Burner Management Systems

Course Description

The function of a burner management system (BMS) is to assure safe operation of the combustion associated with boilers, ovens, kilns, process heaters and furnaces. The BMS provides a safe start-up procedure and stops fuel flow if conditions are detected that affect the safety of the unit. Withthe advancement of microprocessor technology, programmable systems have become the preferred solution for burner management design. Programmable systems offer enhanced capabilities for operator graphics and diagnostics as well as ease of system expansion and modification. Since the failure modes of microprocessor technology is not readily predictable, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and a number of other agencies (FM, IRI, TUV etc.) have established recommended practices and guidelines for applying this technology in burner management applications.

• Understand the hazards of combustion
• Develop an understanding of NFPA, ISA and IEC standard requirements for BMS programmable systems.
• Identifying safety functions of combustion systems.
• How to determine SIL levels for BMS design.
• How to review BMS Logic and P&ID?s
• How to design compliant BMS safety functions
• How to verify that BMS designs are optimized for risk reduction and economics

• Control Engineers
• Safety Engineers
• Engineering Management

• Purpose of Burner Management Systems. Causes of Furnace Explosions / Implosions, Overview of Combustion Equipment, Standards covering Burner Management Systems, Burner Management System Interlocks/Safety Instrumented Functions
• Light-off Sequences, Selecting Safety Integrity Levels for rner Management System Interlocks, Quantitative Reliability Analysis of Burner Management System Interlocks, Function testing, Documentation.

2 Days

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