• DocumentCode
    1620268
  • Title

    Integrating electric heat tracing controls in industrial facilities

  • Author

    Stehling, Larry ; Alanis, Joe

  • Author_Institution
    EGS Electr. Group, Emerson Ind. Autom., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    Electric heat tracing systems have been around for decades. They are often taken for granted until a failure disrupts a process and in the worst case scenario causes a costly unit wide shutdown of an industrial facility. This is especially the case in the petroleum and chemical industries where critical processes have evolved requiring tighter control and monitoring along with predictive diagnostics. Using proven technologies, heat tracing systems can be brought into the 21st Century with real-time protection, monitoring and control to improve process reliability.
  • Keywords
    distributed control; electric heating; heat systems; production facilities; chemical industry; electric heat tracing control system; industrial facility; petroleum industry; process reliability; Maintenance engineering; Monitoring; Process control; Resistance heating; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; DCS; EHT; Electric heat tracing; distributive control system; electric trace heating; heat trace controls and monitoring; wireless transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (PCIC), 2010 Record of Conference Papers Industry Applications Society 57th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX
  • ISSN
    0090-3507
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6800-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PCIC.2010.5666824
  • Filename
    5666824