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All Process Industries

Ensuring the Safety of Industrial Combustion Systems

Dale P. Smith, CMRP, Honeywell Thermal Solutions
The importance of safety in industrial ovens, furnaces and other combustion systems cannot be overstated. Hundreds of combustion-related incidents and near misses occur every year, resulting in millions of dollars …
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Technology

Optimizing Burner Management and Combustion Control with Safety PLCs

Ron Sustich, Siemens Digital Industries
When the 2011 edition of the industrial ovens safety standard NFPA 86 was released, for the first time, safety programmable logic controllers (PLCs) were recognized as logic devices suitable for …
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Equipment

Heat Transfer in Chemical Processes

Charles Young, Tricor Metals
The transfer of heat from one fluid to another is an essential component of all chemical processes. Whether it is to cool down a chemical after it has been formed …
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Heaters

What Caused My Heater to Shut Down?

Ron Henry, Heatec Inc.
Most modern thermal fluid heaters at industrial plants are reliable, so unexplained heater shutdowns do not happen often. As a result, many plant operators do not know how to fix …
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Heat Transfer Fluids

Heat Transfer Fluid Monitoring and Remediation

Richard BeemsterBoer, ORG Chem Group
Thirty years ago, heat transfer fluid (HTF) manufacturers would sell virgin fluids at inflated prices and dispose of the used thermal fluids without regard for the potential of remediating the …
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Technology

Collaborative Online Tools Optimize Build-to-Order

Randy Brown, Watlow
In the ever-evolving consumer economy, new technology is regularly transforming communication between buyers, sellers and manufacturers. In the consumer marketplace, buyers have unprecedented access to nearly any product imaginable. …
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All Process Industries

Controlling Combustion for Fired Heaters

Jose Córcega, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion Tom Korb, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion Chad Carroll, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion
A typical control approach for an industrial fired heater uses global measurements to keep the system efficient and within safe operating limits. Differences in combustion stoichiometry between individual burners, however, …

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