Overview
IHEA Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating course is taught over a 6 week period and designed to give you the flexibility you need, with the interaction with an instructor and forums to communicate with other students in your class. Each week students will be assigned a chapter to read from the Fundamental of Process Heating course book (electronic version included with course registration), and expected to participate in on-line forum discussions and complete weekly quizzes. There is a final exam project which will be assigned during the fifth week of class. The moderator will be available by email to respond to questions and provide clarification.

Need to Know
This course is designed to give the student a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of heat transfer within an industrial furnace and the associated losses and the operation of a heating source either as fuel combustion or electricity. All concepts are derived mathematically with limited use of “rules of thumb “.

As one of our prime objectives, the student will learn how to properly size the heating system to accomplish the required furnace output.

Radiant heat transfer, in particular, is a very complex phenomena requiring rigorous mathematical analysis. It is rarely addressed at the undergraduate level. Therefore, the student should have a solid basis in undergraduate thermodynamics for this course.

WEEKLY CHAPTER OVERVIEW

Group Discount Available - Register 2 or more people from the same company at the same time to receive discounted registration!  The first person will receive the regular rate and each additional attendee will receive a $125 discount!

Cost includes the online course materials sent electronically.  A printed version can also be purchased.  A certificate of completion noting 18 PDHs earned will be given to each attendee who successfully completes the course.

Moderator - Jack Marino

IHEA brings industry expert Jack Marino to lead students in this 6-week online course. Jack is a registered Professional Engineer with over 40 years’ experience in the heat processing business. He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and has a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science from Penn State. Jack began his career as a project engineer and worked his way to VP of Engineering and eventually became the owner and president of Denton Refractory Services Corp., a refractory contracting and furnace construction company. He also started Hauck Manufacturing’s Chinese company and served as President of Hauck Combustion (Nanjing). Marino holds 6 patents in combustion technology and is the author of numerous technical papers. He also led Hauck’s team in the development of "e-solutions for combustion” as well as a major contributor to many of the programs. Mr. Marino’s knowledge and experience offers invaluable resources that online students can access throughout the course.