Thermal Process Development
5665 Atlanta Hwy, Suite 102B-225 , Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Thermal fluid heaters, also called hot oil heaters, are used in many different applications and processes because of their ability to have high temperature fluid at a low pressure. Most applications the fluid also stays in a liquid form, so you do not have to worry about fluid phase changes and dealing with a vapor and liquid like a boiler with steam and condensate.  Specialty thermal fluids can be heated up to 700F in our helical coil heaters. Standard fluids by MobilTherm, Dow, Therminol or Xceltherm as well as many as others are commonly used in process heating applications. Thermal fluid heaters are typically used in the oil and gas industry for reheating of amine, Joule-Thomson effect, or other heat exchange needs and also in chemical reactor heating, petrochemical plants, cooking and frying, plastics, automotive, asphalt, organic rankine cycles (ORC), heating of wood presses and platens, biodiesel production  and many other applications.  Process heaters are also available for heating thermal fluids like glycol or other fluids and gases like ammonia, nitrogen as well as direct fired steam superheaters.  Electric thermal fluid heaters as well as heat recovery thermal oil heaters are also available. If you have an application that requires a thermal fluid heater or plant processes that needs engineering support to help design for safety and best efficiency practices, let Thermal Process help you.

Solid Fuel Combustion

Thermal Process Development specializes in solid fuel combustion systems including biomass, high moisture content fuels, biomass, organic waste, wood waste, wood pellets, coal, refuse derived fuel (RDF), agricultural waste, corn stover, nut shells, high heating value fuels, dust and granule fibers as well as other sources with btu content. Our grates can be used for steam generating systems including low and high pressure boilers, drying in rotary dryers or kilns and thermal fluid  heating for multiple processes and systems. Thermal Process Development, along with Kablitz, is the leader in the market for solid fuel combustion systems as we take our years of experience and design each system based on the fuel available with the fuel size, moisture content, btu content as well as several other factors to make sure that the grate, grate bars, fuel feed system and furnace are adequately designed to provide long life and low maintenance.  

Grate and Thermal Fluid System Parts

Thermal Process Development stocks many different parts for thermal fluid systems, including flow meters, thermal oil valves, KSB and Allweiler pump parts, level switches, thermocouples and many more. For solid fuel systems, we stock many different grate bars here in North America. Together with the Kablitz casting plant, Thermal Process Development can custom design a better grate bar for your furnace. Our custom casted bars are desgined based on your fuel and firing conditions and we cab provide higher quality and lower pricing since we cast everything ourselves and dont rely on third party companies.  Let us know how we can improve your maintenance overhead and repairs at your plant.

Products & Services

• Thermal Process Development provides Intec Thermal Energy thermal fluid heaters, offering hot  oil, glycol heaters and electric thermal oil heaters
• Take advantage of biomass fuel streams to create your plants power and process heat needs with a grate combined heat and power plant (CHP).
• Reciprocating grates for combustion of solid fuels like wood, bark, agricultural waste and biomass. Heat energy is used for creating steam, hot water, drying or thermal fluid heating.
• Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) are fuels that can be burned on our reciprocating grate to create steam or hot water
• Let Thermal Process Development extend your grate bar life by testing your current grate bars and creating a custom grate bar designed for your process
• Thermal Process Development offer onsite engineering services for plant energy audits, safety audits, process design support and system consulting

Parts

Complete plant support with parts and maintenance troubleshooting for thermal fluid (thermal oil), hot water, steam, combustion burners and biomass systems. Thermal Process Development can provide thermal oil pumps, condensate pumps, boiler pumps, electric motors, various steam, thermal oil and condensate valves, fluid switches and sensors and other instruments. Connect with our sales associates for support with any parts or new equipment.  

Quick Resources

Thermal Process Development works direct with original equipment manufacturers along with our own fabrication capabilities to engineer and build custom parts or equipment. Thermal Process Development and Kablitz are the only company with our own foundry, allowing us to offer top quality parts at low prices with high quality control.