Abstract:
A device for heating chemical tanks includes at least one heat exchanger coil immersed inside a chemical tank. An inert gas, such as nitrogen, is heated and made to flow through the coil to heat a solution in the chemical tank to the desired temperature, which is sensed by a sensor. If microfractures form in the heat exchanger coil, the inert gas simply bubbles out of the solution and does not adversely impact the purity of the solution. In addition, the bubbling of the gas indicates the presence of a microfracture. A second heating coil is provided, and also provides heated inert fluid for heating the solution in the tank. The fluid flow through the first coil is controlled linearly to maintain the temperature at the desired temperature. The fluid flow through the second coil is controlled impulsively to quickly return the solution to the desired temperature after a temperature transient occurs, such as after a relatively cool object is immersed into the solution.
Abstract:
There is provided apparatus for treating water containing industrial waste products. A first tank contains water at a determined pressure. A second tank is placed inside the first tank and communicated with a lower portion thereof. It contains water at a lower pressure than that of the first tank. An inlet device of the discharge product is located in the second tank. A first dilution sector of the waste product is external to the tanks but in communication with the second tank at one end and connected to the other end with a Venturi tube and has an outlet duct for waste product diluted by said second tank. The Venturi tube is in communication with the first tank and creates a depression of the second tank with respect to the first tank. The second tank has an internal portion for the dilution of the industrial waste product.
Abstract:
An apparatus for the controlled cooling of chemical tanks containing a chemical which must be kept at a first prescribed temperature includes at least one heat-exchanger coil immersed inside a chemical tank and through which there is made to circulate a flow of an inert gas. The apparatus includes a storage system for storing and cooling a prescribed volume of inert gas at a second prescribed temperature lower than the first prescribed temperature, feeding means for feeding the storage means with inert gas coming from a main supply line, and valve means interposed between the storage means and an inlet of the at least one heat-exchanger coil for controlling the supply of cooled inert gas to the heat-changer coil.