ELECTRICAL HEAT-TRACING SOLUTIONS FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANTS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PLANTS
AKOTRACE is the global solution to assure the right performance of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant with the right Electrical Heat-Tracing Solution .
- Reduce plant's general costs.
- Avoid non-desired production stoppages that decrease the production and increase reparation costs.
- Boost the electrical production systems performance.
- Reduce the power consumption and the manageability costs.
We offer an Integral Solution (Turnkey Projects) that includes:
Project Engineering
From the start, our Engineering Division takes responsibility for, using our own study tools, identifying the solution best adapted to the customer's needs, optimising investment, installation, energy and maintenance costs.
Heating Cable Project
Pioneers in using cable as System (versus component), we have become specialists in heating cable engineering. Specialists in MI cable, an ohmic resistor found inside a metal capsule that allows withstanding temperatures of up to 600 ºC and which is cut made-to-measure for the installation.
Power & Control Project
The integral heat-tracing solution for the Salt&HTF process area of the Thermosolar plants is the AKOTRACE distributed control system (DCS). The DCS- AKOTRACE system is the integral control solution that forms part of the global CSP- AKOTRACE solution AKO has developed to answer the heating and temperature maintenance needs of the process using electrical heat-tracing.
Monitoring System
Our AKOnet TRACE software allows supervising and controlling the entire installation locally and remotely.
Possibility for managing any situation in the plant, in real time, without being physically in it.
Installation & Start Up
Our Project Division has Project Management and Works Management, with broad experience and highly skilled offering an integral service, under the Turnkey mode We offer technical assistance during the development and start up of the project.
Warranty & Quality
We offer a 2 years guarantee programme for all products and 10 years for the installation. We manage spare parts and have the necessary material and staff to cope with any incident in the system.
R & D
We invest 14% of our earnings in R & D and adapt a personalized study to each project, increasing the value of our solution to achieve optimal results.
AKOTRACE is the global solution to assure the right performance of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant with the right Electrical Heat-Tracing Solution .
Electrical Heat-Tracing Applications
Concentrated Solar Power Plants (CSP)
A Concentrated Solar Power Plant (CSP) is designed to obtain electrical energy from solar radiation, which falls on mirrors and concentrates the sunlight on the absorber tubes, inside which a heat transfer fluid flows, which will reach a temperature close to 400 °C. This heat transfer fluid is transported to the heat exchanger, where its water is evaporated by heat transfer. The generated steam will be taken to the turbine, which will be in charge of generating electricity.
Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a synthetic liquid biofuel obtained from natural lipids such as vegetable oils or animal fats.
Bioethanol
Bioethanol, when mixed with petrol, increases the number of octanes and improves combustion, reducing contaminant emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
LNG Storage Tanks
LNG Tanks storages liquified natural gas that has been liquified temporarily. The conversion result is odorless, colorless, non-toxic and non-corrosive and it takes up about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in the gaseous state.
Combined-Cycle Thermal Power Stations
The principle used to build Combined-cycle Theral Power Stations consists in an arrangement of heat engines working together from the same source of heat, turning it into mechanical energy that drives electrical generation.
Refineries
A refinery is an industrial plant where crude oil is treaten into useful petroleum products.
Industrial Process Plants
An industrial process plant is where a certain item is manufactured on a very large scale.
Construction
AKOTRACE is the Electrical Heat Tracing System offered by AKO. Our Know-How and our expertise provide the best performance in the market, guaranteeing that every installation is the most secure, functional and energetically efficient.
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The Spanish world leader in Electrical Heat-Tracing is part of a huge international project
CASE STUDIES
Astexol II
Gemasolar CSP
Samcasol CSP 
Valle 1 & 2
Andasol III