In above system you can see hot oil circulation pump circulates thermic fluid via

thermic fluid heater coil. In heater coil this thermic fluid absorbs heat from the firing

of fuel (i.e., FO, NG, Electricity or Coal). After heating up, this hot oil supply heat to

the reactor and outlet of reactor jacket goes into the expansion tank. From expansion

tank this colder oil again feed into the thermic fluid heater coil. This way this system

continues to work.

Parts of Thermic Fluid System

In above figure you can see the various parts of a thermic fluid heater. We will

discuss these parts one by one as follows:

Heater or Furnace

This is the main component of a thermic fluid heating system. Here we supply heat

to the circulating thermic fluid. This heat we can supply through electric heaters or

direct firing of fuels in a furnace.

Electrical Heaters

In case of electric heater thermic fluid remain in shell side and tubes contains electric

heating elements. When we supply electricity to these heating elements they heat-up

and supply heat to the circulating thermic fluid inside the shell. This type of heater

provides neat and clean service for the plants. Moreover, operation is also very easy
in comparison with direct fired furnace. But in this case operating cost is high and

huge electricity supply is required. Therefore, this is a good alternative for small

capacity heating requirements say around < 1000 kW.