Conventional burners can be replaced by high pressure burners .Fuel efficient burners are available .Weishaupt burners and benetone burners.Burners efficiency results in low fuel comsumption.
Following factors helps in fuel consumption
1. air fuel ratios
2. flue gas recycling
3. nozzles sizes
4. Proper maintenance of burners .
Feed water could be heated from waste heat -flue gas by putting up either recuperator or heat exchanger
Heat loss can be reduced by proper insulation .
Steam traps to provided in proper distance as per requirement steam traps help in improving quality of steam .
Make use of condensate water into feed water.
Replace boilers with hot water generators wherever possible . hot water generators does not fall into IBR regulations ,hence requirement of inspection from Boilers inspectors are eliminated
Minimise boiler blow down .Install automatic blow down control
Install removable insulation on valves and fittings
Inspect and repair faulty steam traps
Preheat combustion air with waste heat
Insulate exposed heated oil tanks
Inspect for scales & sediments on
water side.Inspect for soot,flyash and slag on fire side .
OVEN AND FURNANCES.
Oven / Furnances have insulation lining which if proper can reduce heat loss.
Check against infiltration of air : Use doors or air curtains
Improve burner design , combustion control and instrumentation .
Waste heat generated can be utilised for heating water and pre heat in take air . recuperators and heat exchangers can be installed to use waste heat from flue gases .
INSULATION
Insulation are required for various industrial application such as Ovens. Furnances,heaters,boilers,storage tanks,pipings,steam.chilled water pipelines etc .These insulations are made up of mineral wool,silica , alumina and mulite . Insulation can save heat losses considerably .While selecting insulation material check thermal properties,physical and chemical speciifcations