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Used in conjunction with a heat-tracing system, an advanced control
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Boilers
As boilers age, they can become less efficient, causing an increase in fuel costs.
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By Linda Becker
Commentary
Designing in Safety
Eliminate or Reduce Hazards
The safest systems are those that eliminate hazards, of course, but
in the process industries, heat and pressure are often a part of the
manufacturing equation. To maximize plant safety, it is important
to regularly evaluate processes and products to see whether another
product, method or even temperature can deliver effective results more
safety. An online video that explains some real-life chemical processing
accidents and how applying the principles of inherent safety could have
prevented them is a great place to start reviewing your own process.
The video, produced by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board,
highlights the four main components of inherently safer design,
first identified by the National Academy of Sciences. Deceptively
simple, the four principal steps — substitute, minimize, moderate
and simplify — define criteria by which any processing facility can
evaluate potential hazards and incorporate inherently safer manufacturing practices. The CSB video describes the concepts:
• Substitute: replacing one material with another that is less hazardous.
• Minimize: reducing the amount of hazardous material in the
process.
• Moderate: using less hazardous process conditions such as lower
pressures or temperatures.
• Simplify: designing processes to be less complicated, and therefore less prone to failure.
“Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction” uses recent
chemical industry incidents to illustrate how applying inherent
safety principles increase safety. One example cited is the Kleen
Energy explosion which occurred in February 2010. Following the
event, CSB learned that the cause of the accident — purging piping
with natural gas to clear it of debris that could damage the turbines
— was a common practice in the power industry. Yet inherently
safety gases, including compressed air, are just as effective for purging the piping. In this case, change came quickly and with little
resistance from industry to adopting a safer practice.
Take a look around your facility. Are there hazards that the principles of inherent safety could help you mitigate? It needn’t take an
accident to adopt safer practices.
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Inner Workings
fired industrial process ovens
or furnaces.
Presented by Pittsburgh-based Bloom
Engineering on September 25 through
27 in Milwaukee, topics include:
Eastman Chemical
Acquires Solutia
Eastman Chemical has bought Solutia
Inc., a maker of heat transfer fluids
and other chemicals based in St. Louis.
Eastman, Kingsport, Tenn., acquired
Solutia for $4.8 billion.
With the acquisition, Eastman has
made structural and reporting changes,
resulting in five reporting segments:
• Specialty Fluids and Intermediates
consists of the specialty fluids product
lines from Solutia’s former Technical
Specialties segment and Eastman’s
oxo and acetyl intermediates product
lines of its former PCI segment.
• Additives and Functional Products
consists of the rubber materials
product lines from Solutia’s former
Technical Specialties segment and
the specialty polymers and solvents
product lines of Eastman’s former
Coatings, Adhesives, Specialty
Polymers and Inks (CASPI) segment.
• Adhesives and Plasticizers consists
of the plasticizer product lines of
Eastman’s former Performance
Chemicals and Intermediates
segment, and the adhesives product
lines formerly in its CASPI segment.
• Advanced Materials consists of
Eastman’s former Specialty Plastics
segment and Solutia’s former
Performance Films and Advanced
Interlayers segments.
• Fibers, which continues to consist
of the acetate tow, acetate yarn and
acetyl product lines.
Solutia’s Photovoltaics business will
be managed as a developing business
initiative and reported as “other” sales
and operating earnings (loss).
The acquisition is expected to expand
Eastman’s geographic reach and
product portfolio, especially in emerging
markets, according to the company.
Bloom Presents
Combustion Webinar
Learn combustion fundamentals at
a seminar designed for employees
responsible for the operation, design,
selection and maintenance of fuel-
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Fundamentals of combustion.
Industrial burners.
Radiant tube burners.
Ratio control burner turndown.
Fans and blowers.
Burner selection and system sizing.
Combustion safety to meet NFPA 85
and 86.
• Combustion systems with O2
enrichment.
• Heat transfer mechanisms.
• Heat balance.
More details about the $550 seminar
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Steam Systems Maker
Taps Social Media
Industrial product manufacturers are
learning to use social media to build
their customer base.
To stay on top of a growing trend that
will link it more deeply to its customers,
Spirax Sarco Inc. in Blythewood, S.C.,
has launched its first social media
campaign. Embracing Twitter, YouTube
and Pinterest, Spirax plans to keep
followers up to date with steam-system
management news and energy-saving
ideas. The company began by tweeting
technical tips and training information.
Once Spirax’s Twitter account reaches
1,000 followers, the company will give
away an iPad3 to one person. To sign up,
go to www.twitter.com/spiraxsarco_usa.
“We are rapidly moving ahead in the
game of social media by creating viral
campaigns and creating new customer
relations opportunities but not
dropping traditional marketing efforts,”
says Stephen Gow, marketing director.
The firm’s YouTube channel, located at
www.youtube.com/user/spiraxsarcousa,
includes a growing video library to
introduce products and technical
information. On Pinterest, visitors can
see the latest Spirax products by going
to www.pinterest.com and typing in
Spirax Sarco in the search box.
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Combustion
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• Easily replaceable gas
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Left: Chemical Coaters Association International board member
Larry Melgary, president of Northern Coatings & Chemical
in Menominee, Mich., congratulates Bob Shipley, a chemical
technician at Briggs & Stratton, Milwaukee, on receiving the
User of the Year Award from CCAI’s Wisconsin Chapter. Right:
Bruce Bryan, director of sales at Chicago-based Mighty Hook,
has earned the Chemical Coaters Association International’s
2012 James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award. Bryan, a
CCAI past president, is a board member.
