizes and Materials Available for

Every Application Requirement
 Instrument Heating Systems

Additional Heat
Tracing at Flange

TubeTrace
Pre-insulated and
Heated Tubing

Available for Both Steam

and Electric Heating
Heated and Insulated
Instrument Enclosures
(By Others)
 TubeTrace Bundles for Analyzers

Flue Gas (CEMS)

&
Process Analyzers
 Pre-insulated & Heat Traced Tubing

TubeTrace Pre-insulated
& Heat Traced Tubing

Available in Steam &

Electrically Heated Designs

• Predictable Performance for

Accurate Temperatures

• Significantly Reduces
Installation Time & Cost
 THERMON … The Heat Tracing Specialists®

No matter what your instrument

tubing requirements …
Contact Thermon!
 Control & Monitoring Systems

Mechanical Thermostats
• Ambient sensing for ordinary
and hazardous locations
• Pipe/tank wall sensing in a
variety of temperature and
amperage ranges for ordinary
and hazardous locations

Microprocessor-Based Control
and Monitoring Units
• Permit on-off heat tracing control
with numerous capabilities
• Provide temperature monitoring
• Provide heating cable monitoring
 Ambient Proportional Control

100%
How it Works
Power

50%

0%
tmaint
Control Band
 Engineered & Designed Systems

Why a Managed Heat Trace System?

In an age of downsizing and outsourcing, many
customers turn to Thermon for:
– Design & Complete Controls Solutions
– Installation & Supervision
– Maintenance & Trouble-Shooting

Performance Guaranteed!
If Thermon & Bright Technology
provide a Turn-Key system,
including thermal insulation, not
only will the products & design
be warranted, the maintain
temperatures are also covered.
Thermon Heat Tracing
Products & Services

Thanks for your time and attention!

®
Globally Recognized As . . . The Heat Tracing Specialists