Process Heaters
Process Heaters
Process Heaters
800 - 900 C
150mm TO 200mm
thick castable
refractory Bottom floor
200mm thick
castable
refractory with
one layer of
CERAWOOL 1300 - 1600 C brick lining
LINING CAN BE
APPLIED INSTEAD
OF REFRACTORY
DETAIL OF CERAWOOL LINING
Bitumastic
paint coating
Cerawool is not used in furnaces with oil
fired burners.
Cost is high
Fire Box and Refractory Layer
• Section contains the burners (under it)
the open flames, and combustion gases.
• Fire box is lined with refractory brick
(usually white/tan in color, lightweight,
chalk-like, ceramic material) lining that
can handle high temperatures and
reflects heat back into the furnace.
Fire Box and Refractory Layer
• Refractory layer includes a brick layer and
stainless steel rods (sometimes a wire
mesh) that attach to the brick.
• “Peep” holes so the operator/engineer can
view the firebox ‘flame’, get a temperature
reading, etc.
• Fire box temperature typically 1,800 oF.