RJB, I do not have any articles about what you are asking about, but the major differences between the three types of jackets are 1) Surface Area and 2) Turbulence within the jacket and 3) the amount of "dead flow" within each of the three types of systems.
While Dimple and conventional (which...
Zpiderman,
ControTrace is very effective when you are trying to simply maintain the temperature, not so great when trying to heat up processes quickly. If you have a small Temperature delta between the process and the thermal oil (5F) then Jacketed Pipe is the best solution. If you have a bit...
