Heat Transfer Fluids Become Hot Issue Pandemic prompts greater attention to condition monitoring

摘要

HEAT TRANSFER fluids(HTFs)play a vital role in achieving and maintaining the proper temperature of many processes.Vendors of such fluids are finding an increasing need to help end users tackle operational issues such as workplace challenges caused by the pandemic.Meanwhile,emerging renewable-technology-related applications,like solar power concentrators,are creating new requirements for fluids.COVID-19 has exacerbated existing issues such as changing worker demographics and lack of plant-based maintenance staff,and made vendor support services ever more important,notes Ed Cass,technology manager of Paratherm,King of Prussia,Pa.,a division of Lubrizol.