Academy › Faculty E
Hot Water & Thermic Fluid
The other heat carriers — pressurised hot water and hot oil — and how to choose between them and steam.
- E1Pressurised hot water vs steam200°8 minWhen a closed hot-water loop beats live steam for 90–130 °C duties.
- E2Designing a hot water system200°7 minΔT choice, pumps, balancing and stratified storage.
- E3Thermic fluid 101200°8 minHot oil to 300 °C at near-zero pressure — fluids, film temperature and degradation.
- E4Designing a thermic fluid system200°8 minHeater, expansion and deaeration tank, line sizing and safety.
- E5Running and maintaining TF systems200°7 minFluid testing, venting and commissioning — keeping hot oil healthy.
- E6Steam, hot water, hot oil or heat pump?200°8 minThe carrier decision matrix — one page that settles the medium before anyone sizes equipment.