- Overview
- Schedule
TRAINING DAYS: | 3 Days | PDH: | 24 Hours |
DISCIPLINE: | Fired Heater | LEVEL: | Core Skill |
CATEGORY: | Process Technology | SUGGESTED EXPERIENCE: | 1–5 years |
TRAINING MAP: | Process Engineer | ||
Levels and experience are guidelines based on topic-specific experience. All courses support foundational and advanced learning.
About:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of fired heater and combustion technology for refinery and industrial process heating applications. Participants learn combustion fundamentals, burner technology, furnace operation, combustion controls, safeguarding, emissions reduction, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational best practices that improve efficiency, reliability, safety, and environmental performance.
What You’ll learn:
Explain combustion theory, burner operation, furnace design, and heat transfer fundamentals.
Evaluate fired heater hardware, combustion controls, instrumentation, and safeguarding systems.
Apply practical calculations and troubleshooting techniques to improve heater performance and resolve operating issues.
Optimize fired heater efficiency while improving reliability, emissions performance, and operational safety.
Who Should Attend:
The Fired Heaters / Combustion Technology training is designed for plant operators, technicians, maintenance engineers, process engineers, reliability engineers, combustion specialists, plant managers, and supervisors responsible for the operation, maintenance, engineering, or management of fired heaters and combustion systems.
Course Outline:
Combustion Theory
Combustion of fuels
Furnace efficiency calculations
Flammability limits
Burners
Burner types
Operating characteristics
Burner optimization
Atomization (Oil-Fired Configurations)
Atomizer types
Operating characteristics
Optimization techniques
Low NOx Burners
NOx formation
Solid formation
NOx reduction techniques
Environmental impact reduction
Furnace Fundamentals
Process applications
Furnace layout and components
Furnace efficiency parameters
Radiation and convection heat transfer
Gas-fired and oil-fired systems
Two-phase flow
Furnace tube overheating
Coke formation
Furnace types
Air Preheat Systems
Efficiency improvements
SO₃ dew point corrosion
Air preheater types
Operation and maintenance
Furnace Control and Safety
Mechanical minimum stops
Active minimum stops
Steam atomizers
Fuel temperature and steam-oil differential pressure control
Safeguarding systems
Air-to-fuel ratio control
Molecular weight effects
Flame detection
Low-pressure trips
Furnace Draft
Furnace stack function
Natural draft systems
Forced draft systems
Draft calculations
Startup and Operation
Burner maintenance and inspection
Oxygen and draft control
Normal operating adjustments
Furnace Tube Decoking
Shot blasting
High-pressure water jetting
Spalling
Steam-air decoking
Mechanical pigging
Refractory Systems
Refractory integrity
Drying procedures
Preparation
Water requirements
Bonding systems
Furnace Tube Failure
Causes
Prevention
Detection
Small versus large tube failure management
On-Line Chemical Cleaning
Fuel additives
Radiant cell additives
Trial for Ignition Time
Critical parameters
Safe purge time calculations
Ignition time restrictions
Process safeguarding
Practical Exercises
Combustion, Troubleshooting, optimization
Taught By:
Belal Hassoun
Meet The Instructor:
Belal Hassoun, P.Eng., has more than 25 years of oil and gas experience specializing in fired equipment design, evaluation, and performance improvement. His work includes fired heater assessments at Kuwait’s KNPC Shuaiba Refinery and sulfur recovery unit improvements that delivered operational benefits and cost savings. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.
Venue:
The training will be held in Houston, TX. The exact location will be announced by mid-November. Please check back for updates. If you purchase the class, you can find the hotel booking link under My Courses → (your course) → Resources once available.