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Fired Process Heaters

 

Program Duration

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5 Days

Program Date

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12-16 May,2012

Program Location

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Cairo, Egypt

Program Fees

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US$ 3200/Per Person

 

       PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Determine the mechanical limitations of heaters

  • Describe the theoretical and practical aspects of burners

  • and combustion air supply, common and complex

  • instrumentation applications, heater operation, tube and

  • refractory design

  • Employ techniques to minimize emissions, corrosion and

  • fouling

  • Develop tools to evaluate proposals

  • Prepare specifications

  • Implement safe practices

  • Process Designers

PROGRAM OUTLINES:

 

  • Introduction to Fired Heaters:

  • Applications, Descriptions, Factors Governing Choice of Design

  • Combustion Calculations, Sampling

  • Radiant and Convection Zones Thermal Design and Combining for

  • Total Thermal Design

  • Burners:

  • Types, Components, Flame Stabilizing/Shaping, Applications, Air

  • Supply and Control

  • Identifying Need for Burner Change or Revision

  • How to Implement Revisions

  • Fuel Considerations:

  • Fuel Types

  • Impact on Burner and Heater Design

  • Emission Considerations

  • Retrofit Considerations

  • Fuel Supply Systems

  • Safety

  • Combustion Air Supply and Control:

  • Natural Draft Considerations

  • Mechanical Draft Considerations

  • Dampers

  • Impact of Change of Service

  • Stack Design (Draft, Static Wind Load, Dynamic Load, Emissions

  • Impacts)

  • Instruments and Safety Devices:

  • Fuel and Process Flow Controls

  • Temperature Controls

  • Draft Measurement

  • Flue Gas Analysis

  • Safety Instrumentation

  • Improving Efficiency:

  • Maintenance, Burner Modifications, Improved Controls, Additional

  • Convection Surface, Air Preheat

  • Design of Tubes:

  • Available Stress Data

  • Creep and Elastic Design

  • Determination of Tube Metal Temperature

  • Selection of Tube Material and Wall Thickness

  • Selection of Tube Size

  • Heater Operation, Testing, and Tune-Up:

  • Start-Up, Troubleshooting, Routine Checks, Efficiency Testing, Other

  • Important Test Data, Improving Operating Efficiency

  • Heater Operation, Testing, and Tune-Up:

  • Start-Up, Troubleshooting, Routine Checks, Efficiency Testing, Other

  • Important Test Data, Improving Operating Efficiency

  • Control of Emissions:

  • Types, Available Control Techniques, Impact of Fuel Type, Selecting a

  • Control Method

  • Refractories:

  • Types, Selection, Installation

  • Design to Reduce Heat Loss and Corrosion

  • Corrosion and Fouling:

  • Fireside—Low and High Temperature Corrosion

  • Fouling

  • Designing to Mitigate Impacts of Corrosion and Fouling

  • Tubeside—Types of Corrosive Attack

  • Fouling Deposit Minimization and Removal

  • General Discussion:

  • Opportunity for participants to raise their own problems and share

  • experiences with the Course Director and with each other

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 

The course is intended for professionals working with fired process heaters in the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical and allied industries and would be especially valuable to

  • Process Designers

  • Maintenance Personnel

  • Those involved in design, retrofitting and specification

  • Process Engineers

  • Operators