Start Date: 18 Jan, 2026
End Date: 22 Jan, 2026
Duration: 5 Days
Overview:
This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of the operation and troubleshooting of heat exchangers, as well as the problems that may occur during the operation of fired heaters. The course will also cover the principles of heat transfer and the factors that affect heat transfer, as well as the flow arrangements of fluids inside heat exchangers and the various types, including their major components. During this course, participants will learn to apply the proper procedure in taking out of services and putting in service of heat exchangers, identify the various types of furnaces and the significant parts of a horizontal and vertical furnace, recognize the types of gas burner and its properties, apply combustion process, employ furnace start-up, shutdown and troubleshooting, identify the thin tube, hot spot, tube fireside heater, furnace explosion, flame temperature, flame stability and combustion.
Course Objectives:
- Operate and troubleshoot heat exchangers and fired heaters in a professional manner.
Discuss the principles of heat transfer and the factors affecting heat transfer.
Illustrate the flow arrangements of fluids inside heat exchangers and identify the types, along with their major components.
Apply proper procedure in taking out of service and putting in service heat exchangers.
List the various types of furnaces and identify the major parts of a horizontal and vertical furnace.
Describe the various types of gas burners, including their properties and the combustion process.
Employ furnace start-up, shutdown and troubleshooting.
Identify thin tube, hot spot, tube fire side heater, furnace explosion, flame temperature, flame stability and combustion.
Evaluate the performance of heat transfer equipment
Identify the best practice operation procedures of heat exchangers
Identify the problems of heat exchangers and recommended solutions
Identify the safe operating procedures for fired heaters
Identify the issues of fired heaters and recommended solutions
Course Content:
1- Basics of Heat Transfer and Combustion
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
Fouling and Heat Transfer
Combustion Reactions
Lean, Rich and Stoichiometric Combustion
Excess Air and Combustion Efficiency
Premixed and Diffusion Combustion
Techniques for NOx Control
2- Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Types of Heat Exchangers
Main Components of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Operation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Factors Affecting the Performance of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Troubleshooting of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
3- Compact Heat Exchangers
Main Components of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
Operation of Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
Troubleshooting of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
Types of Plate Heat Exchangers
Main Components of Plate Heat Exchangers
Factors Affecting the Performance of Compact Heat Exchangers
Operation of Plate Heat Exchangers
Troubleshooting of Plate Heat Exchangers
4- Components and Operation of Fired Heaters
Classification of Fired Heaters
Application of Fired Heaters
Parts of Fired Heaters
Control of a Fired Heater
Operating a Fired Heater
Responding to Abnormal Operating Conditions
Case Studies
5- Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Fired Heaters
Factors Affecting the Performance of Fired Heaters
Optimising Fired Heater Operation
Performance Monitoring
Draft, Coking and Skin Temperature
Troubleshooting of Fired Heaters
Case Studies
Targeted Audience:
Process Plant Shift Leaders
Environmental and Safety Technicians
Supervisors and Operators
Mechanical Technicians
Maintenance Engineers
