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The subject and duration for the following courses can be adapted
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General
Combustion
This
is a training course for engineers, physicists, chemists and other
technicians dealing with design, operation, maintenance, safety
or environment in the field of thermal process industry.
Target:
To
proportion a wide vision about fuels and its combustion systems,
energy conservation and environmental impact.
Duration:
08
hours
Programme
Introduction
1.
Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels
2.
Petroleum fuels
3.
Alternative fuels
Properties
1.
Coal, charcoal, wood and pine knot
2.
Light and heavy fuel oils, kerosene and tar
3.
Natural gas, LPG, town gas, acetylene and hydrogen
4.
Fuel characteristics as heat value, density, viscosity etc.
Storage
and handling of liquid fuels
1.
Storage tanks
2.
Design of pipes
3.
Heating and pumping of heavy oils
4.
Tracing and thermal insulation of pipes and valves
5.
Pressure regulation, flow control and flow measurement
Storage
and handling of gaseous fuels
1.
Ambient temperature and cryogenic storage tanks
2.
Cryogenic vaporisation
3.
Pressure vessels and cylinders for LPG
4.
Liquid transfer operation and vaporisation of LPG
5.
Pipelines, nest of pipes and cylinders for natural gas
6.
Design of pipes for natural gas and LPG
7.
Pressure regulation, flow control and flow measurement
8.
Safety devices
Combustion
1.
Combustion calculation for fuel oils
2.
Combustion calculation for natural gas and LPG
3.
Practical combustion charts
4.
Combustion analysis, analysers and probes
5.
Combustion optimisation
6.
Flue stack and inner pressures
Burners
1.
Burners for fuel oils
2.
Burners for fuel gases
3.
Dual fuel burners
4.
Oxy-fuel burners
Burner
systems
1.
Brazilian standards from ABNT
2.
Flame detection
3.
Flow control and safety shut off
4.
Purging, start up and shut down
Energy
conservation
1.
Combustion air preheating: recuperators and regenerators
2.
Preheating or drying of feedstock
3.
Ballast reduction on batch equipment
4.
Losses reduction on continuous equipment
5.
Oxygen techniques
6.
Thermal balance and Sankey diagram
Environment
impact
1.
Methane, carbon dioxide and greenhouse efect
2.
Carbon monoxide
3.
Soot
4.
NOx formation
5.
Hydrocarbon leaking
Conclusions
and Debates
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Gaseous
Fuels
This
is a training course for engineers, physicists, chemists and other
technicians dealing with design, operation, maintenance, safety
or environment in the field of thermal process industry.
Target:
To
proportion a wide vision about gaseous fuels and its storage systems,
handling, combustion systems, energy conservation and environmental
impact.
Duration:
08
hours
Programme
Introduction
1.
Production processes for fuel gases
2.
Characteristics and properties (heat value, density, Wobbe index,
flame temperature, auto ignition, flammability limits, and flame
velocities)
3.
Replacing natural gas by a LPG-air system
Storage
and vaporisation
1.
Gas holders
2.
Cylinders and nest of pipes
3.
Cryogenic tanks for natural gas and LPG
4.
Pressure vessels for LPG
5.
Vaporisers for cryogenic natural gas
6.
LPG vaporisers
Distribution
1.
Pipelines for natural gas and city gates
2.
LPG and natural gas piping inside the industry
3.
ABNT standards: NBR 13523, 13932, 14024 and 14570
4.
Pipe path
5.
Pipe dimensioning (formulas, charts and tables)
6.
Pressure regulation devices (flow trains, regulators, selection)
7.
Flow control and measurement
8.
Safety systems
Combustion
1.
Combustion calculation for natural gas
2.
Combustion calculation for LPG
3.
Practical charts for excess air of combustion
4.
Combustion analysis and optimisation
5.
Probes and flue gas samples
6.
Draught regulation
Gas
burners
1.
Types for gas burners
2.
Air-gas burners and oxy-fuel burners
3.
Types of flames (neutral, oxidising, reducing and blackening)
4.
Flame stability, lift and flash back
Combustion
systems
1.
ABNT standard: NBR 12313 (new edition from July 2000)
2.
Protection devices (flame monitoring, pressure switches etc.)
