Like many of the process industries, thermal processing is a critical necessity to the oil-and-gas industry. Applications range from simple line heaters being fed from a single well to safety instrumented systems at a large-scale refinery. Regardless of the application, the thermal process is measured based on how safe, environmentally friendly and efficient it is.

Use the 2018 edition of our burner selection tool to compare equipment makers and find those with experience with your industrial heating process.

Also called MI cables, mineral-insulated cables have conductors or wires enclosed by a metal jacket and insulated with hard-packed magnesium oxide (MgO).

Features of the Model FT1 include retractors for five probe sizes (15, 18, 24, 30 and 36”); Hart communication option; FM and FMc (Canada) Class I, Division 1 approvals; ATEX and IECEx Zone 1 approvals; and additional gases in the Gas-SelectX material selection menu.

At a basic level, burners are devices used to mix fuel and air (or oxygen) to achieve controlled combustion while producing a specific flame and heat-release pattern. 

You own or operate an industrial boiler or a thermal fluid heater (oil heater). Maybe you are thinking about adding a boiler or upgrading your existing boiler/heater.

The challenges of effectively burning natural gas date back much further than one might think.

Bloom Engineering can honestly call itself a “specialist.” After all, the Pittsburgh-based company has been supplying industrial burners and combustion equipment since 1934.

Upgrading the controls on an existing industrial thermal fluid heater to a linkageless control system will increase efficiency and thereby maximize the return on investment.