Guest Post by Luke Nowlan, Paratherm Summer Intern 2017 Here in Pennsylvania, everyone anticipates summertime, and it always seems to end prematurely. Summer entails a degree of relaxed ambiance. People unwind and run off to vacation; the pace of life slows down. However, for a particular group of individuals, the pace is just starting to […]
How does Paratherm differ? We drew the differences in a 2-minute video — whiteboard style! And, for those of you who prefer to read, skim, study, and/or critique the written word, here is the voice-over script… “The beauty of closed-loop hot-oil technology is that it operates simply and uniformly with little of the maintenance intervention […]
Summer means long, hot days, beach trips, barbecues, and plenty of celebrations. It also means days off and time away from work; at Paratherm, we often notice that this translates to downtime for our clients’ process-heating systems and a slow-down at their facilities. When things do slow down, it’s a good time to focus on […]
Where and how you take a thermal fluid sample can make all the difference in what the test results reveal. Where a sample should be taken is simple – any location where there is flow and the temperature is above 180°F. A blowdown valve on the pump suction strainer housing is a good bet since […]
Why Sample? Thermal fluids usually don’t telegraph that they are about to fail. Generally the only hint of impending doom is some fall off in temperature control in the heat user which requires an increase in the heater temperature to compensate. Once the power is shut off and the fluid cools however, it’s a very […]
How well (or how poorly) does lab testing reflect real-world manufacturing conditions? In the real world, oxidation of heat transfer fluids occurs in a vented reservoir or expansion tank that for whatever reason is hot (>70°C). The acids formed in the expansion tank subsequently circulate through the system, decomposing in the heater and producing […]