• Simultaneously analyze
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• Upgradeable internal
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Seminar Covers Infrared Basics, Applications
The IRED (infrared) division of the Industrial Heating
Equipment Association will present a one-day seminar,
the “Ins and Outs of IR and IR Applications,” as part of the
Finishing Technologies Conference at FabTech 2012 on
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November 12 in Las Vegas.
The seminar will review infrared
basics, including an explanation of the
technology, how it is produced and
what its characteristics are. Attendees
also will learn about infrared
equipment and hear a discussion of
infrared applications, showcasing how
infrared can be used in today’s industrial environment.
For more details and to register for the seminar, go to
www.ihea.org.
ELECTRIC HEATERS, CUSTOMIZED & STOCK
Hotwatt has maintained leadership
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The size, sheath, terminations and
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Register Now for Coating Show
Coating 2012, an industrial coating event dedicated entirely
to liquid and powder coatings, is open for registration.
Held October 9 through 11 in St. Louis, the trade show and
conference provides an opportunity for networking among
coating professionals.
The event offers attendees the following:
• Opportunities to advance skills and technical knowledge.
• Meetings with leading manufacturers, distributers,
suppliers and contractors.
• Technical conference.
• Central U.S. location.
• Introduction of new product technologies.
• Auction with opportunity to purchase coatings-related
products and services at low prices.
For more information and to register, go www.coating-show.com.
Sensors, Controllers Catalog
Configured for Smart Phones, Tablets
Watlow, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of complete thermal
systems, has introduced its new sensors and controllers
catalog in multiple formats.
The guide includes product descriptions, specifications,
features, benefits, applications, line drawings and photos of the
Inner Workings
company’s full line of temperature sensors, wire,
cable, temperature controllers, power controllers and
supporting software.
Divided into two sections, the catalog first lists Watlow’s
sensors, wire and cable products, followed by its temperature,
process and power controllers, and supporting software
listings. Users have a choice of format: print, downloadable
PDF at www.watlow.com, CD or electronic flip book for use
on smart phones and tablets.
for the combustion of natural gas, avoiding the associated
greenhouse gas emissions of CO2, nitrogen oxides (NOX) and
methane, the company says.
“We see this as the next step forward in wider acceptance
of CGT technology,” says Edward Spink, TurboSonic CEO. “Due
to the similarity of this particleboard process and emissions
to the oriented-strand board [OSB] process, we believe this
will lead to the successful introduction of CGT into the large
OSB market.”For more information on CGT technology, go to
www.turbosonic.com/products/cgt.
Treated Dryer Exhaust VOCs Meet EPA Rules
A clean-air technology system installation has been
tested and confirmed to be in compliance with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution control
regulations for plywood and composite wood products,
according to the system’s maker.
TurboSonic Technologies Inc., Waterloo, Ont., says the
installation, which treated the combined exhaust gases
from a particleboard press and dryer to reduce VOC
(formaldehyde and methanol) emissions, is the third one at
Arauco-USA’s Moncure, N.C., wood-panel production facility.
Other installations, which treated exhaust gases from a
medium-density fiberboard dryer and press, previously were
determined to meet applicable regulations, TurboSonic says.
The manufacturers’ CGT technology eliminates the need
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Calendar of Events
September
19-22 — Association of Water
Technologies (AWT) Annual Convention
and Exposition, Palm Springs, Calif. Call
(301) 740-1421 or visit www.awt.org.
17-18 — Combustion Technology
Seminar and Exhibition, Cleveland.
Hosted by Industrial Heating
Equipment Association (IHEA).
Call (859) 356-1575 or visit
www.ihea.org.
23-25 — SPE Thermoforming
Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hosted by Society of Plastics Engineers,
Thermoforming Div. Call (706) 235-9298
or visit thermoformingdivision.com.
24-25 — Thermal Oxidizers Seminar,
Tulsa, Okla. Hosted by John Zink Co.
LLC. Call (918) 234-5710 or visit
www.johnzink.com.
24-27 — International Pump Users
Symposium, George R. Brown
Convention Center, Houston. Hosted by
Turbolab, Texas A&M University. Call (979)
845-7417 or visit turbolab.tamu.edu.
Did you know
that 90% of heat
transfer fluid
breakdowns
are caused by
equipment issues?
25-27 — AHR Expo-Mexico 2012,
Mon-terrey, NL, Mexico. Hosted by
co-sponsors ASHRAE and AHRI.
Call (203) 221-9232 or visit
www.ahrexpomexico.com.
26-28 — Process Flare Seminar, Tulsa, Okla.
Hosted by John Zink Co. LLC. Call (918)
234-5710 or visit www.johnzink.com.
Listing and temperature range chart for all Paratherm heat transfer fluids.
October
1-2 — Process Burner Fundamentals
Seminar, Tulsa, Okla. Hosted by John
Zink Co. LLC. Call (918) 234-5710 or visit
www.johnzink.com.
If you just check your hot-oil on a regular
basis you could practically eliminate unplanned
shutdown or loss of production. The easy way
to do this is by conducting a Fluid Analysis.
Because Fluid Analysis isn’t just to check
your fluid, it’s to test your system.
