Advanced refinery process heater. Annual report, October 1985-September 1986

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6604241

Schreiber, R J; Minden, A

The objective of the project is to develop the prototype of an advanced petrochemical process heater that uses radiant ceramic fiber burners. The heat input of the prototype heater will be about 10 MMBtu/hr, and the heater will be capable of firing either natural gas or refinery process gas. The heater will be designed to take full advantage of the fiber burner's radiant heat-transfer characteristics, an opportunity unavailable in the retrofit of an existing heater with fiber burners. During the third year of the project, a new field-test site was selected. The new site is Evergreen Oil Co. of Newark, California. Also during the year, the conceptual design of the heater and the customized Pyrocore burner were finalized by Alzeta and KTI Corp. (a major subcontractor). The detailed hardware design will begin at the start of the fourth year (October 1986). Installation at the field-test site is scheduled for February-March, 1987.

• Research Organization: Alzeta Corp., Santa Clara, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6604241
• Report Number(s): PB-87-163572/XAB; ALZETA-86-711-130
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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03 NATURAL GAS
034000 -- Natural Gas-- Combustion
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& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Equipment & Processes
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FIBERS
GAS BURNERS
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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PROCESS HEAT
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