Dear all,
I'm currently working on a project of heating a 8.000 cbm tank that contains oil palm. There is available a steam boiler with capacity 1750 kw, working pressure 6 bar and "F&A 2400 kg/h".
The request from the client is:
- The difference of the temperature after heating shall be from 5oC to 30oC.
- The tank shall not be insulated.
- The quantity needed is 300 cbm per week.
According to my calculations, all the loses from the tank will be 1.526 kw that means with the available steam boiler it will take 390 hours to heat the total mass. This will be something unacceptable!
Now, considering that they will need 300 cbm per week, I'm proposing to construct inside the tank a preheating chamber with a volume appx 100cbm with only one side opened, to concentrate all heating coils inside this chamber and to speed up the heating process only for this part of the tank. (please see the picture in attach)
Doing this, I will not need to heat the whole quantity in the tank before starting to take the product, and in 1 hour the mass (100 cbm) will be ready with a temp appx 30oC.
Can somebody give an opinion for this solution? Can it work in this way?
I will appreciate your feedback.
Best Regards,
Kreshnik