Thursday, 18 December 2014

GEA Brewery Systems (Bulmers), Hereford

Supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to over 250m of external stainless steel pipework up to 150mm dia. We also supplied a small amount of self regulating heating tape for installation by others to valves at the top of the BCV vessel. 

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Wilton Centre, Redcar


The Wilton Centre provides office, laboratory and pilot plant accommodation. Here ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a high temperature trace heating system to maintain pipework between +100ºC and +180ºC within a Zone I, Gas Group 11b, Classification T3, hazardous area.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

University College London, Howland Street

For this new research centre at UCL, to be known as the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, ESH supplied and installed trace heating to provide frost protection to the following external pipework:

  • Ground floor - feed pipework to salt saturators
  • Level 4 - Heat rejection pipework to cooler
  • Level 6 - CHW and LTHW pipework 
  • Level 6 - Cold water pipework to pressurisation unit and bib taps
  • Level 6 - Heat recovery pipework

550m of FBTBOJ self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed on all cold and chilled water pipework, along with 970m of H2OWAT55 for all other services.

Monday, 8 December 2014

New Primark Store, Northampton

ESH were contracted to supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the external chilled water pipework on the roof, mezzanine area and service yard. The system was designed using type VCBOJ constant wattage heating tape.

Friday, 5 December 2014

Innovation House, Oxford

Within this brand new student accommodation building, ESH supplied and installed frost protection trace heating to two runs of external water pipework. Tapes were pre-terminated into JBT thermostats for quick installation on site.

LA Fitness Gym, Birmingham

Within this popular gym, ESH supplied and installed a simple frost protection trace heating system to external heating pipework associated with an air handling unit. 

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Veolia Environmental, Tysley

Supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance of +110°C to a fly ash hopper. The steel hopper, 2m tall and 2.3m square, was installed with mineral insulated heating cable in order to achieve the required temperatures.

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Compound Feed Engineering, Haydock Plant

Type VCBOJ20/2 constant wattage heating tape was supplied and installed in order to maintain a stainless steel pellet mill door at +80°C. The trace heating circuit was controlled using a DTC digital thermostat.

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Salford Royal Hospital

Supplied and installed type VCBOJ8/2 constant wattage trace heating tape to provide frost protection to external chilled water pipework. The heating tape was straight traced underneath the pipework and temperature controlled using our type STCI thermostats. 

Monday, 1 December 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Derby

ESH supplied, installed and tested a trace heating system to perform the duty of temperature maintaining internal metal pipework at +30°C. This was achieved utilising type FBTBOJ20/2 self regulating heating tape. 

Friday, 28 November 2014

Frankley WTW

Seven Trent Water's Frankley Water Treatment Works at Frankley, Birmingham, supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Part of the £31.5m project to upgrade Frankley WTW, ESH supplied and installed a total of 1270m of trace heating cable to perform the following duties:

  • Provide frost protection to the water / lime pipework
  • Temperature maintain the sodium bisulphite pipework at +15°C in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C

Our FBTBOJ10/2 heating tapes were installed to the underside of the pipework in a straight trace configuration and secured to the plastic pipe using type FTA fixing tape.

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Stockport WWTW


Stockport Wastewater Treatment Works is the 12th largest wastewater facility in the north west of England. During recent upgrades, ESH were contracted to design, supply materials and labour to install a frost protection trace heating system to external pipework and vessel in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C. In total 840m of type FBTBOJ self regulating heating cable was required to complete this project.

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Jobling Purser Asphalt Plant, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

The second part of this project saw ESH supply and install an industrial heating panel to a dispensing head. We also insulated the heating pad using armourflex insulation.

Monday, 24 November 2014

Charlton Court House, Somerset

ESH supplied and installed over 200 metres of trace heating cable to the buildings DHWS plastic pipework. The system requirement was to maintain the hot water temperature at +55°C in a minimum ambient of +18°C within this large country house. 

Friday, 21 November 2014

Magnesium Elektron, Manchester

Our second visit to Magnesium Elektron saw ESH supply and install two runs of 40w/m trace heating circuits above hoppers, in order to temperature maintain them at +55°C.

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Camfil APC, Hetwood

ESH supplied and installed type VCBOJ constant wattage heating tape to a large hopper and to the sides of it's cone. It was essential that the hopper was maintained at the elevated temperature to prevent plugging and corrosion.

Monday, 17 November 2014

Lees Brook Community School, Derby


For this latest project at Lees Brook School, ESH supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to pipework on top of the sports hall roof.

Friday, 14 November 2014

Rhodia CLB Plant, Oldbury

Supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance to a short run of caustic soda pipework. The requirement was to maintain +20°C in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Horiba, Heating Jackets

ESH designed, manufactured and installed custom made lagging jackets to suit Horiba's specifications.

Monday, 3 November 2014

Flint Ink UK, Wolverhampton


For this local project we supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance on a large cylindrical tank. The steel tank, 2m diameter and 8.4m long, required maintaining at +70°C. Our design utilised type SC constant wattage heating tape controlled by DTC temperature control units.