When we test your fluid (we suggest
annually or more frequently for demanding
service) the values we get from boiling range,
viscosity, and acidity tell us what’s going on in
there. Better yet, together with a one-to-one
system review with you, those same test
results can help pinpoint emerging issues with
oxidation, over-heating, or possible mismatches
in those interrelated components that could
lead to a downtime-causing problem.
This can help you keep the system up when
it’s supposed to be up, and know in advance if
any corrections are needed for when you do
have scheduled downtime. Your system runs
better, your fluid last longer, and your process
earns its keep.
Make your
system more
profitable, more
sustainable.
Services
Fluid Analysis
Fluid Maintenance
Products
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1-4 — Boiler Operator (Level I) Training
Seminar, Garden City, Kansas. Hosted
by Kansas Industrial Technical School.
Call (620) 271-0037 or visit
www.boilerlicense.com.
Training
Troubleshooting
Consulting
Paratherm
Paratherm
Paratherm
Paratherm
Paratherm
Paratherm
NF® HTF
OR® HTF
GLT™ HTF
SC® Cleaner
LC™ Cleaner
AC™ Cleaner
2-3 — Furnaces North America 2012,
Renaissance Hotel and Convention
Center, Nashville, Tenn. Hosted by Metal
Treating Institute. Call (904) 249-0448 or
visit www.furnacesnorthamerica.com.
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
31 Portland Road
West Conshohocken PA 19428 USA
800-222-3611
610-941-4900 • Fax: 610-941-9191
www.fluido-termico.com
info@paratherm.com
See the sampling process in a 1-minute video at www.paratherm.com/fluid-analysis
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1-3 —National Coil Coaters Association
(NCCA) Fall Technical Meeting and
Trade Show, Marriot Union Station,
St. Louis. Call (216) 241-7333 or visit
www.coilcoating.org.
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4-5 — Interphex Puerto Rico, Puerto
Rico Convention Center, San Juan.
Hosted by International Society for
Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).
Call (888) 334-8704 or visit
www.interphexpuertorico.com.
Boilers
Tips to Increase Efficiency
and Heat Recovery
in a Boiler System
Use these 10 tips to
evaluate your process
boiler and understand
how to maximize its
performance.
By Dominic Kasten,
Cleaver-Brooks
A
s boilers age, they can become
less efficient, causing an increase
in fuel costs. The main cause of
energy inefficiency is system heat loss. Here
are several ways to reclaim the heat loss in
an effort to reduce facility operating costs.
Maintain,
1 Maintain,
Maintain
Keep up with annual boiler maintenance.
Maintaining a boiler according to manufacturer recommendations is the simplest
way to ensure it will continue to run
efficiently.
Proper Water
2 Treatment
Check that the boiler system water is treated properly. Particulates clog up internal
boiler tubes, and over time the system loses
its heat transfer ability. In most applications, a deaerator is a good solution. It can
increase the water temperature to 227°F
(108°C) and remove a lot of the particulates from the water.
Install a High3 Turndown
Burner
Increasing the burner turndown rate will
increase energy savings and reduce maintenance. Energy savings increase when on/
off cycles are reduced. Each on/off cycle
is followed by a purge cycle. During a
purge cycle, a large volume of air passes
through the boiler, resulting in heat being
blown out of the stack. Installing a highBlow down the water column on a steam
boiler daily to keep it and the piping connections free from sediment or sludge.
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turndown burner enables a boiler to consistently run at its most efficient point.
and the second stage is condensing, so
the system can heat two sources of water.
Adding a condensing economizer increases energy efficiency between 4 percent
and 8 percent.
Variable-Speed
4 Add
Drive Controls
Installing variable-speed drives (VSDs) on
boiler feed or deaerator pumps allows an
operator to fine-tune the system to run at
optimal conditions while saving energy.
This is because VSDs enable a motor
to operate only at the speed needed at a
given moment.
Recover and Repurpose
9 Heat
from Blowdown
A blowdown heat recovery unit is
the most effective method of purging
destructive solids from any steam boiler
system. The unit transfers heat energy
normally lost during continuous blowdown, transferring it to the cold makeup
water. The payback in fuel savings for a
blowdown heat recovery unit is typically
less than a year.
Another way to recover heat from
blowdown is a flash economizer. A flash
economizer uses the surface blowdown
to heat up the makeup water. It recovers
blowdown energy in the form of flash
steam (latent heat) and blowdown (sensible heat). By capturing both sensible
and latent heat, a flash economizer is able
to recover more heat than the blowdown
heat recovery unit. Payback for a flash
economizer often is less than a year.
5Incorporate
Parallel Positioning
Adding parallel positioning to a boiler
enables it to run at its most capable
efficiency point. Parallel positioning uses
dedicated actuators for the fuel and air
valves. Burners that incorporate parallel
positioning are able to maintain excess air
levels more precisely.
6 Include
O Trim
2
Another way to maintain peak efficiency
is to add an oxygen sensor/transmitter in
the exhaust gas. The sensor/transmitter
continuously senses oxygen content and
provides a signal to the controller that
trims the air damper and/or fuel valve,
maintaining the originally commissioned
oxygen concentration under varying conditions. This minimizes excess air while
optimizing the air-to-fuel ratio.
7 Integrate
Lead/Lag
Lead/lag sequences the operation of multiple boilers, matching system load. Lead/
lag enables boilers to operate in sync with
fluctuating steam loads, reducing the possibility of process failure and needless
boiler cycling.
an
8 Incorporate
Economizer
Another way to improve energy efficiency is to incorporate heat recovery into a
boiler system. The right type of equipment for a boiler system depends upon
several factors, including boiler type,
fuel used, stack material and operating
conditions.
