Heatec Aquatec^® Bath Heater

Overview

AQUATEC^® is the premier line of industrial bath heaters available from Astec. The heaters offer unique benefits compared to other types of heaters and are fully customizable to accommodate your requirements, including environmental regulations.

The heaters are typically used to heat natural gas or crude oil, but can be used for other applications. Multiple bath solutions are available including water/glycol mixture, molten salt, and oil.

Applications

Power Generation

Power generation is essential to modern life and industry. The power generation industry depends on heating equipment and systems to meet its demands. Astec serves the power and electricity generation industry with a number of products such as thermal fluid heaters, process heaters, heat economizers, and expansion tanks and pump skids.
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Crude Oil & Natural Gas Processing

Oil refining and gas processing are procedures that turn these complex chemical mixtures into a range of usable fuels. Refining and processing crude oil and natural gas require highly reliable and efficient heating systems and services. Astec produces a number of reliable and efficient components for use in oil refining and gas processing including heaters, tanks, heat recovery systems, and expansion tanks.
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Features

Heatec Aquatec Design Features

Aquatec bath heaters consists of a heater shell, burner(s), fire tube(s), process bundle, exhaust stack(s) and expansion chamber. The fire tube and process bundle are submerged in a bath fluid within the shell. The burner’s flame is enclosed in the fire tube which heats the bath fluid. The heaters are typically used to heat natural gas or crude oil, which flows through the process bundle and absorbs the heat from the bath fluid. The expansion chamber minimizes evaporation and allows the bath fluid to expand and contract.
Built to meet API-12K design requirements and can be customized for hazardous areas per FM, NEC, NFPA, CSA, ATEX, IECEx, and GOST requirements.
Forced or Natural Draft Burner Option

The main difference between the two designs is how combustion air is generated. In a forced draft system, the air is pushed into the burner with a blower, while in a natural draft system, the air is pulled through the burner by the stack draft. Natural draft can also be designed to operate off-grid with solar power.
Benefits of Aquatec Bath Heaters
- Electrical power over 24V is not required to operate natural draft configuration
- No catalyst regeneration
- Process fluids are isolated from the burner flame
- Prevents damaging hydrate formation
- Low process heat flux
- Low process temperature heating without flue gas condensation