INDUSTRIAL FURNACE & THERMAL PROCESS ENGINEERING
INDUSTRIAL FURNACE & THERMAL PROCESS ENGINEERING
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- Session recordings included
- Certificate of completion
Why enroll
Engineers enroll in the Industrial Furnace & Thermal Process Engineering Master Program to gain practical expertise in furnace operation, combustion systems, thermal process optimization, troubleshooting, and industrial heating technologies used in steel, aluminium, galvanizing, ceramic, and heat treatment industries. The course helps professionals understand real plant operations, improve problem-solving skills, reduce fuel and energy losses, and gain confidence in handling furnace design, automation, refractory systems, EPC documentation, and commissioning activities. It is highly valuable for engineers seeking career growth, technical specialization, and industry-ready knowledge through real industrial case studies and advanced thermal engineering concepts.
Your instructor
Bhushan Garde
Consultant
India
Is this course for you?
You should take this if
- You work in Energy & Utilities or Oil & Gas Upstream
- You're a Chemical & Process / Power Plant Engineering professional
- You have 3+ years of hands-on experience in this field
- You prefer live, instructor-led training with Q&A
You should skip if
- You're new to this field with no prior experience
- You need a different specialisation outside Chemical & Process
- You need fully self-paced, on-demand content
Course details
Industrial Furnace & Thermal Process Engineering Master Program is a comprehensive industry-oriented training program designed for engineers working in steel plants, galvanizing lines, rolling mills, aluminium industries, ceramic plants, heat treatment facilities, EPC companies, and furnace OEM sectors. The course provides deep technical understanding of heat transfer, combustion engineering, furnace efficiency, burner systems, and thermal process optimization used in real industrial operations. Participants will gain practical knowledge of reheating furnaces, walking beam furnaces, galvanizing furnaces, annealing lines, aluminium furnaces, kilns, and heat treatment systems along with metallurgical and process concepts. The program also covers furnace design engineering including heat load calculations, burner sizing, refractory selection, insulation, draft calculations, and mechanical design awareness. Advanced modules on PLC, SCADA, Burner Management Systems (BMS), safety interlocks, oxygen trim control, and industrial automation help participants understand modern furnace operations and safety practices. Real plant troubleshooting topics such as flame instability, refractory failures, high fuel consumption, temperature non-uniformity, oxidation, and pressure instability are explained with root cause analysis techniques and industrial case studies. The training further includes EPC and vendor documentation such as GA drawings, datasheets, refractory layouts, heat balance sheets, erection procedures, commissioning practices, SAT/FAT, and burner tuning methodologies. By the end of the program, participants develop strong practical expertise in industrial furnace operation, thermal system design, troubleshooting, energy optimization, commissioning, and process improvement with certification and industry-ready technical confidence.
Course suitable for
Key topics covered
Phase 1 Thermal Engineering Fundamentals
Module 1 - Heat Transfer Engineering
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Stefan Boltzmann Law
Heat balance
Furnace efficiency
Module 2 - Combustion Engineering
Air fuel ratio Excess air Fuel gases
LPG / PNG / FO / HSD / Hydrogen
Burner fundamentals
Flame characteristics
NOx & CO generation
Phase 2 Steel Mill Furnaces
Module 3 - Continuous Steel Mill Furnaces
Pusher Furnaces
Slab movement philosophy
Skid marks
Temperature uniformity
Reheating concepts
Walking Hearth Furnaces
Hearth movement
Heat distribution
Mechanical synchronization
Walking Beam Furnaces
Beam mechanism
Water cooled beams
Beam failure troubleshooting
Rotary Hearth Furnaces
Circular heating philosophy
Drive system
Sealing issues
Phase 3 Heat Treatment Furnaces
Module 4 - Batch & Continuous Heat Treatment Furnaces
Roller Hearth Furnace
Conveyor Furnace
Bogie Hearth Furnace
Top Hat Furnace
Chamber Furnace
Integral ǫuench Furnace
Hardening
Annealing
Tempering
Normalizing
Stress relieving
Metallurgical properties
Phase 4 CONTINUOUS GALVANIZING LINE (CGL)
Module 5 - Galvanizing Process Engineering
Heating Sections
Horizontal NOF
Vertical NOF
ART heating systems
Cooling Systems
Jet cooling
Cooling after galvanizing
Quenching
Zinc Pot Area
Pot furnaces
Zinc bath temperature
Dross formation
Strip Handling
Hot bridle
Jet wiping machines
Phase 5 COLOR COATING LINES (CCL)
Module 6 - Paint & Coating Oven Systems
Catenary Convection Ovens
Thermal Oxidizers
Heat Recovery Systems Topics:
VOC treatment
Solvent burning
Exhaust systems
Oven airflow balancing
Phase 6 CONTINUOUS ANNEALING LINES (CAL)
Module 7 - Annealing Line Technology
Vertical Annealers
Horizontal Annealers
Stainless Steel Annealers
Copper & Brass Annealers
Topics:
Strip metallurgy
Controlled atmosphere
Hydrogen furnace safety
Cooling curves
Phase 7 Aluminium Furnaces
Module 8 - Aluminium Thermal Systems
Melting Furnaces
Holding Furnaces
Homogenizing Furnaces
Aging Furnaces
Topics: Molten aluminium handling
Burner optimization
Metal loss reduction Energy efficiency
Phase 8 Ceramic & Kiln Engineering
Module 9 - Kiln Technology
Tunnel Kilns
Shuttle Kilns
Bell Kilns
Tempering Kilns Dryers
Topics:
Firing curves
Ceramic heating zones
Kiln atmosphere
Refractory failures
Phase 9 Lime & Dolomite Kilns
Module 10 - Calcination Technology
Lime production
Dolomite processing
Rotary kiln operation
Fuel optimization
Phase 10 Furnace Design Engineering
Module 11 - Furnace Design Basics
Design Topic
Heat load calculation
Burner sizing
Refractory selection
Insulation thickness
Draft calculation
Air requirement
Mechanical Design Awareness
Expansion joints
Structural supports
Skid systems
Cooling systems
Phase 11 Combustion & automation
Module 12 - Automation Systems
PLC Basics
Burner Management System (BMS)
SCADA
Interlocks Safety systems Topics:
Flame scanners
Purging sequence
Emergency shutdown
Oxygen trim control
Phase 12 Refractory Engineering
Module 13 - Refractory Technology
Castables
Ceramic fiber
Fire bricks
Anchor systems
Refractory dryout
Phase 13 Troubleshooting Masterclass
Module 14 - Industrial Troubleshooting
Common Failures
Temperature non uniformity
Flame instability
High fuel consumption
Refractory collapse
Strip defects
Oxidation
Burner trips
Coil overheating
Furnace pressure instability
RCA Techniques
Root cause analysis
CAPA
Failure investigation
Phase 14 Vendor Document Engineering
Module 15 - EPC & Vendor Documentation
GA drawing
Instrument list
Datasheet
Burner drawings
Refractory layout
Heatbalancesheet
Phase 15 Site & Commissioning
Module 16 - Erection & Commissioning
Alignment
Dryout procedure
Burner tuning
Refractory curing
SAT/FAT
Performance guarantee test
Opportunities that await you!
Career opportunities
Training details
This is a live course that has a scheduled start date.
