Combustion Consulting

Tailored to your facility's needs. Our expert combustion engineers can provide the following:

Furnace Description and Control System Documentation:
- Detailed review and documentation of the furnace, control system, and valves.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Review:
- Evaluation and assistance with modifications or completion of your SOP for tuning.
- Demonstration of proper tuning procedures, motorized control valve adjustments, and gas regulator evaluation and adjustment.
Hands-On Training:
- Practical training for your combustion team or maintenance personnel.
Fire Rate Calculation:
- Calculate the recommended fire rate for the system.
Fuel Usage and Operational Cost Analysis:
- Evaluate fuel usage and operational costs, providing justification for any recommended modifications.

Furnace Efficiency and Load Capability Analysis:
- Calculate furnace efficiency and load capability, with guidance on tracking and optimizing these metrics.

Improvement Recommendations:

- Provide short-term, medium-term, and long-term recommendations for furnace improvements.

Services:

Energy Assessments: Comprehensive energy assessments to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
EHS Reporting and Critical-to-Quality Metrics: Support for environmental, health, and safety reporting, and development of critical-to-quality metrics.
Thermal Imaging and Load Temperature Studies: Conduct load temperature studies and utilize thermal imaging to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
Radiant Tube Failure Mitigation: Strategies to prevent and mitigate radiant tube failures.
Controlled Atmosphere Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting and optimization of controlled atmosphere systems.
Control System Evaluation and Optimization: Evaluate, optimize, and modify control systems for improved performance.
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Deliverables

Service Call Report: Comprehensive report highlighting observations, providing...
- Furnace Description: Overview of the furnace being serviced.
- Control System Layout: Diagram and description of the control system.
- Recommended 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:
  - Pressure or Pressure drops.
  - 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.

Chris Wyant

VP - Service

Joe Mraz

Mechanical Engineer - Field Service Manager

Who Will Be There?

Joe Mraz, a newly certified ISO 50001 Lead Auditor, who helps our partners establish, manage, and improve energy efficiency at metal processing facilities across the country.

Chris Wyant, a certified Process Heating Specialist, brings his education and years of combustion process experience to help educate our customers on the importance of proper combustion while helping solve your toughest combustion problems.

In addition to these certifications, our combustion engineering experience, combined with our tech-enabled Furnace Management Solutions, makes us unmatched when it comes to reducing emissions and increasing throughput.

Combustion Consulting