Balance & Tuning

What is a Balance and Tuning?

PSNERGY’s proprietary technology allows our combustion engineers to evaluate the entire furnace at the same time. Cloud-based sensing technology provides a comprehensive view of the furnace, zones, and burners. This view simplifies the tuning process and ensures the highest level of precision and efficiency.

The graph above,  Dancing Dots, demonstrates how much a combustion system can vary over time.

Why Perform a Combustion Balance and Tune?

Balancing and tuning your furnace is crucial to maintaining its efficiency, safety, and longevity.

By having our team:

• Optimize your burners air-fuel ratio
• Set proper burner fire rates
• Evaluate key combustion system components

We help you achieve:

• Consistent and efficient combustion
• Reduced fuel consumption
• Reduced emissions
• Improved product quality
• Reduced system downtime

Deliverables

• Detailed Adjustments: 
  
  • Proper setting of Motorized Control Valves and Linkages.
  • Balancing burner fire rate between burners desired value, optimizing energy output, and tube life.
  • Tuning all burners in the system to achieve the optimal air-to-fuel ratio.
  • Evaluation of all valves, orifice plates, and regulators (excluding the combustion safety train).

• Service Call Report: 
  
  • Furnace Description: Overview of the furnace being serviced.
    
  • Tuning Procedure: Steps and methodology for tuning.
  • Work Completed: Detailed account of the work performed during tuning.
  • Initial and Final Settings: Documentation of key variables before and after tuning:
    
    • Static/Differential Pressure.
    • High Fire stack excess oxygen readings.
    • Low fire or proportional control oxygen readings, where applicable.
    • CO and NOx readings at radiant tube exhaust.
  • Recommendations: Suggestions for system improvements by the service team.
  • Efficiency Calculations: Calculated improvement in burner efficiency post-tuning. 

Benefits of Balance and Tuning:

• Enhanced Efficiency: Achieve optimal air-to-fuel ratios and balanced fire rates for reduced fuel consumption.
• Improved Safety: Ensure safe operating conditions with properly tuned and balanced combustion systems.
• Increased Longevity: Extend the life of your furnace components by preventing unnecessary wear and tear.
• Cost Savings: Minimize downtime and maintenance costs, and reduce emissions.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Benefit from detailed reports and expert recommendations to continually improve your combustion system.