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Adding an economizer to an existing
boiler system can increase efficiency up
to 8 percent.
Standard Economizer. Economizers
transfer energy from the boiler exhaust
gas to the boiler feedwater in the form of
sensible heat. Sensible heat is created by the
transfer of the heat energy of the exhaust
gas to boiler feedwater.
An economizer captures and redirects
sensible heat from the hot flue gas that
normally goes up the boiler stack. This
sensible heat increases the temperature
of boiler feedwater or makeup water. On
average, adding a standard economizer
increases boiler system efficiency by 3 percent to 5 percent.
Condensing Economizer. A condensing
economizer captures both sensible and
latent energy from the flue gases leaving
the boiler. Two types of condensing economizers are available: a standard one-stage
condensing economizer, or a two-stage
condensing economizer. In the two-stage
system, the first stage is noncondensing
Exchangers to
10 Use
Preheat Inlet Water
Water-to-steam or water-to-water U-tube
heat exchangers can be added to preheat
a boiler feedwater system or deaerator.
These heat exchangers operate similar to
a blowdown heat recovery unit. U-tube
heat exchangers can be used just about
anywhere to transfer heat between a hot
fluid and a cold fluid.
Payback calculations can help companies predict the annual cost savings for
making certain energy-efficient upgrades.
Some boiler manufacturers offer tools such
as software programs that can help you
calculate the potential savings. PH
Dominic Kasten is a sales/application engineer
in the Packaged Water Systems Group handling
the Heat Recovery product lines for CleaverBrooks, Milwaukee, a manufacturer of complete
boiler room solutions. For more information
from Cleaver-Brooks, call (800) 250-5883 or
visit www.cleaverbrooks.com.
Ovens
Put your oven into idle mode whenever
there are pauses in production.
commonly one to five years, and rebates
often are available from local utilities to
offset the initial investment.
Consider
4 Humidity
Control
How to Cut Oven
Operating Costs
By Mike Grande,
Infratrol Manufacturing Corp.
B
y selecting the most energy efficient options and features for your
oven, you can reduce your energy
use and operating costs considerably.
1
Look for EnergySaving Mode
For an electric oven, consider a heating
system that has an energy-saver mode.
Functioning much like a clothes dryer in
your home or overdrive for an automobile transmission, the energy-saver mode
allows you to run your oven using less
electricity for everyday use while still having more power available when needed.
Using a selector switch or PLC input, the
heater circuits are only partially energized
during energy-saver mode. This decreases
your peak demand charge and can provide
savings on your energy bill.
Your
2 Minimize
Exhaust Rate
In most industrial ovens, an exhaust fan
is required to remove solvent vapors,
Follow these 10 tips
to increase the energy
efficiency of your
oven or dryer.
moisture or combustion byproducts.
Exhaust fans allow adjustment of the
volume of air removed from the oven
using either a manual damper or variable-frequency drive.
It is critical that your exhaust fan be
adjusted to the minimum setting necessary
for the process. Too often, exhaust fans
are not adjusted properly, wasting large
amounts of energy and money.
a Heat
3 Add
Recovery System
Oven exhaust air carries a great deal of
heat energy. A heat recovery system may
be able to recover heat from exhaust air
and return it to the oven. A plate- or
tube-style heat exchanger is used to transfer heat from the hot exhaust air to the
incoming factory air. Payback periods are
When drying very wet product, consider
adding a humidity control system to vary
the exhaust rate of your oven or dryer.
A humidity control system continuously senses the humidity level in the oven
and uses closed-loop control to reduce
the oven exhaust rate to the minimum
necessary to achieve the desired product
dryness. The systems are especially valuable in dryers that process many different
materials with varying moisture levels or
with intermittent loading.
Monitor Lower
5 Explosive
Limit (LEL)
Also commonly known as a solvent monitor, the LEL monitor senses the concentration of flammable solvent vapors inside
the oven and sounds an alarm before it
reaches a dangerous level. National Fire
Protection Agency (NFPA) code allows
oven exhaust volume to be reduced by
approximately 50 percent if you use an
LEL monitor, which can reduce your
dryer’s energy use and operating cost
dramatically.
An additional advantage is safety: the
LEL monitor will shut off the oven heat
source if the vapor concentration becomes
too high, preventing fire or explosion.
Install Thicker
6 Insulation
A portion of the heat generated inside
an oven is continuously lost through the
insulated walls. This lost heat consumes
energy. By using thicker insulation, this
loss can be reduced and your oven will
operate more efficiently.
When purchasing a new oven, specifying just an additional 2" of insulation can
save thousands of dollars in energy costs
over the life of the equipment. The good
news is that the cost of this feature is very
reasonable.
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Ovens
An oven with an energy-saver mode
decreases your peak demand charge and
can provide savings on your energy bill.
Cost Reduction Using Energy-Saving Mode
$3,500
$3,000
$37,382
Typical Annual
Cost
$2,500
$2,000
Savings Per Year: $4,752*
$32,630
Annual Cost With
Energy-Saving
Mode
can operate at its optimum horsepower
rating and achieve maximum efficiency.
As the price of variable-frequency drives
has dropped in recent years, this feature
has become more attractive.
$1,500
Use the
9 Idle
Mode
$1,000
$500
$0
*Calculated based on demand charges for 2,064 hours per year; $0.06 per kilowatt hour;
$11 per kilowatt demand charge; 180 kW normal; 144 kW energy-saving mode.
