White papers: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
As a world-class industrial technology and thermal products leader, Watlow® provides comprehensive thermal solutions that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprints. Leveraging its complete range of process and power control, heating, sensing, process automation, data management and data insights software, Watlow partners with its customers to optimise thermal performance, decrease design time and improve the efficiency of products and applications.
Founded in 1922, Watlow pioneered the use of electric heating solutions to replace costly and hazardous alternatives. Today, it is a leader in providing electric solutions to replace fossil fuel-based heating, a crucial step in reducing harmful carbon emissions. No company is better equipped to help companies reach their energy transition goals.
Watlow holds more than 1100 patents and employs over 4000 team members globally. With world-class manufacturing, technology and development centers and sales offices in North America, Europe and Asia, the company continues to grow but our commitment remains the same: pioneering thermal solutions that power a thriving future.
Powering the Future: The Role of Electrification
This white paper describes how electrification drives environmental and economic benefits, and Watlow’s impact to support that transformation.
Published on the 01 April 2025
Getting started with electrification
Discover how to get started with electrification in this white paper from Watlow. The piece discusses demand flexibility, predictive load management, and the future of plant efficiency.
Published on the 02 September 2024
How to solve electrification challenges with a systems approach
WATCONNECT® L/XL Control Panels offer an example of a systems approach at work to solve electrification challenges at scale.
Published on the 01 October 2023
Electric process heaters and decarbonisation in hydrocarbon processing
With mounting pressure to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions and advance long-term decarbonisation goals, engineers have been exploring the potential for electric process heaters. This would allow several heating steps to be completed using ‘clean’ electricity from renewable sources.
Published on the 01 July 2023
Understanding the Value of Arc Flash Management and Mitigation for Large Electric Process Heaters
Watlow's white paper discusses the issue of arc flash events in petrochemical, refining and hydrocarbon processing facilities, and how you can mitigate this with medium voltage process heaters.
Published on the 01 October 2022
Electrification and medium voltage process heater systems
Decarbonisation efforts worldwide, led both by industry leaders and legislation, have increased efforts to shift fossil fuel use to renewables. One way many industrial organisations can embrace this – and already have – is by shifting process heater systems from fuel-burning to electric. Read this white paper to find out more!
Published on the 01 November 2021
A fresh look at accelerating electrification and the role that thermal plays
The goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement are now playing out, with companies and governments making drastic changes to hit ambitious targets. While investment in clean energy is a huge part of these changes, it must go hand-in-hand with the further electrification of industrial processes. Read this white paper to find out more.
Published on the 08 June 2021
Using Continuous Helical Flow to Reduce Fouling
Fouling is one of the costliest recurring problems in hydrocarbon processing, and hits process heaters and heat exchangers the hardest. The paper describes how helical flow technology can reduce ‘hotspots’ and dead zones that produce fouling.
Published on the 01 December 2020