CFD development for fired heater applications

Industry values the ability to ‘virtually' verify and optimize burner performance through CFD simulation and to evaluate the suitability of burner and furnace designs. Inaccurate results may lead us to falsely reject good burner designs or accept a poor design. Field problems can be far more expensive to fix in terms of reduced capacity, downtime, or field modifications compared to resolving issues in the CFD model and test furnace prior to fabrication.