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Products Catalog Flame Monitoring & Evaluation Systems

Products Catalog Flame Monitoring & Evaluation Systems
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Products Catalog Flame Monitoring & Evaluation Systems

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Overview: The document is a comprehensive catalog of flame monitoring and evaluation systems offered by BFI Automation Mindermann GmbH under the Flamonitec® brand. It highlights the company's commitment to safety, innovation, and environmental protection in industrial combustion processes.
Company Background: BFI Automation Mindermann GmbH, founded in 1973, is a leader in flame monitoring technology. The company merged with BST Solutions GmbH in 2023 to expand its product portfolio, offering solutions for various industrial applications worldwide.
Product Range: The catalog details various products, including Flame Scanners, Flame Amplifiers, Compact Flame Controllers (CFC), and accessories. Each product is designed to meet stringent safety standards and optimize combustion processes.
Flame Scanners – System 3000: These devices are crucial for monitoring flames in industrial settings. They feature self-checking electronics, a wide spectral sensitivity range (190 to 7000 nm), and are suitable for high-temperature applications. They are certified for safety standards like SIL 2 and SIL 3.
Flame Amplifiers – System 3000: These amplifiers work with flame scanners to provide reliable monitoring and control of combustion systems. They offer multiple sensitivity ranges and are available in various housing options, including Ex-proof for hazardous environments.
Compact Flame Controller – CFC x000: This all-in-one system integrates flame scanning and amplification. It is designed for large steam generators and industrial boilers, offering features like remote parameter adjustment and software-based flame analysis.
Technical Specifications: The catalog provides detailed technical data for each product, including operating temperatures, power supply requirements, and safety certifications. Products are designed for various fuels, including oil, natural gas, biomass, and more.
Applications: The systems are applicable in power plants, gas turbines, waste incineration, and other industrial combustion processes. They are designed to enhance safety, optimize combustion, and reduce emissions.
Accessories and Additional Solutions: The catalog includes a range of accessories such as swivel mounts, ball valves, and signal generators. It also covers fiber optic technologies and special housing solutions for different environmental conditions.
Conclusion: BFI Automation Mindermann GmbH's flame monitoring systems are positioned as reliable, safe, and technologically advanced solutions for industrial combustion monitoring, with a strong emphasis on innovation and environmental responsibility.
Network Solutions: The CFC 3000/4000 series can be networked using RS485 bus, allowing up to 64 converters to be connected. The converters 5012SD and 6012 include SD-Card slots for data recording. The CFC 4000/6012 supports bi-directional data communication with DCS/BMS systems, providing signals such as Flame Relay (SIL3) and multiple mA outputs.
Functional Upgrades: The CFC x000 series can be upgraded with features like multi-output boards for GE Gas Turbines, fuel discrimination relay, network via RS485 interface, SD-Card recorder, ready for operation relay, wire break detection, and screw terminal connection.
Software and Accessories: The CFC COM x000 software enables flame analysis and programming of CFCs, with features like real-time signal analysis, data logging, multilingual support, and remote programming capabilities. Accessories include communication sets, USB/IR data interface cables, and converters.
Power Supply Units: The document describes power supply units like 3002/3002A and 5002, providing technical data such as input/output voltage, current, power, status indication, and protection type.
Flame Evaluation and Selector Units: The flame evaluation units convert digital flame scanner signals into analog outputs, with features like relay outputs, adjustable thresholds, and failure alarms. The selector unit provides single and summarized flame intensity signals.