3.
Air purging and start up
4.
Safety shut off
5.
Safety and relief devices
Energy
conservation
1.
Combustion air preheating: recuperators and regenerators
2.
Feedstock preheating or drying
3.
Hot ballast reduction for cyclical equipment
4.
Losses reduction for continuous equipment
5.
Oxygen techniques
6.
Heat balance and Sankey diagram
Environment
impact
1.
Replacing fuel oils by natural gas or LPG
2.
Methane, carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect
3.
Carbon monoxide
4.
Soot
5.
NOx formation
6.
Hydrocarbon leaking
Conclusions
and Debates
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Industrial
Application for LPG and Natural Gas
This
is a training course for application engineers, sales personnel,
and other people dealing with application, sales, marketing, design,
operation, maintenance, safety or environment in the field of thermal
process industry.
Target:
To
proportion a wide vision about the application of gaseous fuels
in the industry.
Duration:
08
hours
Programme
Introduction
1.
Fuel gases fundamentals
2.
Combustion for fuel gases
3.
Main uses for the natural gas and LPG: heat generation, engine and
turbine fuel, lubricant, demoulding and propellant.
4.
Advantages of gaseous fuels
Steel
mills application
1.
Steel mill fundamentals
2.
Reheating furnaces for milling and forging
3.
Drying, sintering and heating of ladles
4.
Porous plug control
5.
Booster for electric furnaces
6.
Tundish preheating
7.
Blast furnace gas enrichment
8.
Thermal cutting and scarfing
9.
Gas cutting of scrap
Foundry
and metallurgical application
1.
Foundry and metallurgical fundamentals
2.
Melting furnaces for ferrous and non ferrous
3.
Melting and reducing furnaces for lead and tin
4.
Heat treatment furnaces
5.
Drying, sintering and heating of ladles
6.
Lead refining ladles
7.
Drying and heating moulds
8.
Drying, heating and blackening of ingot moulds
9.
Heating of moulds in casting machines
10.
Stretched tight assembly
11.
Casting machines for zamak, aluminium and lead
12.
Heating in galvanising process
13.
High pressure cylinders forming
14.
Preheating of thick plates for welding
15.
Channel protection for molten metals
Glass
industry application
1.
Glass industry fundamentals, including lead crystal and silicate
2.
Melting furnaces: day tank, recuperative and regenerative
3.
Replacing of electric boost
4.
Refining and conditioning of glass for pressing and blowing
5.
Fix and mobile polishing station
6.
Manual or mechanised cutting and finishing
7.
Glory holes
8.
Heating and blackening of belts and conveyors
9.
Mould lubrication
10.
Lehr annealing furnaces
11.
Lehr furnace for decoration
12.
Ampoules and lamp bulbs machines
13.
Shrink packing
14.
Tap hole heating for frit and silicate furnaces
Ceramic
industry application
1.
Ceramic industry fundamentals
2.
Batch furnaces
3.
Continuous furnaces
4.
Dryers
5.
Low calorific gas enrichment
Chemical
industry application
1.
Preheated air for drying
2.
Steam boilers and water heaters
3.
Incineration of solid, liquid and gaseous waste
Food
industry application
1.
Bakery ovens
2.
Tunnel furnaces for bread, biscuits, cakes and cookies
3.
Wafer ovens
4.
Grain drying
5.
Coffee seed toasting
6.
Maturation of fruits
7.
Drying fruits, leaves and flowers
Other
application
1.
Ink drying
2.
Drying and burning volatile organic compounds from lithography
3.
Drying and polymerisation of painting chambers
4.
Cloth burning
5.
Granite finishing
6.
Propane air blending for natural gas back up
Conclusions
and Debates
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Another
Courses
Another
tailor made courses can be programmed, as listed below. Please ask
for information by e-mail, fax or phone.
1.
Safety in Fuel Gas Installation
2. Flow Measurement
for Gases
3. Combustion and
Energy Conservation Techniques
4. Generation and
Distribution of Heated Water, Steam and Thermal Fluid
5. Design of Piping
for Fuel Gases, according to ABNT Standards
6. Control and Safety
for Combustion Systems According to ABNT Standard
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