The BNL fan-atomized burner system prototype
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has a continuing interest in the development of advanced oil burners which can provide new capabilities not currently available with pressure atomized, retention head burners. Specifically program goals include: the ability to operate at firing rates as low as 0.25 gph; the ability to operate with very low excess air levels for high steady state efficiency and to minimize formation of sulfuric acid and iron sulfate fouling; low emissions of smoke, CO, and NO{sub x} even at very low excess air levels; and the potential for modulation - either staged firing or continuous modulation. In addition any such advanced burner must have production costs which would be sufficiently attractive to allow commercialization. The primary motivation for all work sponsored by the US DOE is, of course, improved efficiency. With existing boiler and furnace models this can be achieved through down-firing and low excess air operation. Also, with low excess air operation fouling and efficiency degradation due to iron-sulfate scale formation are reduced.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 115418
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-52475; CONF-9503182-; ON: DE95017560; TRN: 95:007221-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1995 oil heat technology conference and workshop, Upton, NY (United States), 22-23 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1995 oil heat technology conference and workshop; McDonald, R.J.; PB: 190 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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