From food processing to pharmaceuticals to cosmetics to medical uses, there are many fields that rely on jacketed vessels on a daily basis.
What exactly is a jacketed vessel? Quite simply, it’s a container that controls the temperature of whatever is inside it. Temperature control is achieved by using a tank cooling jacket or a tank heating jacket around the vessel and circulating heating or cooling fluid through it.
When choosing the right tank cooling jacket or tank heating jacket, the choice usually comes down to the weight of whatever needs to be cooled or heating as well as the economy and versatility of whatever is being heated or cooled.
When choosing the right tank cooling jacket or tank heating jacket, each different type of jacket offers different benefits. Those benefits include:
- Conventional jackets: What is a conventional jacket? It’s one that provides an extra layer of covering around all or at least part of a vessel. A big benefit of this type of jacket is that it creates an inner vessel wall as well as an outer one, which ups the insulation value of the vessel.
These types of jackets are best used on vessels with a small volume (think under 300 gallons). They also work well for high-pressure situations where the vessel’s internal pressure doubles the pressure of the jacket. - Dimpled jackets: What is a dimple jacket? It’s a jacket that’s created when an external shell is welded to the outside of a vessel in a particular pattern, also known as dimples. The dimples impart turbulence to the vessel as it’s being heated or cooled.
An added benefit of using dimples as a tank cooling jacket or tank heating jacket is that they often costs less than higher-gauge options and has been approved for use up to 33 psi. - Half pipe coil jackets: These jackets involve splitting pipe lengthwise, wrapping the pipe around a vessel and then welding that pipe in place. For a tank cooling jacket or tank heating jacket, half-pipe coils are a preferred jacket for high-temperature industrial applications, especially for heat transfer and for thermal fluid heating.
Whether you choose dimpled stainless steel, coil pipe or another type of jacket for a vessel, it’s best to take time to research the best tank cooling jacket or tank heating jacket for your needs. Steel has been used to store and transport water for more than 150 years and chemical tanks made out of stainless steel, can also be very useful for storing liquids for industrial cooling and heating.
