Heating System
Heating System
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Which one is most preferable heating system for 2.4 Million Liter Bio diesel Storage tank?
We need to maintian +25 Deg C.and lowest ambient temperature is -47 Deg C.
Thanks
We need to maintian +25 Deg C.and lowest ambient temperature is -47 Deg C.
Thanks





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You have a tank full of combustible fuel, and you need heat.
I'm gonna' say electric resistance heat is the way to go.
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Some good advice above.
Others:
Burn some biodiesel to fuel a boiler (steam or hot water.
Run a diesel engine genset on biodiesel and use the jacket and exhaust heat to warm the biodiesel. Then sell the electricity to your utility.
I guess you want to stop the biodiesel "waxing out" and going solid. This is a common problem! A similar problem is found in large diesel power stations fuelled by heavey fuel oil (HFO). The pour point (below which it effectively solid) can be around 30C. Solution is to either heat the tanks with electric heaters or put boilers on the engine exhausts and generate steam which is circulated through heating coils in the tanks. Electric heating is simpler than steam, but you have to look at the cost of the electric power used against the maintenance costs of the steam system.
Don'f forget to lagg the tank and pipes!
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<<A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend
will be sitting beside you saying " Damn that was fun!" - Unknown>>
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Is it really cheaper to buy electricity for heat rather than generate your own electric heat + waste heat from the generator? Why produce a fuel that is more expensive than commerical gasoline?
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<<A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend
will be sitting beside you saying " Damn that was fun!" - Unknown>>
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Without the subsidies Biodiesel would be selling at a higher price than regular Diesel. It just does not make sense to burn it on site.
The US government give $1 per gallon subsidy at the moment which is being exploited all over the world. (the US tax payer is subsidising my diesel fuel over here in the UK, go figure)
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And don't forget good thermal insulation.
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