Process Heater

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022281",
  "term": "Process Heater",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Device that is primarily used to heat a material to initiate or promote a chemical reaction in which the material participates as a reactant or catalyst. [40 CFR 60.41b (CFR 2013)]\n\n2. Enclosed combustion device used to transfer heat indirectly to process stream materials (liquids, gases, or solids) or to a heat transfer material for use in a process unit instead of steam, [40 CFR 60.101a (CFR 2013)].\n\n3. Enclosed combustion device that transfers heat released by burning fuel directly to process streams or to heat transfer liquids other than water. [40 CFR 63.681 (CFR 2013)]\n\n4. Device that transfers heat liberated by burning fuel to fluids contained in tubes, including all fluids except water that is heated to produce steam. [40 CFR 60.611 (CFR 2013)] [40 CFR 60.661 (CFR 2013)]\n\n5. Enclosed combustion device that transfers heat liberated by burning fuel directly to process streams or to heat transfer liquids other than water. A process heater may, as a secondary function, heat water in unfired heat recovery sections.\n\n6. Enclosed device using a controlled flame, the primary purpose of which is to transfer heat to a process fluid or process material that is not a fluid, or to a heat transfer material for use in a process (rather than for steam generation). [40 CFR 63.761 (CFR 2013)]\n\n7. Enclosed combustion device that primarily transfers heat liberated by burning fuel directly to process streams or to heat transfer liquids other than water.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.41c (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Built Environments-Devices, Equipment, Appliances",
    "40 CFR 63.101 (CFR 2024)",
    "40 CFR 60.611a (CFR 2024)",
    "40 CFR 65.2 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 63.981 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1271 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1579 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/process-heater/"
}