Process equipment & thermal systems · Vapi, Gujarat · Since 1987
Alice Engineering WorksEst. 1987 · Vapi

Thermal equipment

Thermic Fluid Heater & Thermopack Boiler Manufacturer in Gujarat

Solid and liquid fuel fired thermopacks, engineered for your process load and built in our Vapi workshop for chemical, dye, textile, paper and food plants.

High process temperatures without high-pressure steam

A thermic fluid heater, also called a thermopack, thermopack boiler or thermal oil heater, heats a thermal oil and circulates it to your reactors, dryers, presses or heat exchangers. It can reach high process temperatures while running at much lower pressure than a steam boiler of the same temperature. For many plants that means simpler operation, less water treatment and no condensate losses.

Alice Engineering Works has designed and fabricated thermopacks for plants in Vapi, Silvassa and Daman for decades. Every unit is sized to your real heat load, fuel and space. We also check the complete circuit around the heater, including pumps, expansion and storage tanks, and piping, so the system delivers the temperature you need at the user end.

What we build

  • Solid fuel fired thermopacks

    For coal, wood, briquettes and agro-waste, with a furnace design suited to the fuel.

  • Liquid fuel fired thermopacks

    For furnace oil, LDO and HSD, with burner integration and controls.

  • Thermal oil circuits

    Expansion tanks, deaerators, storage/drain tanks and the piping to the users.

  • Retrofits and coil replacement

    Repair, coil replacement and efficiency upgrades of existing heaters.

  • Flue gas heat recovery

    Air preheaters and economisers on the thermopack exhaust to cut fuel use.

Why choose AEW for thermic fluid heaters

  • Heater sized to your actual heat load in kcal/hr, not a standard catalogue model
  • Furnace and coil design matched to your fuel
  • Option to add an air preheater on the exhaust to recover waste heat
  • Erection, commissioning and AMC from the same team
  • Fast response for breakdowns across Vapi, Sarigam, Silvassa and Daman

Industries & applications

  • Chemical reactors
  • Dye and pigment plants
  • Textile stenters
  • Paper and corrugation
  • Plywood and laminates
  • Food processing
  • Asphalt and bitumen

FAQs: Thermic Fluid Heaters

What is the price of a thermic fluid heater?

The price depends mainly on heat capacity (kcal/hr), fuel type, controls and the scope of the circuit (pumps, tanks, piping). Share your heat load and fuel and we will send a firm quotation.

What is a thermic fluid heater used for?

It heats a thermal oil that is pumped around the plant to give indirect heat to reactors, dryers, presses, stenters and heat exchangers, typically where high temperatures are needed at low operating pressure.

Thermic fluid heater or steam boiler: which is better?

For high-temperature indirect heating, a thermic fluid system works at much lower pressure than steam at the same temperature and has no condensate or blowdown losses. Steam is often better where you need direct steam or very large heat transfer. We can study your process and recommend the right one.

Which fuels can your thermopacks use?

We build solid fuel units (coal, wood, briquettes, agro-waste) and liquid fuel units (furnace oil, LDO, HSD). The furnace is designed for the fuel you choose.

Do you service and repair existing thermopacks?

Yes. We carry out coil replacement, refractory work, efficiency improvements and annual maintenance contracts, including for heaters made by other manufacturers.

Do you supply outside Vapi?

Yes. Most of our work is in Vapi, Sarigam, Umbergaon, Silvassa and Daman, and we also take on projects in other parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra and the rest of India.

Have a drawing, datasheet or a problem to solve?

Send your requirement. We reply with a technical and commercial offer, usually within one working day.