If you have an older existing oven, it
can benefit from additional insulation
as well. It is common for older ovens
to have areas where the insulation has
settled or broken down. This is indicated
by hot areas on the oven exterior. These
areas should be repaired to maintain the
oven’s efficiency.
hard after the oven reaches temperature.
A variable-frequency drive can be used to
power the recirculation fan and ramp up
its speed (rpm) while the oven heats up,
matching the motor horsepower with the
fan requirements. In this way, the motor
Put your oven into idle mode whenever
there are pauses in production for tooling
changes or operator rest breaks. During
idle mode, the oven temperature is temporarily reduced to a preset temperature,
so it uses less energy. Ask for this feature
when purchasing a new oven, or consider
adding it to an existing unit. To avoid
accidentally restarting production while
in idle mode, use a flashing light or beacon to signify when the oven is idling.
However, do not use idle mode for long
periods such as overnight. You will save
Seal
7 Properly
Oven Openings
For conveyor ovens, it is critical to properly seal the area where the conveyor and
parts enter and exit the heating chamber.
High temperature curtains, powered air
seals or unheated vestibules should be
used to retain the heat. Even a small leak
wastes significant energy.
On batch ovens, be sure door gaskets are
in good condition and seal tightly.
a Variable-Speed
8 Add
Recirculation Fan
Heated air becomes lighter, so an oven’s
recirculation fan does not have to work as
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High temperature curtains such as those shown, powered air seals or unheated vestibules
should be used to retain the heat.
Use A Heat Exchanger To Recover
Heat From The Exhaust Air Stream
Incoming Process
Heat
Exchanger
Ovens
more energy by shutting the oven off and
restarting it eight hours later.
Maintain
10Properly
Your Equipment
Oven Exhaust Air
Maintaining your oven equipment properly cannot be overemphasized. Properly
maintaining it — or failing to maintain it — will significantly impact your
energy costs.
To increase efficiency, maintenance programs should ensure the burner is adjusted
properly, filters are kept clean and recirculation and combustion blowers are properly maintained. Your oven does not have
to be an energy hog. Follow these steps and
“go green” for both for the environment
and your pocketbook. PH
Oven or Dryer
*Calculated based on demand charges for 2,064 hours per year; $0.06 per kilowatt hour;
$11 per kilowatt demand charge; 180 kW normal; 144 kW energy-saving mode.
A heat recovery system uses a heat exchanger to recover heat from exhaust air and
return it to the oven.
Mike Grande is the vice president of sales with
Infratrol Manufacturing Corp., New Berlin,
Wis., a manufacturer of ovens. To learn more
from Infratrol, call (262) 797-8140 or visit
www.infratrol.com.
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Chillers
Compressor Cycling
Affects Laser Performance
By Rob Van Sumeren, Otpi Temp
R
ecirculating liquid cooling systems
are used in many of today’s
commercially available lasers to
efficiently remove waste heat and avoid
overheating critical components. Although
numerous heat transfer fluids are used as
coolants for laser applications, water is by far
the most common coolant used. If the system
is designed properly, a recirculating water
system provides an efficient, reliable means of
cooling high-power laser systems.
Many types of recirculating cooling
systems or chillers are used to circulate the
fluid. For most laser applications, however, a
closed-circuit refrigerated cooling unit is used
to maintain proper coolant temperature.
The size of the refrigeration system depends
upon the heat load produced by the laser
when it is operated for long periods of
time at its maximum average power. Proper
chiller sizing and selection are critical to
obtaining optimum laser performance and
long-term reliability.
While many refrigerated recirculating
water chiller designs are offered, not all water
chillers provide the same performance.
Many may use control methods that do
not provide for widely varying loads or
ensure good temperature stability.
Proper chiller sizing
and selection are
critical to obtaining
optimum laser
performance.
Chillers with an automatic zero-tofull-load capacity control eliminate
compressor cycling.
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Chillers
To and
From
Process
Air-Cooled Chiller/Heater
Pressure Actuated
Water Bypass Valve
Reservoir
Float
Switch
Chiller
Evaporator
Temperature
Controller
Expansion Valve
Set for 8 to 12°F
SuperHeat
Heater
Thermocouple
Pump
Liquid Injection Valves Set to read
60 to 68°F at Suction Line
Cooling
Solenoid Valve
Sight
Glass
Hot Gas
Bypass Valve
Set for: 26 psi
(R-134A)
Mixing
Loop
Low
Pressure
Switch
Service
Compressor
Valve
50-55 psi Suction, R-134A, 65F LWT
Will Vary Based on LWT and When
Solenoid Valve Cycles
High
Pressure
Switch
Discharge Pressure
140-220 psi (R-134A)
(Varies with Ambient
Temperature)
Condenser
To understand the differences in water
chiller technology, it is helpful to first
understand why coolant temperature
control is important and how, in general
terms, it can affect laser operation.
Temperature Variation
and Laser Performance
Coolant temperature is a critical factor
in the proper operation of solid-state
lasers. Higher temperatures can result in
lower laser efficiency, so generally it is
desirable to operate the system at the
lowest temperature that is practical. If
the temperature is reduced to or below
the dewpoint, however, condensation may
begin to form on some laser components
that are exposed to the atmosphere.
