Designed for:
Engineers, operators, maintenance, safety and training personnel from hydrocarbon and chemical processing plants around the world.
Course Overview:
Process Burner Fundamentals provides introductory instruction related to the essential theory and a practical application of process burners. In this three-day course, a broad range of skills will be covered.
Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Discuss the basics of combustion, heat transfer, fluid flow and how they impact burner and heater performance
- Operate a heater safely and more efficiently
- Distinguish a good flame from a poor flame
- Discuss different types of typical burners, their operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
- Diagnose problems with heaters and burners to determine what action to take to correct the problems
- Discuss how to maximize the thermal efficiency of your heating equipment
- Install burners in accordance with manufacturer’s drawings
- Maintain burners to obtain optimal performance and reduce emissions
Some Topics Covered During Course:
- Combustion Fundamentals and Safety
- Fuels
- Heat Transfer
- Pollution Emission Control
- Burner Fundamentals
- Heater Operations
- Burner Installation and Maintenance
- Burner Video Demonstration
- Troubleshooting / Service
Tuition includes Volumes 1 & 2 of the John Zink Hamworthy Combustion Handbook.
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