Water Bath Heater
General Introduction
Water Bath Heater, also known as "oilfield heat treat" or "water jacket heater" is an efficient
heating treater specifically designed for oilfield extraction and production processes. This
product combines thermal oil heating with liquid treatment capabilities, aiming to provide
reliable oilfield treatment solutions.
As an efficient and reliable oilfield heating and treating equipment, the heater treater is
widely used in oilfield development, petroleum production, and transportation systems. It
enhances operational efficiency, reduces energy consumption, and ensures the quality and
stable supply of oil and gas.
Configuration
Equipped with advanced combustion technology, Our heating treater efficiently transfers
heat oil to the equipment and pipelines requiring heating in the oilfield. It boasts powerful
heating capacity and excellent temperature control, ensuring that the oil or gas maintains
the desired temperature range during gathering, transportation, and storage processes.
Water Bath Heater
The configuration of the heater may differ depending on the process application. Usually, the
heater consists of main body with coil tubes, burner, firetube and flue stack. Sometimes skid
may consider an expansion tank.
The main body refers to the basic vessel into which the firetubes and process coils are inserted
from opposite ends. The burner ignites the fuel gas or fuel oil and blow it into firetube to heat
the water in the vessel, and the hot water heats the medium in the coils such as crude oil or
raw natural gas. The process coils are “bathing” in the water, and that’s why it’s called a
water bath heater.
The heater shell has two saddle types supports, which is cuboid form and mounted on skid or
special-designed bases. Outlet temperature may vary, but usually don’t exceed 86-88 °C.
Burner Management System
HC also offers water bath heaters with several types of Burner Management System (BMS).
BMS is widely use in industrial heaters, boilers, and furnaces. BMS is designed to perform several
functions, such as protection, operation, control, monitor, and communication. BMS controls
and monitors pilot lines, fuel gas lines, temperature, pressure of whole unit, as well as
shutdowns and alarms in case of emergency. BMS is very essential for oil & gas heaters.
However, there are several types of BMS offered by HC.
HC supplies three types of BMS for industrial heaters:
Simple mechanical site operated control panel. It does not require complex cabling, and
expensive components, and easy to operate.
Control system with microprocessors. Control system with microprocessor provides
additional digital control features and enable send and receive signals from remote control
panel.
Third type is BMS with PLC and additional digital control and operating functions. BMS
enables to connect unit with SCADA or main control system of facility. BMS with PLC has a
lot of advantages over conventional BMS, but requires more cables, more electric
protection, and expensive components.
As BMS is installed near the burner of heater, it shall be explosion proof and SIL-rated. HC
Petroleum Equipment provides water bath heaters and other industrial indirect fired heaters
with comprehensive and reliable BMS, meeting project requirements and client’s
expectations both in price and quality.
As a leading provider of oilfield water jacket heaters, we are committed to delivering
exceptional solutions for you.Our team possesses extensive experience and expertise,
allowing us to provide customized solutions tailored to your needs and ensure your
requirements are met.
If you are looking for an oilfield heating treater, please contact us for the latest quotation.
Alternatively, send your inquiry to sales@hcpetroleum.hk . We will reply to you within 24 hours.
Application
Heating of well fluids coming from choke manifold to prevent freezing/waxing of crude.
Heating of raw natural gas before turbines.
Heating of sulfur gas in sulfur processing facilities.
Heating of chemicals to maintain proper temperature meeting process requirements.
Features
Sour medium
Heavy fouling medium
Salty medium
Specified kind of burner and fuel as per client requirements
Specified kind of control
Remote automation and control
Skid-mounted or trailer-mounted
Design Code & Standards
CE
PED
UL, Exp
NACE MR0175
API SPEC 12K
API 6A, API 6D
ASME Section VII, DIV 1
ANSI B31.3 Class M (H2S)
Production Photos
