Question about steam heat when hauling latex in a tanker

Have dispatch tell you what to heat it to….

personally I’d do like 100 or 105 With a decent insulated trailer and 45,000 lbs of product it will stay warm for a couple of days easy……

it will probably be more than a couple of hours . Depends on the tank wash

 

depends on the steam pressure and it they use a steam trap. Good insulation should only use a degree or so a day

 

Are you running in-transit heat?

 

Depends on the tank wash. Most places it'll take 4-8 hrs to heat a full load. I'd heat it to 115 if you're not familiar with that specific trailer, better safe than sorry. With temp sensitive loads it's better to slosh everything around prior to getting to the receiver just to make sure the whole load is the same temp. I learned the hard way. Valves aren't usually insulated and if the customer pulls a sample from the valve and it's cold they can reject you no matter what your trailer thermometer says

 

If your truck and trailer are equipped for ITH, and if you have some way to regulate the temperature, then you might want to ask dispatch about hooking it up and using it. It may save you hours waiting for the tank wash to steam the product.

What temperature is the product right now?

 

Good point. It might be worth asking the crew to spray the valves and piping with the steam hose to warm them up.