Techniques to Improve Combustion Reliability at the Unit Level

Presented By

Scott Reynolds - Zeeco

Conference: Galveston 2015

Unit engineers and maintenance and operations personnel face daily challenges to ensure vital process equipment remains safely and compliantly online without costly, unexpected system failure.

This presentation will offer a series of five techniques to help operators avoid combustion interruptions that adversely impact production. Based on hands-on, real-world experience by combustion engineers, these techniques should be applied regularly to improve system integrity and extend equipment life.

Five Techniques to Improve Combustion Reliability

  • Operator training: Encompasses operating parameters from a combustion perspective, troubleshooting, and safety and emergency practices.
  • Online maintenance: How is success measured? How do systematic and routine burner maintenance while the unit is online factor into overall success?
  • Out-of-service maintenance: How is success measured? What considerations should be factored in during turnarounds?
  • Combustion monitoring: How is success measured? Presentation will focus on visual monitoring and analytical monitoring.
  • Pilots and pilots monitoring: How is success measured? Presentation will focus on the different burner ignition types and flame verification systems.
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