CAPRALACTUM STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION W/ TEMPERED WATER SYSTEM
October 1, 2011
Matrix provided the civil, mechanical and electrical engineering for a capralactum tank and piping network with a new tempered water system for warming of the material for less viscous flow without risk of polymerizing the capralactum. This fluid is too stiff to move unless it is warmed. However, there is a risk of getting the material too hot in which case it reacts and hardens to a solid of hydrocarbon-chains which cannot be undone. The tempered water system consisted of exterior coils on the large storage tank as well a tracing along the insulated piping. Due to the critical nature of the fluid the tempered water was controlled to a very narrow allowable temperature range.