Reducing the final cost of ownership of Electric Heat Tracing systems in northern Alberta

被引：1

作者：

Brooks, D ^{[1
]}

Drozd, P ^{[1
]}

Graff, D ^{[1
]}

Sandberg, C ^{[1
]}

Van Hoorickx, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Bantrel, Calgary, AB, Canada

来源：

INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY 47TH ANNUAL PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE | 2000年

关键词：

Electrical Heat Tracing; control methods; cost of heat tracing; ownership cost; Arctic heat tracing;

D O I：

10.1109/PCICON.2000.882774

中图分类号：

TQ [化学工业];

学科分类号：

0817 ;

摘要：

In the next decade it is expected that the major oil companies will spend $14 billion CDN on new and upgraded facilities in northern Alberta's oil sands. Based on previous oil sands projects, the preferred method of heat tracing will be electric with the total heat trace connected load approaching 100 MW. The total installed costs for heat tracing and insulation could approach $700 million CDN. These numbers are staggering by anyone's yardstick and suggest that large potential savings are possible by looking at new and different ways of engineering electric heat trace projects. In our paper, we will look at using new ways of using existing non-traditional heat tracing control technologies. We believe have the potential of saving 15% or $100 million CDN of the total $700 million CDN to be spent on heat tracing and insulation. Five control and monitoring methods are economically analyzed in detail.

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页码：173 / 186

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