Hi All,
I am having an issue with Continuous distillation column. In my solvent recovery plant I have 3 Columns and 2 reactor vessels for flash distillation. for Heating I am using thermic fluid heater with capacity of 1500000 kCal/hr. At a time I run 4 of these units for distillation and they require heat of approximately 1400000 kCal/hr. My question is when the set temperature of thermic fluid is achieved will my thermic fluid heater cut off or keep running. in thermic fluid heater I use furnace oil is used as fuel and Therminol -55 is the thermic fluid. Hourly Furnace oil consumption is 140 ltr and Furnace oil have calorific value of 10200 to 10400 kCal/kg.
My second question is whether the heater will give 100% output i.e. 1500000 kCal/hr or it will be less than that?