Oil Refining and Petrochem
Distillation and fractionating of crudes, treatment of intermediates, meeting environmental restrictions and quality levels, finalizing blends with additives, polymerization and plastics production are all attributed to the oil refining/petrochem industry. The vast majority of these processes involve some form of thermal processing. Much of this is accomplished through fired types of heating and steam systems. However, electric process heat is many times called upon to supplement processes, or to tackle jobs that are too difficult or uneconomical to do through other heating means.
For over 30 years, Watlow has proven to be an experienced supplier of electric heaters, controls and heating systems to the refining and petrochemical industry. Watlow understands that reducing maintenance costs, operating costs and increasing uptime are crucial within the industry. Therefore, our focus is to help all of our customers meet their goals.
Applications
- Laboratories and R&D facilities
- Electric heaters and small heating/control systems for testing and process development
- Thermocouples and RTD probes
- Temperature/process controllers
- Control consoles and boxes
- SCR power controllers
- Oil refining processes
- Thermocouples and RTDs including multipoint sensors in distillation columns and cracking towers.
- De-sulfurization process heaters systems
- Hydrocarbon gas, hydrogen and other process gas heating/systems
- Hydrowax finishing and wax heaters/systems
- Asphalt gate heaters and other asphalt heater applications
- Lube oil heaters for process equipment
- Steam superheater (booster) heaters and systems
- HVAC heavy duty duct heaters
- Instrument air-drying systems
- Petrochemical/polymer processing
- Temperature sensors in use throughout the facility including multipoint sensors in cracking towers and reactors
- Catalyst activation and regeneration heaters/systems
- Mole sieve regeneration heaters/systems
- Process gas (O², N², CO², Ar, etc.) generation heaters/systems
- Instrument air drying heaters and systems
- Lube oil heaters and systems
- Extruder/pelletizer cast in heat/cool barrel heaters and electric heaters for dies
- Reactor heat transfer system heaters and controls
- Steam superheater (booster) heaters and systems
- Storage tanks/tank farms
- Bayonet insert and suction heaters/systems on tank farms
- Pollution control systems
- Ammonia vaporizers & air dilution heating systems for SCR NOx removal systems
Products
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Our technical support and high reliability heaters, sensors and controls are focused on meeting all of your needs such as:
- Quick response on technical questions and quotation
- Fast turnaround on replacement heaters, sensors and control components
- Applications and solutions expertise
- High reliability products for maximum process uptime
- Low maintenance cost solutions
- Precise and accurate flow heating, temperature measurement and control
Watlow personnel have extensive experience in petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants. Project experience includes the major processing units within a refinery as well as in laboratory and R&D facilities.
