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Introduction IHEA's 43rd Annual Combustion Seminar will be held in the Fall of 2012 at a date and location to be determined. Long the industry premier seminar for industrial process heating professionals, this two day event offers attendees the chance to learn the latest in combustion technology and visit with industry suppliers during a tabletop exhibition the first day. Enrollment is limited and registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration Fee: To be determined Group Discount - When you register 2 or more people with the same company at the same time, the first registrant pays the regular fee and subsequent registrants will be discounted by $125 each! The registration fee includes: tuition; all seminar materials; Reception with Tabletop Exhibition on Monday; and luncheon & refreshment breaks on Monday and Tuesday. Upon completion of the course seminar attendees are awarded a certificate.
Who Should Attend
What Will Be Presented
Who You Will Meet
Tabletop Exhibition
2011 Exhibitors The following companies participated in the Tabletop Exposition at the 2011 Combustion Seminar. The exhibitor list will be updated for the 2012 Seminar a few months before the seminar. During the tabletop exhibition you will be able to discuss products, systems and technology with suppliers while enjoying a reception. Bloom Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA Bloom Engineering custom designs, manufactures and services combustion equipment and controls. The booth features Bloom’s Low NOx Burner Solutions, Regenerative Heating Systems and Enviro Helper Oxygen Monitoring System. Exhibit will also include burner models and other products for heat processing.
BNP Media, Pittsburgh, PA Industrial Heating & Process Heating Magazines Two leading thermal processing publications will be on display. Industrial Heating covers 1000° F and above. Process Heating covers 1000° F and below. Eclipse, Inc., Rockford, IL Eclipse is a single source supplier for industrial process heating products, systems and services. They will be showcasing ultra high efficiency furnace burners, packaged burners and oxy-fuel burners and controls technology. Elster Kromschroder, Lebanon, PA Elster Kromschroder manufacturers a complete line of equipment for thermal process solutions for industry. Their industry leading products and service are coupled with advanced process controls featuring KromSchroder control technology. Fireye, Inc., A UTC Fire & Security Company, Derry, NH Fireye will display process combustion flame safeguard controls and combustion efficiency controls. Fives North American Combustion, Inc., Cleveland, OH Fives North American Combustion is one of the foremost suppliers of combustion systems worldwide, offering a comprehensive array of products, process controls, and engineering services. Product literature will be available with information on obtaining a copy of their industry standard series of combustion handbooks. Fostoria Process Equipment, a Division of TPI Corp., Gray, TN Fostoria designs and manufactures electric and gas infrared and convection oven systems and control systems for many thermal processing applications, including finishing, thermoforming, laminating, dehydrating, etc. Furnace Parts, Cleveland, OH Furnace Parts is the leader in the mnufacturing of industrial thermocouples and temperature sensors - including Types E, J, K, N, T, R, S and B. Thermocouples are NIST traceable and calibrated to AMS 275D, BAC 5621K and CQI-9 specifications. Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) INEX Incorporated, Holland, NY INEX will display composites (silicon/silicon carbide) radiant tubes of various configurations and sizes along with SpyroCor inserts. You can see for yourself shy INEX is known as INNOVATORS in RADIANT TUBE TECHNOLOGY. Karl Dungs, Inc., Blaine, MN Karl Dungs, Inc. will be displaying a variety of combustion products including safety valves, regulators, pressure switches, flame safety, etc. designed for use on Industrial Process Heating equipment. Maxon – A Honeywell Company, Muncie, IN The global supplier of industrial burners, valves, and complete combustion systems for successful heating solutions. Maxon will display SMARTLINK® MRV Electronic Ratio Valves that provides advanced ratio control through a high degree of precision, repeatability and durability and the new SMARTLINK meter, one of the only self-checking flow meters in its class. Process Combustion Corporation., Pittsburgh, PA Process Combustion Corporation will display custom-designed, energy efficient and cost-effective Combustion and Pollution Control Systems for industrial applications, including: Thermal Oxidizers/Incinerator Systems, Air Heaters, Burners/Combustors, and Heat Recovery Equipment. SCC Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL Selas Heat Technology Company LLC, Montgomeryville, PA Selas Heat Technology Company LLC and its subsidiary Pyronics Inc. have combined to offer global combustion customers a “World of Combustion Solutions.” Selas will continue to develop customer driven new products to serve the market based on the 114 year history of the company. Surface Combustion, Inc., Maumee, OH Manufacturer of thermal processing equipment and systems. Display will feature standard (Allcase®, vacuum, generators), special and auxiliary equipment. Vulcan Infrared Industrial Ovens, Portsmouth, RI Catalytic infrared curing technology will be on display. WS Thermal Process Technology, Inc., Elyria, OH REKUMAT® C radiant tube burner with integrated heat exchangers providing maximum efficiency with minimal NOx emissions. If you are interested in showcasing your products, systems or technology during the Combustion Seminar Reception please contact Leslie Muck at leslie@goyermgt.com to be added to the list to receive information on exhibiting when it is available.