If the laser-rod ends are cooled to the
dewpoint, for example, condensation can
form there. If the system is started, the
laser beam can burn off the condensation
layer — and damage the surfaces in
the process. Therefore, solid-state laser
systems should never be operated with
coolant temperatures low enough to result
in condensation. Because the dewpoint
depends on ambient temperature and
relative humidity, each application must
be analyzed to determine a safe operating
temperature based on the conditions to
which the laser is exposed.
Receiver
Service
Valve
Condenser Cooling
Medium (Air or Water)
Some process water chillers have refrigeration circuitry that provides zero-to-full-load
capacity control without cycling the compressor. Chillers also can provide temperature
stability to ±0.1°C.
Filter
Dryer
Legend:
- Process Supply Water
- Process Return Water
- Refrigeration High Pressure
- Refrigeration Low Pressure
an important factor in chillers designed
for lasers. Laser-diode devices must be
controlled at a specific temperature even
in applications with the potential for wide
ambient temperature ranges. Failure to
maintain a stable temperature can result
in volatility of the laser diode’s output
wavelength. The output wavelength of
a diode typically shifts with operating
temperature at a rate of approximately
0.33 nm/°C. In these lasers, the absorption
When the chiller is not operating at its
full capacity, it is necessary to offload the
excess capacity to ensure proper operation.
Moisture condensation also is a problem
for industrial carbon dioxide lasers, which
often have separate, or secondary, cooling
circuits designed specifically to cool the
optics. Usually, these circuits are maintained
at higher temperatures than the primary
circuit; that is, they are designed to operate
above the ambient dewpoint.
Coolant temperature stability also is
bandwidth of the gain medium normally
is about 2 to 4 nm, so temperature
regulation of the pump diodes to ensure
a stable power output from the laser head
is essential. Temperature changes in the
laser head can result in laser output power
drift, frequency drift in single-frequency
operation and drift in the output beam
direction (beam pointing).
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Chillers
Liquid cooling systems can be used to remove heat from lasers and avoid overheating
of critical laser components.
Selecting a Refrigerated
Chiller for Lasers
When selecting a water chiller for a laser
application, several factors should be
considered. The most important is cooling
capacity.
Typically, laser manufacturers will
provide cooling water specifications that
indicate a certain minimum cooling
capacity required to properly cool the
laser under full power conditions. It is
important to note, however, that lasers
do not always operate at the maximum
output power. Frequently, lasers are sold
to an integrator or end-use operator
that may be using the lasers for several
applications. The laser may often be
operated at much less than full time
(low-duty cycle). As a result, the average
output power will be much less than the
maximum design output. If the duty
cycle falls below 50 percent of the chiller’s
cooling capacity, it can lead to control
problems. To eliminate control problems,
the chiller must provide capacity control
over the full cooling range of the chiller.
Traditional refrigerated recirculating
chiller systems have a fixed design cooling
capacity. When the chiller is not operating
at its full capacity, it is necessary to offload
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the excess capacity to ensure proper
operation. If the excess capacity is not
reduced, it can prevent system stability
and possibly cause damage. To reduce
capacity within the refrigeration system,
a hot gas bypass usually is incorporated
within the refrigeration circuit.
Although there are design variations
for hot gas bypass systems, the goal of
reducing system capacity is the same. The
hot gas bypass diverts some of the system’s
mass flow of refrigerant before it can be
used effectively in the condensing and
evaporation processes within the system.
The hot gas system is used when the
actual process load falls below the design
cooling capacity of the chiller.
This method for capacity control
generally works out satisfactorily until the
cooling load falls below approximately
50 percent of the design capacity of the
chiller. At this point, the hot gas bypass
quantity is so large that it can affect
the returning gas temperatures for the
refrigeration compressor. The refrigeration
system’s compressor can become heated
to levels exceeding the compressor
manufacturer’s recommendations. Elevated
return-gas temperatures cause compressor
overheating and can lead to premature
compressor failure and shortened life.
Consequently, some manufacturers will
cycle the compressor on and off when the
loads fall below this 50 percent threshold.
Frequent compressor cycling, however,
can cause increased wear and tear on
the system, temperature instability and
premature component failures. Excessive
compressor cycling (or short cycling)
can cause lubrication problems within
the refrigeration system. Because a
refrigeration compressor is bathed in oil,
it will naturally circulate oil throughout
the system. Constant cycling can prevent
proper oil circulation and cause the
compressor to progressively pump oil
from the compressor’s oil reservoir so that
the entire oil charge is lost from the
crankcase, starving the components of
proper lubrication.
A second source of compressor damage
can result from liquid refrigerant entering
the compressor due to lack of cooling
load or improper system design. Methods
such as control timers can be incorporated
to prevent the system from cycling too
frequently. Usually, however, the result is
poor system temperature control.
Advanced Refrigeration
Control Technology
As a result of advances in process chiller
controls, portable water chillers that
provide zero-to-full-load capacity are
available. Chillers like these offer several
advantages, including the ability to operate
multiple lasers or processes on one water
chiller. The zero-to-full-load capacity
control allows one or more lasers to be
operated simultaneously or separately, as
needed, without sacrificing temperature
control or stability. Some of these chillers
can also be equipped with heaters to help
bring the process fluid to a temperature
above the dewpoint, minimizing the
possibility of condensation. PH
Rob Van Sumeren is western regional sales
manager with Opti Temp, Traverse City, Mich.,
a manufacturer of chillers and temperature
control systems. For more information, call
(231) 946-2931 or visit www.optitemp.com.
