Oil heater FSO OFFSHORE

heavy fuel oilfor ships

A platform, rig, offshore vessel or FSO / FPSO needs heat – usually a lot of heat. Therefore, heater efficiency and heat recovery should play an important role in the design and operation of your process plant, just like reliability and safety. Konutherm has more than 40 years’ experience in the design of high-quality thermal oil and glycol/water heat transfer systems for the marine, oil & gas and petrochemical industries, and is a leading specialist in high-performance thermal oil heating systems. Heat transfer (HTF) systems for marine and offshore applications The high-quality Konutherm thermal oil and glycol/water systems are especially suitable to keep your tanks with heavy fuel (HFO) and/or cargo (crude oil or chemicals) at the required temperature. The systems are equipped with highly efficient fired heaters and are designed for optimal heat recovery with special, high-performance exhaust gas heaters (economisers) provided with a robust valve system. The heavy-duty economiser valve system combines optimum control of the required temperature and prevents degradation of the heat transfer oil. The major advantages of the Konutherm exhaust gas economisers are the high energy recovery, the low fouling and oil degradation rate and that no dump cooling (with corresponding heat exchanger, pumps, piping, appendages and energy consumption) is required. The Konutherm heat transfer systems are commonly applied on heavy-duty offshore support vessels such as cutter and hopper dredgers, heavy lift carriers, pipe laying vessels, OSV/PSVs, etc. and combine an efficient fuel-saving operation with a minimum of service requirements and downtime.