Thermal Control Units (TCU)

Thermal Control Units (TCU)

Pfaudler-Balfour, the leading manufacturer of glassed steel Reactor Systems, has developed a range of innovative, advanced, single fluid systems for Reactor heating and cooling with design temperatures ranging from -100 °C to 350 °C.

Pfaudler-Balfour's flexibility allows primary services to be combined together in one unit. The advantages are many, particularly in reactor operations:

  • Smooth, continuous temperature control, with no gaps because there are no fluid changeovers
  • No thermal shock to vessels
  • No interruption of process
  • No hot spots, resulting in higher product yields and quality
  • Off-batches are minimised, if not eliminated
  • Savings on expensive raw materials can be made because the yield is maximised without adding excess reactants
  • Suitable for the very cold operating temperatures required by today's new chemical formulas and reactions
  • Accurate temperature control to +/- 1 °C without risk to your reactor
  • Repeatability and accurate recordable measurement for meeting FDA requirements
  • Programmable heating and cooling ramps for accurate unsupervised operations
  • Systems suitable for operation in hazardous atmospheres and environments

The image bellow is a guide to the standard units developed by Pfaudler-Balfour, where;

  • DI refers to a Direct Injection TCU
  • HC refers to a Closed Loop TCU