Heat Tracing
5 Tips for Preparing Your
Heat Tracing for Winter Now
W
ith summer still lingering,
freezing temperatures and your
heat-tracing system may not
be top of mind. But perhaps they should
be: now is the ideal time to prepare your
pipelines for the cold weather ahead and
ensure you have an integrated, maintained
pipe-freeze-protection system in place.
One good way to make sure pipelines
are maintained throughout the summer
and protected in the winter is to install
an advanced control monitoring system.
Installing the right system for your pipelines is an integral step in improving process control.
While there are several devices —
thermostats, electric distribution panels,
and control and monitoring systems, for
instance — that can be installed to help
maintain the temperature of heat-traced
Control monitoring systems improve
process control and reap benefits.
By Eugene Ho and Chris Thibodeau, Tyco Thermal Controls
pipelines, it is important to think about
the long term when deciding on a system.
A basic thermostat may seem like an
attractive option due to low upfront costs,
but consider what would happen if you
were not alerted to a pipeline freeze and
suffered a serious shutdown. Although a
control and monitoring system has higher
upfront costs, it can offer process benefits
and cost savings over time.
Used in conjunction with a heat-tracing system, an advanced control system
centralizes operations, allowing a user to
control and vary the heating cable output
to achieve the desired temperature. An
added monitoring feature provides realtime feedback on the status of the heattraced system, which helps deliver data for
scheduling predictive maintenance and
alerts you if the system is malfunctioning.
Many control and monitoring systems
An advanced control and monitoring system can be accessed remotely, allowing
one central operator to view the entire
freeze-protection-management system.
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Heat Tracing
Consider selecting a provider that
designs and supplies each of the individual components needed for pipefreeze-protection applications and
control and monitoring systems to
ensure seamless integration.
include an auto-cycle feature that turns
on the heat-tracing system at preset intervals year-round. This helps ensure that
your system is still functioning properly
throughout the warmer months.
Once winter hits, the monitoring system continues to keep the user updated
so the plant is not hit with an unexpected
pipeline freeze or burst. The early alarm
reporting allows you to begin troubleshooting and remedying an issue before
it is serious enough to cause a complete
shutdown.
If you decide to install a control and
monitoring system in your facility, consider the following five tips for using the
system to improve process control.
Ambient
Sensing
RTD
Cable Tray
Power
Distribution
Panel
Transformer
End Seal
Power
Connection
Heating Cable
Insulation
1
Check the System
Status and the
Starting Temperature
Glass Tape
In general, the application temperature
ranges are grouped in three categories:
• Freeze protection, which applies to
applications that focus on keeping fluids
above 32°F (0°C).
• Broad temperature maintenance, which
applies to applications where the process
temperature must be controlled within
a moderate range, generally for viscosity
control to keep process fluids flowing.
• Narrow temperature maintenance,
which applies to applications with fluids
that must maintain a tight temperature
band to prevent fluid degradation.
It is important to make sure you know
the product’s temperature range. Some
fluids are sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and you need to be aware of their
requirements.
Your
2 Find
Design Current
Review the heat trace design and identify
how much current the design should use,
allowing you to see if the control and
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monitoring system is operating correctly.
Most electronic controllers allow the user
to select alarm levels that will monitor
the system and determine if there is a
discrepancy. Understanding the operating
current could allow you to prevent any
current trips that could potentially shut
down your process.
Define
3 Your
Needs
What applications are you looking to control? Do you need to control and monitor
your freeze-protection application, or are
you more concerned with temperature
control? In addition to asking yourself
that question, it is also important to consider the type of circuits that will work
best for your system. Individual circuits
have a one-to-one ratio of controllers
to circuits while group circuits provide
multiple circuits that are controlled by an
individual device.
Also, think about where you would like
to set up. A local control system is a good
choice if there is an individual circuit in
close proximity to the heat-trace power
connection. For large plants or when working in a remote location, a remote control
system is a better option.
Decide What Control
4Methods
and Monitoring
Are Needed
There are a number of considerations
depending on your needs and requirements. When it comes to the control system, an ambient sensing control option is
simple to install and requires low maintenance for a single thermostat, but its control usually is limited to freeze-protection
applications. A self-regulating control
option has high reliability, low installation costs and is best for freeze protection
and broad temperature maintenance, but
it relies on the performance of the heating
cables and has high energy costs compared to other methods. A third option
is a line sensing control, which has low
energy use, centralized control settings
Heat Tracing
A local control system is a good choice if there is an individual
circuit in close proximity to the heat-trace power connection. For
large plants or when working in a remote location, a remote control system is a better option.
and is well suited for narrow temperature
maintenance to prevent fluid degradation.
However, it has higher installation costs
and maintenance demands.
Once you select the right control system
for your installation, it is time to take
a look at what applications need to be
monitored. If the system only needs to
monitor the integrity of the heating cable
without monitoring system performance,
continuity monitoring is a good option. By
contrast, ground-fault monitoring is best
used for freeze-protection applications and
noncritical process maintenance. There are
also monitoring options that provide feedback on the heat-tracing system’s temperature and current.
of Everything as
5 anThink
Integrated System
Look for a provider that designs and supplies each of the individual components
needed for pipe-freeze-protection applications and control and monitoring systems to
ensure seamless integration. An integrated
approach includes selecting the appropriate heat-tracing cables and designing
a customized control and monitoring
system as well as providing engineering
design services, site services, installation
and maintenance. The ability to combine
products with post-installation services
allows the company to create a turnkey
solution that results in an efficient heat
management system.
