Oscillating Combustion Technology Boosts Furnace Efficiency

Manufacturers using natural gas-fired industrial furnaces must comply with increasingly stringent regulations on NOx emissions without compromising product quality. Oscillating combustion technology (OCT) offers a low-cost retrofit method to reduce NOx emissions and increase furnace efficiency. Retr...

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Published in:Industrial heating 2001, Vol.68 (2), p.35-39
Main Authors: STREICHER, ERIC, MARIN, OVIDIU, CHARON, OLIVIER
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Combustion research
Equipment and supplies
Gas furnaces
Gases industry
Heating
Industrial equipment
Industrial equipment and supplies industry
Management
Nitrous oxide
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Summary:Manufacturers using natural gas-fired industrial furnaces must comply with increasingly stringent regulations on NOx emissions without compromising product quality. Oscillating combustion technology (OCT) offers a low-cost retrofit method to reduce NOx emissions and increase furnace efficiency. Retrofitting an existing combustion system on a glass-melting furnace using OCT allowed a glass manufacturer to achieve not only a 55% NOx reduction, but also to reduce oxygen and fuel consumption, and hot-spot crown temperature without reducing the glass melt temperature. 6 refs.
ISSN:0019-8374