Combustion and Heat Transfer for Refinery Operations

What are the Goals?

At the end of this course, attendees will learn to:

• Relate refinery fuels to gaseous emissions
• Learn combustion and heat transfer fundamentals
• Understand fired heater and boiler components and functions
• Evaluate fired heater and boiler performance
• Undertake effective measures to enhance equipment efficiency

Who is this Training Course for?

This course is suitable to plant operators and technicians but will greatly benefit:

• Process plant shift leaders
• Process heater maintenance, control and service technicians
• Refinery inspection, materials, environmental and safety technicians
• Field operators applicant to handle heater / boiler console operation
• Entry level refinery engineers
• Refinery personnel dealing with risk assessment and integrity analysis

Daily Agenda

Fuels, Heat Transfer, Steam and Combustion Principles

• Fuels, Properties and Emissions
• Heat Transfer and Steam Generation Basics
• Combustion Reactions and Excess Air

Fired Heaters and Performance Evaluation

• Heater Types and Main Components
• Heater Duty, Process Coils and Tube Skin Thermocouples
• Key Operational Factors
• Operational Adjustment for Thermal Efficiency: Draft and Excess Oxygen

Refinery Steam Boilers and Performance Evaluation

• Refinery Boilers and Components
• Energy Balances and Thermal Efficiency
• Combustion Control, Boiler Tune Up
• Boiler Reliability and Best Practices