Fired Heater Standards

Fired Heater Standards

• ISO 13704 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Calculation of heater-tube thickness in petroleum
refineries / American Petroleum Institute (API) 530, Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum
Refineries
• API 535, Burners for Fired Heater in General Refinery Services
• International Standardization Organization (ISO) 13705, Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Fired
heaters for general refinery service / API 560, Fired Heaters for General Refinery Services
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.5, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings NPS 1/2
Through NPS 24
• ASME B16.47, Large Diameter Steel Flanges NPS 26 Through NPS 60
• ASME 46.1, Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness and Lay)
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section I, Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
• ASME B31.3, Process Piping
• American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) Specifications A 105, A 106, A 182, A 192, A 193, A 194,
A 213, A 216, A 217, A 234, A 240, A 283, A 297, A 312, A 335, A 351, A 376, A 403, A 450, A 530,
A 560, C 27, C 401, and E 446.
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII Division 1, Rules for Construction of Pressure
Vessels
• National, state, and local governmental regulations and laws.
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1. BWT < 1650°F (900°C)

2. Oxygen
• 2 to 3% (gas firing)
• 4 to 5% (oil firing)
3. Fuel
• gas at burner < 30 psig
• oil at burner > 100°C
4. Flame Height = 1/3 to 2/3 firebox height
5. TWT – Process Outlet < 100°F (55°C)
6. Cold-End Approach
• 75°F (42°C) no APH
• 150°F (83°C) w/APH
7. Draft = 0.1” W.C. (2.5 mm W.C.)