Burner Management Systems (BMS) are found in almost every type of process facility, from a simple boiler to a complex, multi-burner process-fired heater unit or power generation boiler. The need for safe operation of these units is always present.
TMR-based burner management systems improve plant operations by providing safe and reliable start-up, operation, and shutdown of the burners and fuel equipment associated with combustion process. The BMS prevents burner start-up if the proper conditions have not been met and initiates burner shutdown if any unsafe conditions occur. The BMS logic is implemented in a fault-tolerant TMR control architecture that ensures that "no single point of failure" will cause an inadvertent shutdown of burner equipment, or prevent the boiler from being tripped automatically by the BMS logic or manually by an operator. All system failure modes are designed so that a loss of any component will not only trigger an alarm but will also allow the system to isolate the failure and to continue providing safe operation.
Triconex BMS system can be supplied as stand alone systems or tightly integrated with a DCS or local HMI.
Value Proposition Statement
Installing a Triconex burner management system in your facility can significantly improve your company's bottom line. Triconex Burner Management systems:
- Increase process availability by minimizing downtime caused by erroneous trips or difficulties with obsolete burner management equipment
- Significantly reduce hazards to personnel and the environment due to explosion or other undesirable events
- Protect against damage to combustion process equipment
- Improve system status monitoring and fault determination through immediate diagnostics failure identification
- Reduce insurance premiums through strict compliance with applicable local and international standards
Process References List
Boiler types
- Front-fired
- Opposed-fired
- Down-fired turbo furnace
- Tangential (single & dual furnaces)
- Cyclone-fired
- Circulating fluidized bed
- Heat recovery steam generators
- Recovery boilers
Fuel types
- Natural Gas
- Process Gas
- Coke Oven Gas
- Low Btu GAS
- Light Oils
- Heavy Oils
- Petroleum Coke
- Coal
- Wood Bark
- Refuse-derived Fuel
Application Notes
Boiler and BMS Application Guide (pdf)
Most BMS applications follow NFPA standards. We have included some information on NFPA here for your reference. For further information on how to apply the NFPA standards we suggest you contact Premier Consulting or other agencies that can assist you in this effort.
- NFPA General Requirements: The logic system for burner management shall be specifically designed so that a single failure in that system shall not prevent an appropriate shutdown.
- According to the NFPA 8501 Code Book: "The basic cause of a furnace explosion is the ignition of accumulated combustible mixture with the confined space of furnace or the associated boiler passes, ducts, and fans that convey the gases of combustion to the stack."
Triconex-based flame management systems are specifically applied to address these and other types of furnace dangers. The Triconex-based logic system is a fault tolerant system and provides outputs in a particular sequence in response to external inputs and the internal governing logic program.
