Low Cost Solutions for Fired

Heaters and Boilers

Fired Heater Revamp

 High Quality Technical Work

Furnace Improvements Services (FIS) is a full service engineering and consulting

company, having completed more than 300 studies and projects.
FIS currently has a team of 45 skilled engineers on board with offices in Sugar Land, TX
and in New Delhi, India. We have experience in design and revamp of all refinery fired
heaters.

Revamping

Revamping fired heaters is a practical and effective way to improve heater perform-
ance. This focuses on working with existing components and as a result, investment
and downtime is minimized. Revamping provides:
Longer Run Lengths
Capacity Increases
Efficiency Improvement
NOx Reduction

Our Revamp Services

Furnace Improvements’ scope of services includes but is not limited to:

Engineering
Project Management
Procurement
Fabrication
Site Services

Revamping Process
A fired heater revamping project typically has the following phases:
Phase I → Engineering Study +/- 30% Cost Estimates.
Phase II → Project Design Basis Report +/- 10% Cost Estimates.
Phase III → Detailed Engineering and Project Services.
 Do it Once, Do it Right!

FIS Technologies
Heaters have many common problems such as low capacity, high tube skin temperature, coking
issues and bad burner flame. To combat these issues FIS developed and patented three different
technologies.

CASE STUDY. We were hired to improve the efficiency of a Platformer Heater, and reduce the NOx
emissions to 0.06 lb/MMBtu. The client did not want to generate steam or preheat combustion air to
improve efficiency. The stack temperatures were over 1100 F. Thermal efficiency of the heater was
only 66%.

FIS analyzed the heater and presented the following proposal:

FIS patented Split Flow Technology divides the process fluid into two streams. The convection section
heats approximately 25 – 30% of the total flow and the rest is heated by the radiant section to the
same temperature. The exiting fluids from both sections are then combined into one stream. This re-
quires smaller process piping and a narrow convection section. The existing stacks could be re-used
which eliminated the need for additional duct work and a grade mounted stack.
Improvements were:

Increased capacity by 33%

Increased the thermal effi-
ciency from 67% to 86%
Decreased the NOx emission
level to 0.06 lb/MMBtu

The pressure drop is lower and the fir-

ing rate also went down. The installa-
tion costs were half compared to that
of the conventional series flow design.
The estimated fuel savings were ap-
proximately 6 million dollars per year.

The job was completed in October

2002 and has been running without
any problems .
Some of our Our Agents Around the
clients: World:
BAHRAIN TAIWAN
George Mathew Douglas Chang
Tel: 00 973 17 785757 Tel: 886-2-2706-1544
Fax: 00 973 17 785034 Mobile:886-921-069-827
(M): 00973 36683942 China.abc@msa.hinet.net
instrum@aljazeerais.com
VENEZUELA, ARUBA,
BRAZIL
ARGENTINA & COLUMBIA
Jose Fleischmann
Tel: (55) 11-5641-4361
Carlos Alacron
Tel: 58-4416-6093444
Fax: (55) 11-5641-4361
Fax: 58-414-3668406
Jofleis@attglobal.net
caav-ramasco@cantv.net

CANADA
CALIFORNIA, USA
Paul Henry
Bjurn Ltd.
David P. Diggins
Tel: (949)497-6551
Tel: 450-676-3222
Mobile: (949) 463-8591
Fax: 450-676-5997
digginsinc@cox.net
Bjuren@bellnet.ca

INDIA LOUISIANA, USA

Ajal Agarwal Charles H. Thatcher
Tel: 985-892-4224
Tel: (+9111) 421-43751
Mobile: 985-966-5513
Mobile:(+91) 981-01-59901
cht@bellsouth.net
aqology@gmail.com

KUWAIT TEXAS, USA

Alex Ambi Stan McHugh
Tel: (713)839-8788
Tel: (965) 248-29160 ext.126
Mobile: (713) 703-8907
Mobile: (965) 338-41712
Sam.co@sbcglobal.net
alex@alzahemgroup.com

SAUDI ARABIA
Azfar Mahmood
Tel: +966-3-899-6333
Mobile: +966-5-3451-2635
azfar@smartbde.com

FURNACE IMPROVEMENTS SERVICES

Low Cost Solutions for Fired Heaters and Boilers

1600 Highway 6, Suite 480 K-33, Kalkaji

Sugar Land, Texas 77478 New Delhi-110019
Tel: (281) 980-0325 Tel: 91-11-405-8 8696
Fax: (832) 886-1665 Tel 2: 91-11-262-8 6775
Email: info@heatflux.com
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