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Advanced Industrial Process Heating

COURSE CEU CREDITS
2.4 CEU credits will be given for passing each course.

Class Registration for Fall 2008 Courses opens July 14, 2008. Click here to go to course on-line registration page.

COURSE FEES

Advanced Industrial Process Heating

IHEA Member

$560

Non-Member

$700

Register 3 or more employees from your company simultaneously to receive the following discounted tuition rate. Each employee must be enrolled in the same class during the same session.

IHEA Member, 3 or more from same company	$504 each
Non-Member, 3 or more from same company	$630 each

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a compliment to the Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating and provides the student with an in depth view of the control and efficient operation of industrial process heating equipment. Students will become familiar with a variety of oven, furnace, and kiln types used in industry. Upon completion of the course the student will have general knowledge of instrumentation and control for efficient operation of furnaces and ovens in process heating. The student will learn about the wide variety of refractories and insulation used in process heating equipment as well as their operating considerations. The use of vacuum heat processing, recuperators, regenerators, gas atmospheres, and quenching will also be presented. Particular attention is spent on efficient operation of process heating equipment and methods to achieve cost savings.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge of the types of ovens, furnaces, and kilns.
• Develop an understanding of the types and operation of refractories and insulation.
• Determine the energy savings associated with the use of recuperators and regenerators.
• Develop an understanding of the instrumentation and controls us in process heating equipment.
• Discuss the types of gas atmospheres used in process heating and the equipment used.
• Describe the mechanisms, metallurgical aspects, testing and evaluation associated with quenching.
• Develop an understanding of vacuum heat processing.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

Introduction

Ovens and Furnaces
• Ovens
• Batch Ovens
• Continuous Ovens
• Criteria for Oven Construction
• Furnaces
• Kilns

Vacuum Heat Processing
• Comparison to Atmospheric Processes
• Volatilization, Dissociation, and Degassing
• Vacuum Furnace Equipment
• Heat Treatment Processes

Refractories and Insulation
• Furnace Lining Function and Design
• Forms of Refractories and Insulation
• Varieties and Characteristics of Refractories and Insulation
• Heavy Fire Brick
• Monolithic Refractories
• Refractories for Special Service
• Insulating Refractories
• Methods of Construction
• Ceramic Fiber Refractories
• Operating Considerations

Recuperators and Regenerators
• Energy Saving by Air Preheating
• Performance of Recuperators and Regenerators
• General Classifications and Heat Transfer Characteristics
• Practical Recuperators and Regenerators
• Instrumentation and Control I
• Measured Variables
• Temperature Detectors
• Pressure
• Flow
• Furnace Atmospheres
• Specifications

Instrumentation and Control II
• Process Control
• Controller Types
• Control Algorithms
• Tuning
• Recorders
• Final Control Elements

Furnace Atmospheres
• Primary Furnace Gases
• Classification of Prepared Atmospheres
• Atmospheres to Heat Treating Processes
• Gas Generating Equipment
• Furnace Designs

Quenching Media and Equipment
• Classification of Methods
• Mechanism of Quenching
• Cooling Curves
• Metallurgical Aspects
• Testing and Evaluation of Quenching Media

Click here for information on our Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating course.