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Process Heaters and the Oil Industry

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The processing of crude oil to prepare it for applications including automobiles, industrial machinery and a variety of other industrial, commercial and residential uses requires heat. The heat is achieved by way of process heaters. In essence, keeping the crude oil hot allows the separation of specific additives and chemicals in the oil which are used for different types of oil-based products. These different types include gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and Continue reading →

Immersion Heaters: For Heating Liquids

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It may come as a shock to you readers, but not all heaters look like the ones you have in your home, whether you have a radiator or a space heater or a fireplace. In fact, there are a number of applications that require what is known as an immersion heater to heat up various liquids without Continue reading →

Ceramic Heaters: The Classic Space Heater

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Hotwatt, Inc. Ceramic Heaters Photo

Ceramic Heaters Photo Courtesy of Hotwatt, Inc.

My roommate has an impressively warm space heater that she grudgingly shares with me while watching TV in our very chilly living room. Nobody told me that being grown up meant freezing in your own home if you didn’t want to pay VERY high heating bills during the winter! However, thanks to my roomie and her space heater, which happens to be made with ceramic elements, I am surviving. Continue reading →

Band Heaters: The Pipe Blankets

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Thermal Devices Band Heaters Photo

Band Heater Photo Courtesy of Thermal Devices.

Electric blankets are one of my favorite items during the winter months, particularly since I moved into my lovely hardwood, vaulted ceiling apartment that has terrible insulation. Curling up in bed at night within the folds of my heated blanket is the highlight of a chilly day, and it can be very Continue reading →

Electric Heaters: An Eclectic Bunch

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Watlow Electric Manufacturing Electric Heater Photos

Electric Heaters Photos Courtesy of Watlow Electric Manufacturing.

You would be amazed to discover how many different types of electric heaters affect your daily life or help to produce products you use on a daily basis. Within the residential context, which is where most individuals will immediately recognize the positive traits of electric heaters, there are numerous styles that are used. Air heaters are often used for furnaces, which are able to Continue reading →

Circulation Heaters: Needle in the Hay

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Chromalox, Circulation Heaters Photo

Circulation Heaters Photos Courtesy of Chromalox.

The needle in the haystack metaphor is often used as a gentle way to tell someone that whatever they are waiting for or searching for is probably not going to come or be found. It’s all about the odds, and the odds don’t look good when something as small and Continue reading →

Drum Heaters: The Heating of Vessels

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Industrial drums are more common then the smaller versions used in domestic settings, which I am familiar with. However, the drum heaters that are able to heat whatever substance is inside a drum barrel, no matter how big or small, is essentially the same. The drum heaters that I have used and appreciated are crock pots and Continue reading →

Strip Heaters: For Ovens and Conveyors Alike

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Heating systems do not always look the way one would assume they should look. Personally, I have always thought that electric heaters looked like giant furnaces in the basement of a house or commercial building unless it was a small portable space heater, like most ceramic heaters. However, there is a much greater variety of Continue reading →

Coil Heaters: The Star of the Show

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Every production, whether it is a TV show, a movie or a play, has a star character around which the story circulates and builds to become something spectacular. The character may not always seem like a star, but they are vital to the production none the less. Such a star must be a part of the beginning, middle and Continue reading →