PCC has been the preferred worldwide industrial air heater supplier for more than 45 years, for general industry applications including calciners, various types of dryers, ovens, furnaces, kilns, hot gas generators, fluid bed start-up, and pulverizers, just to name a few.
50 Years of Experience
System Solutions
Industrial Product Applications
PCC has been the preferred worldwide industrial air heater supplier for more than 45 years, for general industry applications including calciners, various types of dryers, ovens, furnaces, kilns, hot gas generators, fluid bed start-up, and pulverizers, just to name a few.
International Quality Certification, LLC
PCC's Quality Management System is certified in conformance with the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
PCC's adherence to consistent and predictable systems is a cornerstone of our long-term track record of success.
Common Applications
Spray Dryers
Drum Dryers
Fluid Bed Dryers
Rotary Dryers
Tunnel Dryers
Unique Design Parameters
- High process air temperatures
- High-pressure applications up to 300 psig
- Ultra clean combustion using fuel oils and other fuel sources
- Multi-fuel firing capability
- Low emissions for CO and NOx
- Inert gas streams
- Explosion proof and corrosive environments
- Robust heavy duty equipment
- Sophisticated controls
Energy Efficiency
Low CO Emissions
Low NOx Emissions
Ultra Clean Combustion
Operation Simplicity
Robust Design
Proven Performance
Industrial heat exchangers backed by experience.
PCC specializes in fully integrated direct and indirect-fired industrial air heater systems.
In many of our hundreds of successful installations, we have also supplied industrial heat exchangers for our indirect-fired industrial air heater systems. Industrial heat exchangers allow for the process medium to be heated indirectly via the hot products of combustion from the air heater. Of these, there are generally two types used in indirect-fired industrial air heater applications; the plate type and shell and tube type.
The mode of heat transfer in either type of industrial heat exchanger may be through a gas to gas interface or gas to liquid interface.
Plate type industrial heat exchangers are typically limited to 1500°F due to the effects of thermal expansion while shell and tube types can handle products of combustion up to 1800°F and higher temperatures with special materials of construction.
With more than 45 years of service in the industry.
PCC is experienced and technically skilled to carefully analyze your industrial heat exchanger application and determine which industrial heat exchanger is correct for you.
Industrial air heaters. Turnkey projects.
PCC has been the preferred worldwide industrial air heater supplier for more than 45 years, for general industry applications including calciners, various types of dryers, ovens, furnaces, kilns, and pulverizers, just to name a few.
- Direct-fired air heaters – Achieve the desired amount of air heating through direct contact of the air heater products of combustion with the downstream process.
- Indirect-fired air heaters – Typically employed when the air heater products of combustion cannot contact (or contaminate) the downstream process and must indirectly heat a process air stream. This indirect heating of the process air is typically achieved by adding a gas-to-gas Industrial Heat Exchanger at the discharge of the air heater. The industrial heat exchanger transfers the available heat contained in the air heater hot products of combustion to a process air stream, while keeping the process air stream segregated from the air heater products of combustion.
PCC offers both types of heaters in a wide range of standard sizes. We can also custom-engineer precisely what you need.
PCC industrial air heater custom design features:
- Clean combustion using heavy and light fuel oil, as well as gaseous fuels
- Multiple fuel firing capability
- Complete skid mounted units
- Close temperature mixing
- All metallic construction or refractory lined units
- State of the art controls per major international standards
- High pressure designs up to 300 psig
Along with a full line of industrial air heaters, we offer turnkey construction, project management, and spare parts support for all PCC supplied products.
Contact PCC to discuss your project and learn about our solutions.
PCC Integration
With more than 1,000 systems successfully operating throughout the world, we’ve custom designed systems for many Fortune 500 companies ranging from $150,000 to more than $15 million.
PCC has experience working with many systems. With installations successfully operating in over 35 countries, PCC has the knowledge and experience to integrate a new system with your current operating platform.
International Quality Certification, LLC
PCC's Quality Management System is certified in conformance with the ISO 9001:2015 standard.
PCC's adherence to consistent and predictable systems is a cornerstone of our long-term track record of success.
What our customers are saying...
"PCC works like a well-oiled machine."
— Louisiana Pigments Company
"We would not be where we are today without the engineering knowledge and efforts, quality of construction, professionalism, and cooperation of your first-class organization."
— Montauk Energy Capital (2012)
"PCC's commitment to safety and quality allow completion ahead of schedule, under budget, and safely."
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"PCC's desire to deliver a quality product was apparent throughout all phases of our project, and PCC's overall gas combustion experience resulted in a robust and reliable operating unit."
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"We are very pleased that it was commissioned five weeks earlier than the contract completion date."
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"PCC was absolutely on time with delivery of our thermal oxidizer... I was quite impressed. All the units we bought from PCC run flawlessly, even after 10 years. We can't calculate a MTBF, because there have been no failures."
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