Thermal Equipment

Technology & Operation
MATHER-EN-P

Who should attend?

  • This course provides in-depth knowledge of heat exchangers, furnaces and boilers installed in the Oil & Gas industry.
Public :
  • Engineers, technical staff and supervisors involved in the technology and operation of thermal equipment.

Level :Knowledge

Prerequisite :
  • Good basic theoretical knowledge or several years of operation experience.

Course Content

  • THERMAL EQUIPMENT & HEAT TRANSFER - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Heat exchange conditions: convection coefficients, resistance caused by the walls and/or fouling. Overall heat transfer coefficient.
      • Heat transfer by radiation: parameters influencing heat transfer, type of fuel burned, tube temperature, fouling consequence.
  • HEAT EXCHANGERS TECHNOLOGY & SELECTION CRITERIA - Duration : 1 Day

      • 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.

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