Do not wait until winter to prepare your
pipelines for the cold weather. Considering
these five tips will help you plan ahead
and decide on a control monitoring system to improve process control for your
integrated heat management system. PH
Eugene Ho is a marketing manager and Chris
Thibodeau is a product manager with Tyco
Thermal Controls, Houston, Texas, a manufacturer of heat tracing system. To learn more
from Tyco, call (800) 545-6258 or visit
www.tycothermal.com.
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Equipment Overview
Infrared Heaters
Infrared heaters are used to transfer heat
through a process or to a product via radiation. Our Equipment Overview on Infrared
Heaters, an apples-to-apples comparison of
the capabilities of a range of radiant heater
makers, will help you narrow the field of
potential suppliers to those that can satisfy
your process needs. Find the type of heater
you want and run down the column to see
which manufacturers supply it.
You also can conduct your search online
at www.process-heating.com. The online version lets you select multiple headings across
all of the categories and narrows the results
after each selection automatically. In addition,
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215-443-5200
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Hix Corp.
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Hubbell Electric Heater Co.
203-378-2659
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732-582-1744
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386-668-7895
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203-359-7815
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610-941-4900
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323-727-9800
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304-757-7353
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847-674-7676
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704-643-7299
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330-823-0770
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262-642-3938
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201-947-4600
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Product Highlights
Wondering where to find products beneficial to your process? This department provides a number of new
products each month and allows you to easily request more information. Simply call those companies in
which you are interested, or visit those companies’ web sites using the published web addresses.
Thermal Processor
Turbo Dryer offers precise temperature control
and uniformity in each zone. The all-metal dryer
does not abrade the material to form dust; does
not form crusts and lumps; and operates with little operator attention. Its energy-efficient design
produces uniform product and eliminates hot
spots that overheat the product. Maximum temperature is 1,200°F (650°C).
Wyssmont • (201) 947-4600 • www.wyssmont.com
High Temperature, High Efficiency Fans
Fan for accelerated-temperature
applications in ovens, kilns and
dryers is recommended for installations where hot airstreams need
to be circulated or exhausted at
temperatures up to 1,000°F (538°C).
Because larger oven systems
require more capacity, Design 70
includes wheel sizes to 60", capable of moving 156,000 cfm.
Chicago Blower Corp. • (630) 858-2600
www.chicagoblower.com
in batch and continuous designs (overhead trolley, chain-onedge and belt conveyors) with standard temperature ratings
of 500, 650, 800, 1000, 1,250 and 1,400°F (260, 343, 427, 538
377 and 700°C). They can be heated by gas (direct or indirect
fired), electricity and steam.
Wisconsin Oven Corp. • (262) 642-3938 • www.wisoven.com
Y-Type Strainer
Fig 36HP is rated to ASME Class 600 standards. The stainless
steel Y-type strainer is designed to protect equipment from
pipeline debris such as scale, rust, jointing compound, weld
metal and other solids in flowing liquids or gases. The line
has a large screen area providing high Cv and low pressure
drop, reducing the frequency of blowdown for cleaning. The
strainer is capped, drilled and tapped to enable a blowdown
valve to be fitted to drain and clean the screen in service.
Spirax Sarco Inc.
(800) 883-4411 • www.spiraxsarco.com/us
Screw Plug Immersion Heaters
Series FW1200 is NSF/ANSI Standard 50 certified and offered in
vertical or horizontal configurations. It has two pump sizes, ductile
iron construction (bronze impeller), capacities to 2,800 gal/min
(636 m3/hr), heads to 155' (47 m), working pressures to 125 psig
(862 kPa) and pumping temperatures to 250°F (121°C).
Met-Global Pump Solutions-Dean Pump
(215) 723-8155 • www.mp-gps.com
Screw plug immersion heaters are offered in sheath
materials such as steel,
copper and Incoloy 840.
The standard heaters are
designed at 60 W/in2, 500
watts to 18 kW, and 120 V/
single-phase to 480 V/threephase. The threaded fittings ease tank insertion and removal.
Tubular heater elements are brazed or welded to NPT fittings
to ease mounting.
Durex Industries • (847) 639-5600 • www.durexindustries.com
Benchtop Temperature Controller
Cabinet Oven
Contained all in one enclosure,
the thermoelectric module,
benchtop temperature controller can be plugged into the wall
as a self-contained temperature
control system with its own
power supply. Model 5R6-900
also can be used universally, which allows the user to access
the device wherever they are located. As a solid-state MOSFET
bidirectional compact benchtop unit, it also is capable of
loading currents up to 10 A.
Oven Industries Inc. • (877) 766-6836 • www.ovenind.com
No. 858 is currently used at a
customer’s facility for annealing
plastics. Workspace dimensions
of the 850°F (454°C) electrically
heated oven measure 20 x 20 x 20",
and 10 kW are installed in Incoloysheathed tubular elements. A 600
cfm, 0.5-hp recirculating blower
provides horizontal airflow to the
workload. It has 6" insulated walls and Type 430 stainless
steel interior, all-welded construction plus explosion-venting
latches on the heavy-duty door. Controls include a digital
programming and recording temperature controller, manual
reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors,
and recirculating blower airflow safety switch.
Grieve Corp. • (847) 546-8225 • www.grievecorp.com
Vertical/Horizontal Water Pumps
Batch and Conveyor Ovens
Dryers, ovens and furnaces are suited for use in a range of
applications and industries. Heating equipment is designed
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