HFO need heatings or not?
HFO need heatings or not?
(OP)
Hi All,
Could you please clarify me some issues. We will be using HFO for our some process unit and during operation HFO tanks and the pipings are heated by steam. My question is, do I need to consider still steam usage to heat HFO if the plant shut down for some days?
thanks
BlueTigers
Could you please clarify me some issues. We will be using HFO for our some process unit and during operation HFO tanks and the pipings are heated by steam. My question is, do I need to consider still steam usage to heat HFO if the plant shut down for some days?
thanks
BlueTigers





RE: HFO need heatings or not?
Yes bluetigers, otherwise the clogging of valves, pumps, small diameter pipes, filter elements, etc., will be an unavoidable problem when the process starts again.
In addition to the steam heating during the down time, it would be advisable to perform some kind of continuous circulation of the HFO in the system.
RE: HFO need heatings or not?
Alternatively you could work with heat tracing instead of steam when steam is not always available, but in this case you need to double your system (steam and heat tracing)
and the continous circulation is necessary anyway.
RE: HFO need heatings or not?
rmw