Application using dynamic simulator (CORYS IndissPlus)
FURNSOO-EN-P
Who should attend?
This course provides in-depth knowledge of furnace operation in the petroleum and petrochemical industries. The course covers also the safety and reliability constraints.
Public :
Operators, panel operators, supervisors and plant managers of refining, chemical and petrochemical plants, involved in furnace operation.
Engineers and supervisors concerned with safety, optimization and operating issues of furnaces.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
To have a 1 month of proven professional experience in the refining or petrochemical industry.
Course Content
FURNACE CONSTRUCTION & OPERATING CONDITIONS
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Different types of furnace and operating conditions. Scope and limitations for improving furnace efficiency.
Construction of heat exchange areas and refractory materials: tube bundle arrangement, insulation, type of material used and operating limits.
COMBUSTION - BURNERS - DRAFT
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Duration : 1.25 Days
Combustion conditions: liquid and fuel gas characteristics, liquid spray.
Burners: fuel and air supply and mixture. Conventional and low NOx burners operation.
Combustion quality: analysis of the oxygen and the unburned material in the flue gases, control of combustion air flowrate and air/fuel ratio.
Combustion safety: flame detection, control and safety devices.
Air and flue gas circulation: natural draft, forced draft, pressure differential control, automatic safety devices. Damper or induced draft fan role.
Application:
Natural and forced draft pressure profile drawing. Review of draft constraints.
Different types of burners and spraying systems.
HEAT TRANSFER & FURNACE OPERATION
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Duration : 2 Days
Heat transfer to the tube coil: control parameters. Impact of internal or external fouling.
Heat control: process fluid outlet temperature, fuel flowrate control.
Most important furnace temperature and constraints: skin temperature, bridgewall temperature, limits and risk of overcoming.
Application: furnace temperature profile and heat recovery distribution as a function of fuel burned and combustion air excess.
On-stream furnace operations: monitoring of combustion and heating. Modifying operating conditions. Analysis of disturbances. Key points for safe operation.
Start-up and shutdown: preparation, safe ignition procedures, ignition after a short shutdown, normal shutdown, emergency shutdown.
Incidents.
Troubleshooting. Prevention.
Application:
Case study of furnace accidents.
Start-up procedure study.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Describe the phenomena involved in industrial combustion and establish the conditions necessary for efficient combustion,
Identify the optimization parameters of a furnace and explain the operation of the main control loops,
List the main phases of a start-up procedure.
Ways & Means
Use of a dynamic simulator to understand the impact of operating conditions on thermal performance and furnace operation.
Use of case studies and exercises based on industrial situations.
Special emphasis on safety issues and abnormal situations that can lead to accidents.
The course content can be tailored to different types of furnaces and includes specificities linked to some processing units such as the steam reformer or steamcracker.
Learning assessment
Quiz at the end of the training session.
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Coordinator :IFP Training trainer (permanent or contracted) having a good expertise and/or experience of the related topics, trained to adult teaching methods, and whose competencies are kept up-to-date.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com
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