Course Outline Monday Session 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF COMBUSTION
Session 2: BURNERS AND NOZZLES
Session 3: COMBUSTION AIR BLOWERS/FLUID FLOW Session 4: THE BASICS OF IR How IR works, its characteristics, temperature & wave length, types of IR heater and different types of absorption will be discussed. Session 5: RADIANT TUBE BURNER TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATION Theory, construction, application and maintenance of radiant tube burners for combustion systems.
Session 6: FUEL/AIR RATIO CONTROL
Session 7: FLAME SAFETY AND SEQUENCE CONTROL
Session 8: COMBUSTION SYSTEM SAFETY
Session 9: WORKSHOP PROBLEM AND SOLUTION Tuesday Session 10: ENHANCED COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY
Session 11: OXYGEN ENRICHED COMBUSTION
Session 12: FURNACE AND PROCESS CONTROLS
Session 13: OPTIMIZING COMBUSTION SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE Session 14: IR APPLICATIONS Processes and applications that have been successful utilizing IR (energy reduction, quality improvement, increased throughput, etc.)
Session 15: HEAT APPLICATION – LOW TEMPERATURE
Session 16: HEAT APPLICATION – HIGH TEMPERATURE
Session 17: COMBUSTION SYSTEMS & THE ENVIRONMENT
Session 18: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, COMBUSTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE Course Hours
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2011 Seminar Development Committee & Faculty CHAIRMAN: Timothy S. Lee is Sales Director for Maxon, a Honeywell Company. He joined Maxon in 1989 and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering. Scott Anderson is an Engineering Manager for Eclipse, Inc. He is a graduate of Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He has over 20 years of experience in combustion and controls engineering with roles in Engineering management, project engineering and application, oxy/fuel and air/fuel burner development, electrical controls and quality control. Michael J. Binni, P.E. is a Manager of Furnace Applications with Bloom Engineering Company, Inc. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering. He joined Bloom in 1994 and has experience in steel, heat treat, and process heating industries. Tony Fennell is the Western Region Manager of Bloom Engineering and has in excess of forty years experience with thermal systems. His expertise covers the design, manufacture and servicing of metallurgical and process equipment. He has a BS, Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and an MS Electrical Engineering from UCLA. Fred Fuhrman has been with Hauck Manufacturing Company since 1969 starting as a Design Draftsman. He has been responsible for all control system design for Hauck since 1985 as their Controls Engineer. Mr. Fuhrman receive Associate degrees in both Mechanical Engineering Technology and Electronic Engineering Technology from Harrisburg Area Community College. Steve Mickey is Engineering Manager for W.S. Thermal Process Technology. He graduated from Cornell University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. John F. Podach is the Southeast Sales Manager with Fostoria Process Equipment, a Division of TPI. John has been involved with building, installing, testing and selling Industrial Heating equipment for 35 years at Fostoria. Joseph Pomykala is a Branch Office Manager for Maxon Corporation - A Honeywell Copmany. Joe manages Western Pennsylvania and the Easter Ohio areas. Joe joined Maxon in 1979 and is a graduate of Villanova and Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Marketing/Business Administration. Dennis Quinn is the Burner Business Group Engineering Manager for Fives North American Combustion, Inc.. He has 29 years of experience in the field of combustion research, development, business unit management, sales and marketing. Mr. Quinn holds degrees in Combustion Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Bob Sanderson is a Product Specialist, Engineering, for Eclipse Inc. Bob is a licensed P.E., and is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He has over twenty years of diverse experience in process engineering applications with various roles in R&D, product development, project and application engineering and project managment. Joel Watts is a Senior Industrial Process Engineer with Alabama Power. He joined Alabama Power in 2008 and is a graduate of Auburn University with an Industrial Engineering degree. Paul Wisneiski has been a regional sales manager for Fireye Inc. for the past 11 years. He is responsible for OEM & Distribution sales and on site support for Michigan, Northern Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, and Western New York. He is a licensed stationary engineer in Ohio, with over 25 years in the combustion industry, and is currently attending the University of Phoenix. Glen Zdolshek, Maxon - A Honeywell Company, has 27 years of experience in industrial combustion. He is a graduate of The University of Akron with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Glen has been a member of the Maxon Corporation, a Honeywell Company Cleveland sales team since 2004. Lew Ziller is with Honeywell International Inc. The faculty is a select group of prominent engineers involved in the design and manufacture of industrial combustion equipment.
Registration and Hotel Reservation Information Seminar Location: To be Determined. Check back for updates To be Determined Group Discount - When you register 2 or more people with the same company at the same time, the first registrant pays the regular fee and subsequent registrants will be discounted by $125 each! The registration fee includes: tuition; all seminar materials; Reception with Tabletop Exhibition on Tuesday; and luncheon & refreshment breaks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Upon completion of the course seminar attendees are awarded a certificate. Hotel Room Rate: Hotel reservation will be made when registering for the seminar. Information will be posted once a location and seminar date have been finalized. For further information, and to be included on the seminar information mailing list, please email or fax your name, title, company name, address, phone number and email address to:
E-MAIL: ihea@ihea.org
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