Global Electric Heat & Control Solutions

Description: EXHEAT® design and manufacture crude oil treatment skids of various sizes and content for use in Zone 1 & 2 or Class I, Div 1 or Div 2 Hazardous Areas. Typical application is for treating the crude oil to reduce viscosity and pressure drop to allow easier pumping and secondly to help with separation. Units are supplied for both offshore and onshore installations. The oil treatment skids can consist of electric heater, pump, filter control panel, bypass pipe work etc.

Features

• Single point piping connections for flow and return.
• Single point terminations for field power and instrumentation cabling.
• Optional stainless steel terminal box and control panel.
• Pre-wired for ease of installation.
• Ingress Protection rating up to IP55 (IEC) or NEMA 4x (NEC) suitable for outdoor installation. (Higher IP ratings can be supplied where control panel mounted seperately).
• Thermal Insulation.

Packages can involve simple designs such as skid mounting the heaters or complete crude oil treatment skids comprising pumps, filters, electric heaters, valves, pipe work and all instrumentation / control equipment. Electric heaters are supplied with low watts density elements to ensure even heat transfer and prevent degradation of the oil. The electric elements are manufactured from corrosion resistant sheath material e.g. Incoloy 800 or other materials such as Inconel, Titanium to suit on oil properties. Electric Heaters can be single units up to 5000 kW or multi-units for ease of maintenance or to provide duty / stand-by service.
Control Panels are generally supplied to control the heaters and can be skid mounted if necessary, but are usually supplied for location in a safe area (switch room). The panels can be thyristor control or simple step control.