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Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating
COURSE CEU CREDITS
1.6 CEU credits will be given for passing each course.
Registration for Fall 2008 courses will open July 14, 2008. Click here to go to the on-line registration page.
COURSE FEES
| Advanced Industrial Process Heating |
| IHEA Member |
$440 |
| Non-Member |
$550 |
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 |
$396 each |
| Non-Member, 3 or more from same company |
$495 each |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides an
overview of the fundamentals of heat transfer, fuels and combustion, energy
use, furnace design, refractories, automatic control, and atmospheres
as applied to industrial process heating. Students will gain a basic
understanding of heat transfer principles, fuels and combustion equipment,
electric heating, and instrumentation and control for efficient operation of
furnaces and ovens in 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
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
Fundamentals of Electrical Heatin
• 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
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 Advanced Process Heating On-Line Course.
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