Specification of Thermal Oil Heater PT Indira Dwi Mitra - Thermal Oil Bitumen Asphalt
BITUMEN HEATING
.Crude oil, unprocessed fossil fuel, is one of the most important natural resources. In its unprocessed form, it does not have many uses but when refined through fractional distillation, it yields a number of products that have a huge variety of uses. Some of the refined fractions of crude oil also exist naturally in their own crude form. One of these refined fractions with its own natural existence is Bitumen.
In its natural form, bitumen appears in a variety of ways in very small quantities. It can be found:
- As remnants of microscopic organisms, living in the water, heated and pressurized with the earth’s burial; for example:
- Lake Bermudez in Venezuela As infused sandstones or tar sands
- Athabasca tar sands in Canada In hydrothermal veins
- Uinta Basin of Utah, USA
These tanks are ideal for bitumen storage because of their ideal insulation properties. The tank’s insulation prevents any loss of heat and therefore, helps maintain the temperature for bitumen storage. The bitumen tanks come in a variety of storage capacities, all equipped with supplementary items like thermostats, level indicators and pumps. These bitumen tanks are available in two kinds:
These tanks are equipped with Japanese style thermic oil heaters and automatic pressure jet burners with heating coils. The heaters heat up the thermic oil and pipe it through the tank. The hot thermal fluid heats up the coils, which in turn, heat up the bitumen stored in the tank.
