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Low NOx Burner

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Historically, the quantity of NO and NO2 (NOx) in the products of combustion was not sufficient to affect performance, and their presence was largely ignored. The growing concern with smog and acid rain producing mechanisms (in both of which NOx plays a vital role) have turned the focus around, and low-NOx burner and furnace designs have undergone intense development for the last two decades. Though several remedies have been suggested and implemented, including reburn, staged combustion, preheated fuel, etc., they all try to couteract at least one of the following two basic principles:

Reburn (adding extra fuel at high temperature to reduce the NOx to N2 after a good portion of the main reaction has occurred) addresses the latter problem, but is more of a bandaging fix, and the resulting NOx is still very much dependent on how much comes out of the initial main fire zone.

We have developed a proprietary preheated-fuel burner design that addresses this early NOx formation, and it's features are described below.

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Description of Proprietary Technology

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Results from Tests at a 2 MMBtu/hr Pilot Scale Facility

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