Additional Components: The document includes information on diode decoupling units, pressure barriers, and ball valves, detailing their technical specifications and functionalities.
Swivel Mount: The swivel mount is used for aligning flame scanners and Compact Flame Controllers to the primary combustion zone, allowing a range of alignment of ± 15° in all directions. It is available in special materials like stainless steel and hastelloy, with NPT threads.
Heating Insulator: This component is mounted between the swivel mount and the flame scanner to significantly reduce temperature transfer, protecting the equipment and providing potential isolation.
Special Cable: Designed for connecting Flame Scanners to Flame Amplifiers, offering protection against electrical, electrostatic, and electromagnetic fields. The cable is halogen-free and resistant to various environmental factors.
Measuring Adapter: Enables interrupt-free connection of measuring and test devices, with internal relays for remote selection of single scanners in AND & OR operations.
Signal Generator/Evaluator: Provides optical and electrical signals for testing flame scanners and amplifiers, available with up to two light sources (UV/IR).
Fiber Optic System: Consists of a Sensor Head SKL and a Fiber Optic Cable (FOC), allowing flame monitoring in hard-to-reach or high-temperature areas. The system is available in various lengths and temperature ranges.
Fiber Optic Lance (FOL): Used for mounting optics inside combustion chambers, available in standard and high-temperature versions.
Housings and Racks: Includes wall mounting housings and explosion-proof housings for hazardous areas, with pre-wired 19" racks for series 3000 devices.
Flame Detector - KLC Series: Compact UV-flame detectors for heating and single burner applications, suitable for various fuels. Features include intermittent operation, compact design, and transistor output.
Specifications:
  • KLC 20/21 Series: Semiconductor sensor, spectral range 320-1150 nm, supply voltage options (230 V AC, 120 V AC, 24 V AC/DC), current consumption max 5.5 mA, operating temperature -20°C to +75°C, protection class IP21, switch-on delay typically 0.5 s, switch-off delay <0.6 s, weight 0.029 kg, max switched current 15 mA, max switched power 0.3 W, max switched voltage 280 V AC / 400 V DC.
  • IFC/IFR Series: UV tube sensor, spectral range 185-260 nm, supply voltage 230 V AC (optionally 120 V AC), current consumption max 5.5/18 mA, operating temperature -20°C to +60°C, protection class IP65, switch-on delay typically 0.5 s, switch-off delay <0.5 s, weight 0.52/0.59 kg.
  • KHM 20 Series: Semiconductor sensor, spectral range 380-1150 nm, supply voltage options (230 V AC, 120 V AC, 24 V DC), current consumption max 5 mA, operating temperature -20°C to +60°C, protection class IP65, switch-on delay typically 0.5 s, switch-off delay <0.5 s, weight 0.440 kg.
Applications: These flame detectors are suitable for use with oil burners, gas burners, and various fuels including oil (LDO & HFO), natural gas, propane, butane, biomass/biogas, synthetic fuels, methanol, NH3, and H2.
Features:
  • Robust housing with IP65 protection for industrial applications.
  • Intermittent and continuous operation models available.
  • Flame signal analyzable with software tools like KLC-COM and UVT-COM.
  • Ex-proof housings available for Zone 1 environments.
Accessories: Various accessories are available including relay modules, connection cables, flanges, angle adapters, and diagnostic tools for enhanced functionality and integration into existing systems.
Additional Information: The document includes material numbers for ordering different models and accessories, as well as contact information for BFI Automation Mindermann GmbH.
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Content Flame Scanners – System 3000 Flame Amplifiers – System 3000 Compact Flame Controller – CFC x000 CFC x000 in OE-Converter Wide Housing Compact Flame Controller – CFC 200 Compact Flame Controller – CFC 100 Power Supply Units Flame Evaluation, Selector Unit & Diode Decoupling Unit Measurement and Test Devices Fiber Optic Technologies Special Fiber Optic Solutions Heating technology and thermal process applications Flame Detector - KLC Series Compact Flame Detector - IFx / KHM Series

