Great Southern Flameless (GSF) is dedicated to providing the most advanced solutions available to meet end user’s fired heater process and emissions goals.
Flameless combustion technology, also referred to as HITAC (or high temperature air combustion), is not a new technology. It is most often associated with the higher temperature processes of the steel and glass industry.
Applying flameless technology to direct fired refinery heaters presents several unique design challenges. GSF has developed innovative technology that creates flameless combustion at radiant flux rates and flue gas temperatures common to refinery process heaters. GSF’s new technology also meets the industry’s stringent requirements for safety, reliability, operability, and maintainability.
This patented technology permits a wide range of operation (Fuel type and turndown) and a wide selection of heater types. GSF now offers a conventional process heater design that can also be operated in Flameless mode for extreme NOx reduction (3-8 ppm) without an SER. Flameless heater technology improves efficiency (91% – LHV) significantly increases run lengths, reduces fuel consumption and decreases CO2 greenhouse gases by 10-20%.
GSF is dedicated to leading the industry into the next generation of fired heaters. GSF will work with the end user to design and build new heaters or retrofit existing heaters to be safely operated in both conventional and flameless modes.
We invite you to inquire about Great Southern Flameless heaters for your upcoming heater needs.
Flameless Crude Heater
By Great Southern Flameless, LLC
The flameless heater has been in crude service operation since March 15, 2013. The heater has achieved flameless operation with >850°F preheated combustion air. CEMS recorded average NOx = 4.9 ppmvd without SCR (Refinery Fuel Gas).
One of two flameless nozzle groups (each at 5.5 MM Btu/hr LHV heat release) switching from conventional combustion to flameless combustion.