For over 30 years, we have strived to provide more efficient tank-heating designs.
Columbus'Coil is a concept that redefines our views on tank heating and cargo tank heating specifically. By utilizing the vast capabilities of modern computing means, we have finally been able to prove the concept and offer Columbus'Coil, a line of brand new, more efficient tank-heating coil designs.
Columbus'Coil features:
In a nutshell, the working principle is simply determined by the position of the heating coils within the tank.
Contrary to traditional designs, in which the heating coils are uniformly extended over the bottom of the tank, Columbus'Coils are concentrated in the narrow area in the middle of the bottom of the tank, slightly asymmetrically positioned between the tank's inner and outer walls. In addition, the coils are vertically arranged, in a multitude of heating tube levels, making it a compact and convenient heating structure.
Arranged in that way, Columbus'Coils are characterized by the following features:
Our flagship Columbus'Coil Model B conveniently combines the most important features of a new tank-heating concept: a small form factor, simplicity, favorable thermal efficiency, and ease of installation, cleaning, and maintenance.
Columbus'Coil Model C stretches new tank-heating concept
features to the limits.
When the height of the heating coil bundle is a concern,
Columbus'Coil Model DX conveniently combines the favorable
features of the conventional and new tank-heating designs.
Columbus'Coil Model EX shares the benefits of the
Model DX design, further extending its efficiency and the
consequential saving of the required heating coil area.
Further arrangements, all based on the basic Columbus'Coil
concept, are also possible.
The Columbus'Coil patent has been granted by the Korean Intelectual Property Organization (KIPO) in 2020. Afterward, in 2021, both Japan Patent Office (JPO) and China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) granted patents, too. More information may be found in the records of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
A note on the numerical results
All the numerical results provided herein are based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations performed by using the same standard set of input data, comprising:
In addition, the provided numerical comparisons are based on the conventional heating coil arrangement depicted above.