The convection section of a fired heater is where thermal efficiency is won or lost. Flue gas leaves the radiant section at 400–650 °C, carrying as much as 35% of the fuel's heat release. A properly...
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The convection section of a fired heater is where thermal efficiency is won or lost. Flue gas leaves the radiant section at 400–650 °C, carrying as much as 35% of the fuel's heat release. A properly...
READ MOREAfter three years on a delayed coking unit, a fired heater's flue gas outlet temperature had drifted from 180 °C to 246 °C. The burners were tuned and the radiant tubes looked sound, yet fuel gas con...
READ MOREYour reformer furnace tube just failed after only 38 months in service. The replacement quote says eight weeks, but your turnaround window closes in six. A ruptured tube is never just a tube—it is lo...
READ MOREA common complaint on ethylene unit shifts is the same: the furnace fires harder every week, the coil outlet temperature drifts, and the radiation pyrometer shows bright spots on one coil leg. The us...
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