Indirect water bath heater are sometimes called line
heaters. Indirect fired water bath heater /Line Heaters is
the process equipment need to prevent hydrates. Hydrates are often formed
during depressurization or sudden decrease in pressure. Hydrates are poison
which will block and damage downstream equipments , valves and instruments.
Indirect fired heaters /Line heaters heat the gas stream before and / or after the choke
so that the gas is maintained above the hydrate temperature. Indirect
fired water bath heater / Line Heaters can be used to heat
crude oil for treating, heat a hot fluid circulating medium. Most common
equipment type used to heat a well stream is the indirect
fired water bath heater/Line heater.
Indirect fired water bath heater/Line
Heater is used to maintain or increase
above 120 deg F, which is well above hydrate formation temperature for LTX.
In fire tube Indirect
fired water bath heater/Line heater, the coils are immersed in
a bath of water, the water is heater by fire tube that is in the bath below th
coils. That is fire tube in indirect fired water bath heater(Line heater) provides
heat flux that heats the water bath. Indirect fired water
bath heater(Line Heater) exchanges heat by convection and
conduction to the process fluid. On other hand, instead of fire tube the
electrical immersion heaters are used to heat water bath in indirect
fired water bath heater/Line heater. Fire tubes in indirect
fired water bath heater (Line heaters) are by far most common
source of heat.
Limitation in indirect
fired water bath heater /Line heater is bath temperature
to 190 deg F to avoid evaporating the water, if higher temperature are needed,
glycol can be added to the water in indirect fired water bath heater/Line heater.
Purpose of indirect
fired water bath heater/Line heater is to prevent hydrates
from forming downstream of the heater, the outlet temperature will depend on
the hydrate formation temperature of gas. The coil size of a indirect
fired water bath heater/Line heater is depends onn the
volume of fluid forming through the coil and the required heat duty.
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