Heat Tracer

Electric heat tracing, heat tape or surface heating, is a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes, vessels and tank. Trace heating takes the form of an electrical heating element run in physical contact along the length of a pipe. The pipe must then be covered with thermal insulation to retain heat losses from the pipe.

Heat generated by the element then maintains the temperature of the pipe. Trace heating may be used to protect pipes from freezing, to maintain a constant flow temperature in hot water systems, or to maintain process temperatures for piping that must transport substances that solidify at ambient temperatures. Electric trace heating cables are an alternative to steam trace heating where steam is not available or unwanted.

Uses
The most common pipe trace heating applications include:

• Freeze protection
• Temperature maintenance

Other uses of trace heating cables include

• Ramp and stair snow / ice protection
• Gulley and roof snow / ice protection
• Under floor heating
• Door / frame interface ice protection
• Window de-misting
• Anti-condensation
• Pond freeze protection
• Soil warming