Optimizing Furnace Operations for Aluminium and Saving Energy
Industrial Manufacturing · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900
Overview
To provide in-depth knowledge of Aluminiumfurnace operation in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, and inculcateawareness of the main safety and reliability constraints.
Learning Objectives
To describe industrial combustion phenomena and calculate the air/fuel ratio for optimum combustion.
To identify bad-quality combustion from flue gas analysis and flame study, and implement corrective steps.
To list and apply the main steps of a furnace start-up procedure.
To recognize the main Aluminium operating and material constraints for an optimal, safe and reliable furnace operation.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for aluminium operators, panel operators, supervisors and plant managers of refining, and other professionals seeking to strengthen their capability in this area.
Aluminium Operators
Panel operators
Supervisors and plant managers of refining
Course Outline
Day 1 — Different types of furnace. Operating conditions
Scope and limitations for improving furnace efficiency.
Construction of heat exchange areas and refractory materials: tube bundle arrangement, insulation, type of materials used and operating limits.
Day 2 — Combustion conditions: liquid and gas fuel…
Burners: fuel and air supply and mixture. Conventional and low NOx burners operation.
Combustion quality: analysis of the oxygen and the unburned material in the flue gases, control of combustion air flow rate and air/fuel ratio.
Day 3 — Combustion safety: flame detection, control and safety…
Heat transfer to the tube coil: control parameters.
Heat control: process fluid outlet temperature, fuel flowrate control.
Day 4 — Most important furnace temperature and constraints:…
Application: furnace temperature profile and heat recovery distribution as a function of fuel burned and combustion air excess.
On-stream furnace operations: monitoring of combustion and heating. Modifying operating conditions. Analysis of disturbances. Key points for safe operation, operating conditions control and follow-up.
Day 5 — Start-up and shutdown: preparation, safe ignition…
Incidents: explosive atmosphere in the radiation zone, tube rupture, unbalancing of the heat, etc.
Diagnostic facilities; troubleshooting.
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa industrial and manufacturing courses cover?
The portfolio covers lean manufacturing and Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kaizen and 5S, production planning and scheduling, industrial automation and control, plant operations and operational excellence — taught by practitioners with real plant experience.
Who should attend an industrial or manufacturing course?
These courses suit production and manufacturing engineers, plant and shift supervisors, operations and continuous-improvement managers, industrial and process engineers, maintenance planners, and quality staff working on throughput, waste or downtime reduction.
How long are industrial and manufacturing courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa industrial and manufacturing courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can industrial and manufacturing training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa industrial and manufacturing course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.