Our training Schools are led by Ashutosh Garg our Vice President. For more information regarding our training schools please contact 281.980.0325

1. Furnace Improvements Services
Fired Heater School
• Increase technical knowledge
• Improve fired heaters’ operations
• Reduce fuel consumption

2. Efficient Operations
Furnace Improvements Services (FIS) is a full service engineering and consulting company,
having completed over 300 engineering studies and projects. We have experience in design, re-
vamp and troubleshooting all types of refinery fired heaters. We also have been conducting tech-
nical seminars and training schools on various aspects of fired heaters, since May 1997.
We have developed a special training program offering practical tips in a simple language. During
this training, we shall cover the basics of fired heater equipment, combustion reaction, reliability
issues, revamp issues and optimization operations. We will also present actual case studies discuss-
ing various aspects of fired heaters operation and troubleshooting.
2-Day Course Outline
Refinery Fired Heaters
• Energy Consumption Air Preheating Systems
• Types of Fired Heaters • Air Preheater:
• Fired Heaters in Refining – Types and Selection
• Heat Recovery Limitations
Fuels and Combustion •Air Preheater Corrosion
• Heat Transfer
• Combustion Calculations Troubleshooting
• Efficiency Calculations • Coking in Tubes
– Direct Method • Convection Section Fouling
– Indirect Method • Burner/Flame Failure
Burners • Etc.
• Type of Burners
• Sizing & Selection Fired Heater Revamp
• Oil, Gas, Combination Firing • Capacity Increase
• Efficiency Improvement
NOx Emission Control • Case Studies
• NOx Formation
• Low NOx Technologies Fired Heater Operation
• Instrumentation and Control
Refractory • Control Schemes
• Types and Selection Criteria • Tuning Fired Heaters
• Reducing Heat Losses
• Refractory Failures Fired Heater Specifications
• Process Conditions
Stack • Design Requirements
• Design Parameters • Maintenance Considerations
• Draft Profile • Important Parameters
• Damper Selection
For more information contact:
FIS_USA.- (281)-980-0325 info@heatflux.com
Or
Any of our agents. We will be glad to work with you.

3. Better Performance
Instructor
Ashutosh Garg brings to this course more than 35 years of experience in design, engi-
neering, and troubleshooting of fired heaters and combustion systems for the refining
and petrochemical industries.
He graduated from IIT, Kanpur, India, in chemical engineering in 1974. He started as
a graduate engineer in an ammonia plant. This was followed by 6 years at KTI India
and 8 years at EIL, New Delhi, in the heater group. He joined KTI Corporation, San Di-
mas, California, in May 1990 and moved to KTI Houston in 1992. Currently is managing
a team of 50 engineers and designers at Furnace Improvements.
He has published several papers on fired heaters and burners. He is a registered professional engineer and
a member of AIChE and ASME. He is also a member of the API subcommittee of heat transfer equipment.
Students Comments
The course helped improve my understanding of heaters, how they operate and how to improve
furnaces. – James Jones, Coker Unit, Lyondell-CITGO
“All course material has been found to be valuable, reinforcing past experience.”
– Attila Marcus, Flour Daniel, S. Africa
“Very good information received from the faculty, the knowledge gained is useful for day to day
operation” – Atul B. Kulkarni, HPCL
“Overall content was very good and there were many ideas to optimize our unit furnaces”
– A. Arias, BASF
“I wish I had this course a year ago; Discussion on levels of Burner NOx capabilities, information
on vendor products, pitfalls to avoid and suggestions for revamps are the most valuable topics in
the course” – Andy Holman, ConocoPhillips
“The course was outstanding - beginning to end”. - D.G Shepard, Equilon Enterprises
“A complete overall training of every aspect of Fired Heaters”
– Bobby Coleman, Fina Oil & Chemical
“The course offered an excellent over-
view of all the technology pertaining to
NOx reduction in fired heaters and
boilers”.
– Ben Chen, BP

4. Low Cost Value Added Solutions for Fired Heaters
Our Clients We have an Agent near You.
AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE,
NEWZEALAND, INDONESIA TAIWAN
& MALAYSIA Douglas Chang
Kate Gimblett Tel: +8862-2706-1544
Tel: +61 (0) 7 5435 2205 Mobile: +8869-2106-9827
Mobile: +61 (0) 417 087 129 china.abc@msa.hinet.net
www.energysystem.com.au
BRAZIL U.A.E., OMAN, QATAR
Jose Fleischmann Sarwar Ali
Tel: (+55) 11-5641-4361 Tel: +971-6742-5035
Fax: (+55) 11-5641-4361 Mobile: +9715-0631-7452
jofleis@attglobal.net mists@emirates.net.ae
VENEZUELA, COLUMBIA,
CANADA
ARGENTINA & ARUBA
Paul Henry
Carlos Alarcon
Tel: +450-676-3222
Tel: +58-441-6609-3444
Fax: +450-676-5997
Fax: +58-441-4366-8406
bjuren@bellnet.ca
caav-ramasco@cantv.net
INDIA CALIFORNIA, USA
R. Rajamani David P. Diggins
Tel: + 91 94483 79108 Tel: +94-9497-6551
Tel: +91 80 65971113 Mobile:+94-9463-8591
rajamani@iprefining.com digginsinc@cox.net
INDIA LOUISIANA, USA
Ajai Agarwal Charles H. Thatcher
Tel: +9111-4214-3751 Tel: 985-892-4224
Mobile:+9198-1015-9901 Mobile: 985-966-5513
aqology@gmail.com cht@bellsouth.net
KUWAIT SOUTHEAST, USA
Alex Ambi David Gangle
Tel: +965-2482-9160 ext.126 Tel: +20-5437-1702
Mobile: +965-3384-1712 Mobile:+20-5542-7006
alex@alzahemgroup.com dgangle@gancoheat.com
TEXAS, USA
MEXICO
Stan McHugh
Lorena Nieto G.
Tel: +713-839-8788
Cel: (04455)43493284
Mobile:+713-703-8907
lorenanietogarfias@gmail.com
sam.co@sbcglobal.net
UTAH, MONTANA, NEVADA,
SAUDI ARABIA
IDAHO, WYOMING;
Azfar Mahmood
Allan Woodbury
Tel: +966-3899-6333
Tel: +801-274-3333
Mobile: +9665-3451-2635
Mobile: +801 918-4826
azfar@smartbde.com
northassociates@yahoo.com
FURNACE IMPROVEMENTS SERVICES
Furnace Improvements Services Inc. A.G. Furnace Improvements Pvt. Ltd.
1600 Highway 6 South, Suite 480 K-33, Ground Floor
Sugar Land, Texas 77478 USA Opp. Balaji Estate, Kalkaji
Tel: (281) 980-0325 New Delhi, India 110019
Fax: (832) 886-1665 Tel: 91-11-405-8-8696
Email: info@heatflux.com
www.heatflux.com