Process Burner Fundamentals
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Process Burner Fundamentals Course
Introduction:
This training course is designed to improve the overall understanding of process burners, define common burners' terminology, and identify the best installation & testing practices. This training course illustrates the proper and safe burner operating procedures including how to increase burner thermal efficiency, reduce pollutant emissions, and provides tools for troubleshooting problems.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the basics of combustion and heat transfer
- Operate a heater safely and more efficiently
- Distinguish a good flame from a poor flame
- Discuss different types of burners, their operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Diagnose problems with heaters and burners, and determine corrective actions
Who Should Attend?
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Operations personnel
- Production personnel
- Maintenance personnel
- Technical Support Engineers
- Operators and technicians
Course Outlines:
Introduction & Fundamentals
- Burners and Combustion in Process Industries
- Fired Heaters and Reformers
- Burners Competing Priorities
- Air preheat and Fuel Blending Effect
- Stoichiometric Combustion and Excess Air
- Flame Properties
- Heat Transfer in Process Furnaces
- Burner Fuels (Gaseous, Liquid)
Burner Design, Installation, and Testing
- Burner Design (Air Control, Air Fuel Ratio)
- Burner Types (Premix, Raw gas, Oil)
- Burner Configuration (Mounting & Direction of Firing)
- Burner Installation
- Burner Maintenance
- Fundamentals of combustion control
- Burner Test Setup
- Instrumentation & Measurements
Burner Operation & Troubleshooting
- Burner/Heater Operation
- Measurements Pressure (Draft, Fuel flow, Fuel)
- Operational Considerations
- Heater Performance
- Heater Inspection & Observation
- Burner Troubleshooting (flashback, Flame lift-off, irregular flame pattern)
Flare System Design & Operation
- Flare System Types
- Flare System Objectives and applications
- Flare System Components
- Flare System Design Factors
- Flare System Design Consideration
- Flare System Equipment
- Flare Combustion Products
Pollutant Emissions & Combustion Safety
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) & Sulphur Oxides (Sox)
- Combustibles & Particulates
- Carbon Dioxide
- Noise (OSHA & International requirements
- Combustion Tetrahedron
- Fire & Explosion Hazards
- Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
- Design Engineering (Flammability Characteristics, Fire Extinguishment)
