ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

BASIC FIRED HEATER CONTROL

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

1 COIL OUTLET TEMPERATURE (COT)

2 FIRING CONTROL

3 SKIN TEMPERATURE CONTROL

4 PASS BALANCE CONTROL

SISSIS Safety
Safety BPCS
BPCS Basic
Basic Process
Process
Instrumented
Instrumented Control
Control Fired heater
System
System System
System
ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

SLOW

TC TT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

FC
TC TT
FT
BURNER GAS

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

PC
TC TT
PT
BURNER GAS

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

Important process temperature swings

Burners constrained TT TC
PROCESS
FLUID BEING
Heater coil protection HEATED
required

<
TY
TC TT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

AIR

PROCESS FT
FLUID BEING
HEATED

FFC

TC TT
FT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

DP FT AIR

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

FFC

TC TT
FT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

O2
AT AC AIR

PROCESS FT
FLUID BEING
HEATED

FC
FC
TC TT
FT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

COMPLEX FIRED HEATER CONTROL

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

By controlling the fuel gas flow rate, we are

controlling the heat released in the fired
heater

Fuel heating = CONSTANT Fired heater

value

FUEL = FUEL GAS

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

By controlling the fuel gas flow rate, we are

controlling the heat released in the fired
heater

X
Fuel heating ≠ CONSTANT Fired heater
value

FUEL = FUEL GAS

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs

By controlling the fuel gas flow rate, we are

controlling the heat released in the fired
heater

X
Fuel heating ≠ CONSTANT Wobbe index analyzer *
value
* Heating-value meter

FUEL = FUEL GAS

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

QC Y

Wobbe index analyzer

TC TT
FT AT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs : Wobbe index analyzer

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL IN P&IDs
FLUE GASES
SINGLE PASS

PROCESS
FLUID BEING
HEATED

QC Y

MASS Specific Gravity

TC TT
FT AT
BURNER

FUEL

FIRED HEATER CONTROL IN P&IDs : Specific Gravity analyzer