Design and Simulation of Fired Heaters Using Aspen Fired Heater

Learn the fundamentals of rating and simulating a fired heater. Understand the requirements for design checking and simulation of fired heaters. Efficiently use the Aspen Fired Heater application to evaluate: Vertical Cylindrical Unit (VCU) with convection bank, Twin cabin firebox, Single cabin fired heater with roof tubes.

Audience:

  • Thermal and process design professionals wishing to enhance their understanding of fired heater design and simulation
  • New engineers wishing to gain experience in heat transfer and fired heater modeling

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    EHX1031

  • Duration:

    1 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    0.7

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Learn the fundamentals of rating and simulating a fired heater
  • Understand the requirements for design checking and simulation of fired heaters

Approach

  • Instruction on basic heat transfer and fired heater modeling topics
  • Discussion about the general approach and the key elements for successful simulations
  • Use of Aspen Fired Heater in rating and simulation exercises given physical property data and geometry.
  • Application of Aspen Fired Heaters to exercises for crude fire heater, twin cabin fired heater and single cabin fired heater with roof tubes
  • Detailed course notes
  • This course assumes that Aspen Fired Heater product is in use

Agenda

Introduction
  •  Introductions and course contents
  •  Workshop session descriptions
  •  Course objectives

Introduction to Fired Heaters
  •  Identify and explain the basic concepts of heat transfer in association with fired heater operation
  •  Recognize how principle features are used for fired heater modeling

Aspen Fired Heater – Program Functionalities
  •  Recognize the features and functional capability of the Aspen Fired Heater application
  •  Rate and Simulate various fired heater configurations
  •  Simulate processes which make effective use of fired heaters
  •  Operate fired heater processes effectively
  •  Trouble-shoot fired heater processes with problems

Workshop Hands-On Aspen Fired Heater Examples
  •  Example 1: Crude Fired Heater One Convection Bank and Single Stream- Simulate a simple, vertical, cylindrical heater with one convection bank and a single crude oil stream.
  •  Example 2: Crude Fired Heater - Adding an Extra Convection Bank–Add tube banks with enhanced surfaces. Specify flow history for a stream that can enter the heater system more than one time.
  •  Example 3: Crude Fired Heater– Adding Extra Stream and Convection Bank. Add additional stream. Use COMThermo Physical property package to create mixture properties for a stream.
  •  Example 4: Twin Cabin Fired Heater – Simulate a twin cabin firebox with dual fuels, 4 convection banks and two process streams.
  •  Example 5: Single Cabin Fired Heater – Rate a single cabin firebox with roof tubes, 5 convection banks and two process streams.

Register for a Class

Date Class Type Location Price Language
Date(s): 05/29/2026 - 05/29/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-EMEA Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 06/11/2026 - 06/11/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Americas Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 06/11/2026 - 06/11/2026 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 08/28/2026 - 08/28/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-EMEA Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 11/27/2026 - 11/27/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-EMEA Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 04/16/2026 - 04/16/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Latin America Price: (USD) 800.00 Language: Spanish Register
Date(s): 04/16/2026 - 04/16/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Latin America Price: (USD) 800.00 Language: Spanish Register
Date(s): 09/3/2026 - 09/3/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Americas Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 12/10/2026 - 12/10/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Americas Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 09/3/2026 - 09/3/2026 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 12/10/2026 - 12/10/2026 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 1100.00 Language: English Register

Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.