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1. Exceptional energy savings compared to heat exchangers and spargers direct contact steam heating is nearly 100% energy efficient. It uses all of the sensible and latent steam energy to directly heat process fluids and water. Near-instantaneous heating has saved Hydro-Thermal customers thousands of dollars in energy costs alone. Last year, an international steel mill replaced an energy-hog hot water heater and sparging system with a Hydroheater^® and immediately saved $56,000 per month on their continuous annealing line!
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2. Precise temperature control often temperature set-point is critical to the process or the utility task at hand. Hydroheaters maintain precise temperature control using industrial steam.

   • The bleaching process in pulp & paper mills requires optimal temperatures to ensure paper brightness and to reduce chemical usage saving volatile emissions and money. Directly mixing steam in this process, using a Hydroheater, keeps tight temperature control and higher product quality.

   • Temperature of wash-down stations in the food industry is critical to food safety. Hot water, supplied through a Hydroheater direct steam injection heater, maintains exacting temperatures and supplies hot water on-demand.

   • Starch cook-out in the ethanol process depends on exact temperatures for optimal shear and higher ethanol yields. The Hydro-Thermal Jetcooker provides this control.
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3. Low maintenance Heat exchangers often experience burn-on and rapidly lose efficiency. Cleaning them can shut-down a process for hours or days. Some other steam heaters foul and scale and must be taken off-line for acid baths, again, shutting down the process line.
   
   Hydro-Thermal steam injection heaters have a patented self-cleaning feature so they never foul or scale with product burn on or hard water sediment. When properly maintained, Hydroheaters can perform at optimal levels, never causing an un-scheduled shut-down.
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4. Rapid temperature rise With Hydro-Thermal heaters, steam mixes with the water or process fluid inside the valve at very high, often sonic, velocity causing an almost instantaneous temperature attainment. Paper mills have saved enormous amounts of time getting to set-point temperature faster than using heat exchangers or sparging systems.
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5. Space savings Heat exchangers and sparging tanks can take up an enormous amount of floor space and may even need double the footprint for cleaning and maintenance clearance. Hydroheaters are small in comparison, fitting into the pipeline and freeing up production floor space.

6. Quiet operation Many heat exchangers and other steam injection valves can create high decibel noise and even shake, causing damage to process piping and other equipment. Due to patented internal modulation (valve mixing), the Hydroheater product range maintains quiet, hammer-free operation.

With the Hydro-Thermal steam heater, process or utility fluid flows through the 3 way valve and comes in direct contact with the valve steam. Mixing is done at very high velocities. Hydro-Thermal heaters have patented internal designs that precisely regulate the amount of steam mixing in the valve. By regulating the amount of steam, set-point temperature of the discharge fluid can be precisely maintained.