Corporate Profile: Process Heating Company Inc.
BY AsphaltPro Staff
Who We Are
Process Heating Company (PHCo) Lo-Density® (low-watt-density) Unitized Storage Tank Heaters, Fuel-Oil Preheaters, Hot-Oil Heaters, and Distributor Truck Heaters provide unique electric heat benefits for asphalt plants and contractors, including lower operating costs, improved product quality, reduced maintenance, significantly longer heater life, and enhanced sustainability.
An Example
PHCo has worked with Blythe Construction, Inc. since 2019. Blythe’s parent company, Eurovia, has emphasized changing its overseas asphalt plants to all-electric in an effort to reduce emissions. At Blythe Construction’s North Plant tank farm, the company installed three new asphalt cement tanks, five new silos and a hot-oil heater in the summer of 2019. They upgraded all three tanks and the hot oil heater to include PHCo Lo-Density drywell-style electric heat, rather than propane burners, to gain better efficiency and emission-free operation.
We Enhance Quality
Tim Mitchell, Blythe Regional Asphalt Plant Manager (formerly North Carolina Plant Manager), shared: “Because the heating elements are in a drywell, you have more control over the heat. With the natural gas burners we used before, we always had issues with the asphalt or hot oil first cooling then spiking in temperature—creating problems with coking and burning.
“Moving from tank to tank, the (material) temperature can drop some. But with it now being self-controlled at each tank, the Process Heating units keep everything at an even temperature.
“I was somewhat familiar with this style of heater prior to the upgrade. We have one Process Heating heater at another location in an asphalt tank. In my experience, it has maintained the heat beautifully in that tank—controlling it a lot better, without coking in the bottom of the tank or around the elements.
“As older equipment becomes inefficient and needs to be replaced, we will continue to upgrade to the low-(watt)-density electric heat.”
Contact Us
(866) 682-1582