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A refinery is an industrial plant where crude oil is treaten into useful petroleum products.

Electrical Heat-Tracing Systems in Refineries

A refinery is an industrial plant where crude oil is treaten into useful petroleum products.

How?

Oil refineries are large industrial complexes with extensive piping carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units.

Why a Refinery needs Electrical Heat-Tracing

A refinery needs Electrical Heat-Tracing to guarantee:

  • the correct viscosity of the crude oil in the long-line pipes from the seaport to the storage tanks.
  • the correct viscosity of the refined products in the long-line pipes from the storage tanks to the seaport.
  • the continuity of production in the process piping of the hydrocracker zone.
  • the product quality, maintaining the desired temperature of the crude oil and the refined products in the storage tanks.

AKOTRACE® Solution

Electrical Heat-Tracing using parallel type heating cables (Self-regulating and/or Constant Power) and temperature control adapted to each process. All commanded by direct temperature and power control panels.

Where We Have Worked
Year Project Location Client
2014 Naftan Russia Duro Felguera
2013 Volgogrado Russia Inite Industrial - Lukoil
2009 Cepsa Huelva Huelva - Spain Cepsa
2004 Cymi Madeira - Portugal Enelec - Petrogal

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