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Coker Heater Health Monitoring for Maximum Throughput and Reliability

Modern delayed coker heaters provide the energy to drive the coking process with challenging feeds, wide temperature cycles, and operating constraints. The balancing act maintained by the operations team to hit the correct coil outlet temperature, maintain an even heat flux, manage drum swaps, and remain vigilant to comply with decoke timing can be quite […]

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Process Heater Tube Temperature Monitoring Overview, Best Practices, and Examples

Article published in the Inspectioneering Journal July/August 2022 Issue. High-temperature IR Thermography was pioneered several decades ago as a method for understanding tube temperatures inside fired equipment. While the equipment continues to improve, completing accurate analysis of the data remains very challenging.  It is a complex process to accurately measure tube wall temperatures due to […]

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Process Heater Tube Temperature Monitoring Overview, Best Practices and Examples

High-temperature IR Thermography was pioneered several decades ago as a method for understanding tube temperatures inside fired equipment. While the equipment continues to improve, completing accurate analysis of the data remains very challenging.  It is a complex process to accurately measure tube wall temperatures due to the variable nature of surface scale, combustion characteristics, and […]

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Fired Heater Services 2021 Highlights

2021 was an interesting year for Becht Fired Heater Services.  Below are a few of our more interesting projects or findings. Shock tube coking discovery – Very localized coking in the shock tube section of a small crude heater. These coked locations, one shown below on Ar5, were running substantially hotter even than the lower […]

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Leveraging Enhanced IR and Decoking Process Optimization to Increase Heater and Unit Capacity

Editor’s Note: From the Top is a recurring column in Inspectioneering Journal that explores how di­fferent parts of organizations can partner in a collaborative manner to discover new efficiencies, improved equipment integrity and opportunities to capture additional margin. The year 2020 shifted the traditional mindset of much of our sector. In order to thrive, companies […]

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Heater Experts Solve Common Problems with IR Thermography

Many owner operators in the oil/gas and petrochemical industry know infrared (IR) thermography is a pillar of any robust inspection program. At Becht Fired Heater Services we couple heater experts with advanced IR thermography to not just inspect tubes but to help our clients optimize operation.     One routine challenge is taking IR thermography […]

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