TEMA standard heat exchangers, selection criteria for different types of shell, front ends and rear ends, floating end construction.
Tubes: length, diameter and gage, pattern and pitch, tube-to-tube sheet connection.
Baffles and support plates: type of transversal baffles, baffles cut, spacing.
Thermal performance: fluid flow distribution, geometrical characteristics and technological constraints.
Other types of heat exchanger: tubular or plate type, air coolers and condensers. Maintenance and cleaning.
HEAT EXCHANGERS PERFORMANCE & MAINTENANCE
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Heat exchanger performance follow-up: influence of fouling.
Inspection of exchanger bundles. Hydraulic pressure test: case of U tube bundle and floating head heat exchangers.
FURNACES & BOILERS TECHNOLOGY
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Duration : 1.25 Days
Different types of furnaces and their features. Operating conditions.
Boiler technology and operating conditions.
Efficiency of heat recovery: estimation rule. Parameters influencing heater efficiency.
Construction of heat exchange areas and refractory materials.
Air and flue gas circulation: natural and forced draft.
Burner technology: fuel and air supply and mixture. Low NOx and ultra-low NOx burners technology.
HEATERS OPERATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
On stream operation: monitoring of combustion and heating. Modifying operating conditions.
Control system: air/fuel ratio control, process fluid outlet temperature, steam pressure, feed water flow rate control, phenomena disrupting the steam drum level. Safety prescriptions on heaters, process fluid, combustion, fuel circuits.
Safe and reliable operation: main recommendations. Start-up and shutdown: preparation, safe ignition procedures.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Describe heat exchange laws and identify key parameters impacting exchange coefficients and pressure drops,
Select a type of exchanger construction with full knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages,
Explain the impact of operating conditions on furnace and boiler performance,
Identify the optimization parameters of a combustion plant and explain the operation of the main control loops.
Ways & Means
Study of main components of burners, tube coils and refractory.
Actual examples and applications from the refining, petrochemical and chemical industry.
Trainee participation is continuously encouraged through the use of case studies selected by the trainees themselves.
Learning assessment
Quiz.
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