Heat Exchangers & Fired Heaters

Engineering and Technical Programs

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Introduction

This course is designed to provide the participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview on the operation and troubleshooting of heat exchangers and fired heaters. Participants will be able to respond to typical heat exchanger and fired heater problems that may occur during operation. The course will also cover the principles of heat transfer and the factors affecting heat transfer; the flow arrangements of fluids inside heat exchangers; and the various types and its major components. During this course, participants will learn to apply the proper procedure in taking out of service and putting in service of heat exchangers; identify the various types of furnaces and the major parts of a horizontal and vertical furnace; recognize the types of gas burner and its properties; apply combustion process; employ furnace start up, shutdown and troubleshooting; identify the thin tube, hot spot, tube fire side heater, furnace explosion, flame temperature, flame stability and combustion.

Course Objective

 

·        Operate and troubleshoot heat exchangers and fired heaters in a professional manner.

•         Discuss the principles of heat transfer and the factors affecting heat transfer.

·        Illustrate flow arrangements of fluids inside heat exchangers and identify the types and its major components

·        Apply proper procedure in taking out of service and putting in service of heat exchangers.

·        List the various types of furnaces and identify the major parts of a horizontal andvertical furnace.

·        Employ furnace start up, shutdown and troubleshooting.

·        Identify thin tube, hot spot, tube fire side heater, furnace explosion, flame temperature, flame stability and combustion.

Day 1:

Basics of Heat Transfer and Combustion:

 

·    Conduction, Convection and Radiation

·    Fouling and Heat Transfer

·    Combustion Reactions

·    Lean, Rich and Stoichiometric Combustion

·    Excess Air and Combustion Efficiency

·    Premixed and Diffusion Combustion

·    Techniques for NOx Control

Day 2:

 Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers:

 

·    Types of Heat Exchangers

·    Main Components of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

·    Operation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

·    Factors Affecting the Performance of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

·    Troubleshooting of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

Day 3:

 Compact Heat Exchangers:

 

·    Main Components of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

·    Operation of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

·    Troubleshooting of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

·    Types of Plate Heat Exchangers

·    Main Components of Plate Heat Exchangers

·    Factors Affecting the Performance of Compact Heat Exchangers

·    Operation of Plate Heat Exchangers

·    Troubleshooting of Plate Heat Exchangers

Day 4:

  Components and Operation of Fired Heaters:

·    Classification of Fired Heaters

·    Application of Fired Heaters

·    Parts of Fired Heaters

·    Control of a Fired Heater

·    Operating a Fired Heater

·    Responding to Abnormal Operating Conditions

Day 5:

Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Fired Heaters:

 ·    Factors Affecting the Performance of Fired Heaters

·    Optimizing Fired Heater Operation

·    Performance Monitoring

·    Draft, Coking and Skin Temperature

·    Troubleshooting of Fired Heaters