Describe and Operate Indirect-Fired Line Heaters
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Total Pages: 130
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Training Objectives
Upon completion of this training kit on operating indirect-fired gas line heaters, you will be able to:
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Describe the purpose and importance of indirect-fired line heaters |
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Describe line heater:
components and their function
combustion safety controls
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Describe line heater site layouts
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Describe line heater site systems and equipment
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Describe line heater safety |
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Describe manual lighting of line heater burner |
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Describe line heater operating variables and operations monitoring |
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Troubleshoot line heaters |
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Table of Contents
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Training Objectives
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1
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1
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Introduction
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1
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2
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Heat Medium Components
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7
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2.1 Heater Shell
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7
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2.2 Produced Gas Flow Coil
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8
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3
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Combustion Components
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12
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3.1 Fuel Gas Supply
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12
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3.2 Fuel Gas Conditioning System
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16
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3.3 Burner Fuel Gas |
17
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3.4 Burner Assembly
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21
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3.5 Fire Tube Assembly
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27
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4
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Combustion Safety Controls
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28
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4.1 Hazardous/Upset Conditions that Shut Down the Line Heater
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29
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4.2 Pneumatic Combustion Safety Controls
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29
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4.3 Microprocessor-Based Combustion Safety Controls |
32
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Site Layouts
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37
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5.1 Gas Wellsites
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37
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5.2 Gathering System Sites
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39
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6
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Choke Operation
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40
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7
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Site Systems and Equipment
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41
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7.1 Cold-Climate Enclosure Building
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41
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7.2 Chemical Injection Systems
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44
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7.3 Downhole Heat String |
44
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7.4 Flow Measurement
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46
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7.5 Combustible Gas, Toxic Gas, and Fire Detection |
48
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7.6 SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) System
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49
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7.7 Electrical Power System |
51
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7.8 Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Pushbuttons
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52
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Line Heater Safety
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52
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8.1 Safety While Traveling to the Line Heater Site |
52
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8.2 Safety at the Line Heater Site
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53
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8.3 Safety at the Line Heater Building |
57
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8.4 Safety When Leaving the Line Heater Site
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58
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Operating Variables
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58
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10
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Prepare Line Heater for Startup
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59
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10.1 Investigate Line Heater Shutdown |
59
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10.2 Restart Line Heater
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61
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Light Line Heater Burner Manually
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61
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12
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Self-Check
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66
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13
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Self-Check Answer Key
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77
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