Combustion, Fired Heater Operation & Flue Gas Treatment
Consultant/Trainer: Dirk-Jan Treur and Louis Jacobs
The Petrogenium Combustion, Fired Heater Operation & Flue Gas Treatment course will provide an introduction to the basics of Fired Equipment, theory of combustion and different forms of fired equipment in practice. Applications in refinery units are discussed in detail.
Pricing
€3525
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dates
14-16 April 2025
About the Trainer
Dirk Jan spent over 25 years in the field of combustion and heat transfer technologies. Dirk obtained deep knowledge in Projects, Design and Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Start-up, Control & Safeguarding, Technical Safety, Troubleshooting and Operation of Furnaces, Boilers, HRSG’s, Incinerators and Combustion.
Louis is an all-round Fired Heater and Combustion specialist with over 37 years of experience within research and development, basic designs, HAZOP, IPF studies, start-up & commissioning, acceptance testing, lecturing, troubleshooting, RCA’s, integrity reviews and de-commissioning. Louis represented Shell in NEN, EN and ISO committees on safeguarding of fired equipment.
Participants
This Petrogenium course can be tailored for awareness/inexperienced staff, for intermediate and for experienced personnel. Furthermore the course can be customized for a specific refinery, plant or unit. The option for post-course consultancy/help-desk support is also available.
Participants may include: operational staff and (process) engineers on all levels working on fired equipment in distillation units, process units, utilities, treatment units etc.
Participants may include: operational staff and (process) engineers on all levels working on fired equipment in distillation units, process units, utilities, treatment units etc.
Learning Objectives
Combustion theory, Burners, Environmental aspects, Heat Transfer and 2-phase flow phenomena
Day 1
Introduction and Basics
Day 2
Day 3
Applications of Fired Equipment
Introduction and Basics
- Theory of Combustion
- Efficient operation
- Heat Transfer in fired equipment
- Two-phase flow in heater tubes
- Failure mechanisms process side
Day 2
- Environmental aspects
- Burner functionality, types, Low NOx
- Combustion control and safeguarding
- Failure mechanisms combustion side
Day 3
Applications of Fired Equipment
- Boilers
- Distillation heaters
- Cracking heaters
- Hydrogen manufacturing
- Exercises
Programme
Day 1
Introduction and Basics
Day 2
Day 3
Applications of Fired Equipment
Introduction and Basics
- Theory of Combustion
- Efficient operation
- Heat Transfer in fired equipment
- Two-phase flow in heater tubes
- Failure mechanisms process side
Day 2
- Environmental aspects
- Burner functionality, types, Low NOx
- Combustion control and safeguarding
- Failure mechanisms combustion side
Day 3
Applications of Fired Equipment
- Boilers
- Distillation heaters
- Cracking heaters
- Hydrogen manufacturing
- Exercises