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ABOUT BFI AUTOMATION MINDERMANN The company – Who we are The name BFI Automation stands for innovative, trendsetting and future-oriented technology. The family-owned company, now in its second genera- The growing demands for safety and the increasing tion, was founded in Ratingen in 1973 and has set decisive importance of environmental protection present new milestones in optical flame monitoring in its now almost challenges for industrial companies. The Flamonitec® product range offers the right flame monitoring system with all relevant safety certificates for every combustion BFI Automation...

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Flame Scanners – System 3000 Standard housing Features • Fail safe design and self checking • Qualified for single and multi burner applications • Certified for continuous, intermittent and 72 h operation • Available with different spectral sensitivity ranges from UV up to IR and also in combination • Non-wearing due to fully electronic design • Mounting and connecting compatible with all BFI flame scanners of series 3000 • SIL 2 • SIL 3 (depending on system) Power plants Gas turbines H2S-plants (Claus units) Duct burners Rotary kiln plants Fluidized bed firings Cracker High pressure combustions...

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Applications Flame Scanner Spectral Range up to 7000 nm with special glass available • Oil (LDO & HFO) • Natural gas, blast furnace gas and coke oven gas • Biomass/biogas • Powdered coal • Sulfur • Naphtha • H2S • H2 • NH3 IP65, ATEX Zone 2, similar to NEMA4/Class 1 Div 2 Swivel mount Ball valve Heating insulator Pressure barrier Measuring adapter Signal generator Special cable Alignment tool Heating Tropicalization Standard housing IP66, ATEX Zone 1, similar to NEMA4/Class 1 Div 1

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Flame Amplifiers – System 3000 Features • Fail safe design and self checking • Selective monitoring of different flames • Certified for continuous, intermittent and 72 h operation • Optimization of combustion process • Multiple sensitivity ranges and switch-off times, selectable by remote signal • Parallel connection of multiple flame scanners (scanner redundancy) • 19-inch design in accordance with international standards • SIL 2 • SIL 3 (depending on system) Power plants Gas turbines H2S-plants (Claus units) Duct burners Rotary kiln plants Fluidized bed firings Cracker High pressure combustions...

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Housing Variants Technical Features Type Amount of sensitivity channels Switch OFF times Intensity bar graph Intensity indication, digital Impulse divider Weight (approx.) *in combination with flame scanner 2.0 / 2.0GT / 2.0L / 2.0LA 19"-rack 19"-built-in housing 19"-built-on housing Wall mounting housing IP66 Ex-wall mounting housing for ATEX Zone 1 Multipoint connector Back panel R, F or RTA Signal generators Power supply modules Selector units Flame evaluation unit Signal evaluator unit Special cable Heating Tropicalization Overview Material Numbers Material-No. Type Flame amplifier 3001 Overview...

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Compact Flame Controller – CFC x000 Standard housing Features • Fail safe design and self checking • Qualified for single and multi burner applications • Available with different spectral sensitivity ranges from UV up to IR and also in combination • Certified for continuous, intermittent and 72 h operation • Non-wearing due to fully electronic design • Programmable via software • Flame analysis via software • Bus-ready in combination with converter 5012/5012SD/6012 • Robust housing • SIL 3 • IECEx Power plants Gas turbines H2S-plants (Claus units) Duct burners Rotary kiln plants Fluidized bed...

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Fuels Spectral Range Spectral Sensitivity • Oil (LDO & HFO) • Natural gas, blast furnace gas and coke oven gas • Biomass/biogas • Powdered coal • Sulphur • Naphtha • H2S • H2 • NH3 Dimensions IP65, ATEX Zone 2, similar to NEMA4/Class 1 Div 2 235 Standard housing Swivel mount Ball valve Heating insulator Pressure barrier Signal generator Special cable Alignment tool Heating Tropicalization Power supply Adapter unit Converter 5012/6012 Software CFC COM x000 / NET / TAB IP66, ATEX Zone 1, similar to NEMA4/Class 1 Div 1 The Ex-housing is also available in V4A stainless steel Ex-OE-Converter housing...

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Network Solution data communication: DCS / BMS • 6012 provides signals for DCS / BMS: • Flame Relay (SIL3) • 3x mA output Service Computer (at the burner) SERVICE ENGINEER & CFC COM x000 • Local configuration of CFC via IR communication cable • Parameter management • Flame analysis • Signal recording Operator Station (control room) OPERATOR & CFC NET • Boiler overview for operator • Flame analysis • Signal recording SERVICE ENGINEER, CFC NET & USB DONGLE • Remote configuration of CFC via RS485 from control room • Parameter management • Flame analysis • Signal recording Converter 5012 / 5012SD/6012...

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Functional Upgrades of CFC x000 Multi Output Board for GE Gas Turbines For fail-safe (SIL3) output signals to all control systems: • Relay output (e.g. Mark IV) • Pulse output (e.g. Mark V) • Current output (e.g. Mark VI) All outputs available on board and selectable via jumper. (available in OE-Converter wide housing) Upgrades for CFC x000 The Compact Flame Controllers CFC 3000 and CFC 4000 can be upgraded with new hardware features. Depending on grade of functionality those upgraded CFCs are available in different housings. Fuel Discrimination Relay The fuel discrimination relay provides a...

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