How to increase fired heater heat transfer and energy efficiency

How many times have you been reminded that fired heaters have the greatest running cost of fixed equipment on your site? Most fired heaters experience a drop in thermal efficiency over time with degradation coming from both radiant and convective sections. For many units that can ...

IGS Cetek catalytic reformer heater process tube coating

Thermal Inefficiencies. In a high temperature environment, steel alloy process tubes will oxidize immediately and scale will develop. This oxidation scale layer acts as an insulator and will lead to a decrease in heat transfer as the scale increases in thickness. To compensate for the ...

Large crude heater revamp by XRG Technologies

A large crude heater in The Netherlands suffered from reliability, fouling and capacity problems caused by flame impingement. In addition to eliminating this bottleneck, the client wanted to increase heater throughput by 29% and increase fuel efficiency to at least 90%.  XRG evaluated ...

PM PLUS™ PID and Integrated Limited Controller

Watlow’s PM PLUS™, the enhanced EZ-ZONE® PM, is now more intuitive and features an enhanced interface for easier programming and readability with a SMOOTH-TOUCH™ keypad creating an industry leading user experience.

Process heaters application video

With a range of accurate, responsive gas analysis technologies and extensive applications knowledge, Servomex can help make your process heaters and furnaces safer and more efficient.

StaBlox™ Flue Gas Tunnel System

The Blasch StaBlox Tunnel System is a versatile, mechanically stable system consisting of a series of stackable, interlocking blocks. The StaBlox system allows for an extremely fast, easy installation while at the same time offering a much higher level of reliability with ...

WATCONNECT® Standard Control Panels

Watlow® is now offering WATCONNECT® standard control panels that are quickly configured to your specific application requirements and delivered within two weeks. WATCONNECT panels integrate Watlow’s high-quality heater, sensor, temperature controller and power controller products for ...

Watlow SELECT® VISUAL DESIGNER™

Watlow®, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, recently introduced the Watlow SELECT™ Visual Designer™, which is a product configuration tool that uses imagery to quickly and effectively communicate the features of the product being designed ...

Watlow Semiconductor Processing - Adaptive Thermal Systems

Watlow’s Adaptive Thermal Systems (ATS™) are a suite of  technologies that combine sensing, heating and controlling in innovative ways to improve the thermal performance of a customer’s application.

Xceed™ by XRG Technologies

Fired heaters in refineries and petrochemical plants emit millions of tons of CO2 & NOx every year. Lowering those emissions often causes flame quality issues which can reduce the coil life, run lengths, and capacity of your heater. Built on 30 years of research, XRG developed the ...

XRG Technologies - Corporate Video

Companies who are thinking long-term are partnering with engineering experts to develop flexible equipment that doesn’t just meet today’s requirements, but is designed with future environmental goals in mind. As the world fights climate change, our goal here at XRG is to be that trusted ...

Xtend™ by XRG Technologies

The unique design of Xtend™ causes the flow to swirl inside the tube, increasing the amount of heat transferred. This generates more swirl with less pressure drop compared to a conventional twisted tape. The swirling flow: Cools the film on the tube wall Removes coke precursors from ...