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    Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating

Course Learning Outcomes

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

•  Understand how materials are heated in industrial applications.

•  Perform heat balance and thermal efficiency calculations.

•  Develop an understanding of the basic principles of heat transfer.

•  Develop an understanding of furnace and oven design and operation

  Topical Outline

  Introduction

  Combustion Fundamentals and Fuels

•  Arithmetic and algebraic operations

•  Energy forms and terms

•  Conversion factors and units

•  Combustion chemistry

•  Gaseous Fuels

•  Liquid Fuels

  Combustion Equipment for Gaseous and Liquid Fuels

•  Gas Burners

•  Oil Burners

•  Dual Fuel Burners

•  Control of Fuel-Air Ratios

•  Oil Flow Control

•  Combustion Air Sources

•  Oxygen-Enriched Combustion

•  Ignition of Fuel

•  Combustion Safety Equipment

  Elements of Heat Transmission

•  Convection

•  Conduction

•  Radiation

•  Heat to Charge

•  Heat Transfer Calculations

  Advanced Heat Transfer Principles

•  Heat Transfer in Furnace Loads

•  Rate of Heat Absorption by the Charge

•  Industrial Furnace Applications of Heat Transfer

•  Burner Selection

•  Heat Transfer in Continuous Slot-Type Furnaces for Upsetting

•  Heat Transfer in High Temperature Convective Furnaces

•  Heat Transfer in Low Temperature Convective Furnaces

•  Furnace Heat Transfer Calculations and Procedures

  Heat Balance and Efficiency Calculations

• •  Furnace Heat Balance

•  Simplified Heat Balance

•  Furnace Wall Losses

•  Furnace Opening Losses

•  Conveyor and Fixture Losses

•  Heat Storage Losses

•  Excess Air Losses

•  Software Tools

•  Turndown Requirements

  Fundamentals of Electrical Heating

•  Electrical Heating Advantages

•  Comparative Costs of Electric vs. Fuel-Fired

•  Types of Electric Heating Elements

•  Element Life

•  Design and Selection of Elements

•  Safety

•  Power Control Arrangements

•  Instrumentation and Control I

•  Measured Variables

•  Temperature Detectors

•  Pressure

•  Flow

•  Furnace Atmospheres

•  Specifications