Carbon and sludge in circulation
Cracking products settle where flow slows; heat transfer falls before any alarm.
Heat Transfer Systems
Heat transfer oil and thermic fluid filtration
Thermic fluid makes carbon every hour it runs hot; the first sign is rising fuel use. We filter it on a slip stream.
What goes wrong
More fuel, same heat
A fouled circuit needs more fuel to hold process temperature.
Strainers filling repeatedly
A strainer collecting black solids is catching a fraction of what circulates.
Fluid change needs a shutdown
Draining thousands of litres of hot fluid is hard to schedule.
The running cost of a fouled circuit
Fuel is the running cost and it compounds. Deferring the fluid change by years is the easiest saving.
The business caseWhat we fit
Operating temperature is the first thing we ask, because standard hardware cannot take hot thermic fluid.
Heat transfer oil filter
Takes a slip stream at operating temperature and returns it clean.
Insert grade for hot service
Media specified for high temperature duty and the solids we expect.
Condition monitoring
Pressure trends and sampling, so the change is decided on evidence, not age.
Project Profile
Thermic fluid system, 8,000 L
8,000 litres of four year old fluid, a strainer filling weekly. The solids came out over weeks, the change was deferred, production never stopped.
A typical project: customer not named, figures indicative. Verified site data available on request.
Case studies
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Common questions
Can the filter run at operating temperature?
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Yes, with the correct specification. Standard hydraulic filtration hardware is not suitable for hot thermic fluid.
Do we have to stop the plant to install it?
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Normally no. The connections go in at a convenient point with the system running.
Will filtration reverse fouling that has already happened?
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It stops fouling getting worse and removes what circulates. Baked-on deposits need mechanical cleaning.
Technical Enquiry
Request a thermic fluid assessment
Send fluid type, volume, operating temperature and strainer cleaning frequency. That is enough to specify the unit.
- We reply within one working day.
- We size the unit for your tank and oil, not from a catalogue.