Direct Fired Heaters
The foundation of our core values and principles
As a global market leader, BIH specialise in the design, engineering, manufacture and supply of Direct Fired Heaters to the downstream oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
BIH – at the heart of refinery operations for decades
BIH are renowned for solving complex technical challenges often pushing process and materials to the limit. All equipment is bespoke to suit a wide range of diverse applications that cost effectively meet each client’s specific requirements whilst minimising environmental impacts.
Direct Fired Heaters supplied by BIH have been at the heart of refinery operations for decades, providing the thermal energy needed to drive high temperature processes such as distillation, cracking and reforming. The evolution into petrochemicals and gas production applications has meant that BIH Fired Heaters are installed in a multitude of diverse production units and with the growth of Low Carbon Fuel production BIH Fired Heaters will remain an essential part of the Energy Transition.
Direct Fired Heaters are designed to client and international standards such as API 560 or ISO 13705. Supplying heaters worldwide, BIH take into consideration the national standards of the country of installation; for example, PED, ARH and CUTR.
BIH Fired Heaters are used in:
BIH’s diverse range of heaters available to suit the above processes include:
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Products and Services
Reformers
Reformers are commonly used in the vital production of ammonia, methanol and hydrogen and will play an integral part in the global energy transition. BIH has the experience and scale to successfully deliver your reformer project.
OTSGs
Having supplied some of the world’s first large scale offshore Once Through Steam Generators (OTSGs) BIH are at the cutting edge of this technology.
WHRUs
With increasing focus on efficiency and environmental impacts, BIH’s Waste Heat Recovery Units (WHRUs) offer the ideal solution for gas turbine or gas stream heat recovery, both on and offshore.
HRSGs
Combining our knowledge of both process heaters and waste heat recovery, Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) are perfectly suited to BIH’s capabilities.
Emission Control
Increasingly stringent regulations on air pollution limits create a challenge for any operating company wishing to install or modify combustion-based equipment.
Modularisation
Managing equipment delivery effectively saving you engineering, logistical and installation costs.
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