Technology for the development of high-efficiency oil-fired residential heating equipment. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6370295· OSTI ID:6370295

Locklin, D. W.; Hazard, H. R.

The marketplace is now ready for low-capacity burners to minimize the detrimental effects on seasonal efficiency that burner oversizing can bring about and to meet the needs of new energy-efficient homes. This report presents a review and assessment of technology that should be considered in the development of efficient residential oil-burning equipment having capability for reliable, low-capacity operation. The focus in this review is on promising technical approaches having potential application to unconventional types of oil burners and to efficient heat exchangers, including those that operate partially in the mode of condensing moisture from the flue gases to regain the latent heat of vaporization. Results show the following concepts are recommended for further investigation in the development of efficient oil-fired heating equipment: modified high-pressure atomizing systems (anti-clogging nozzles, preheaters, return-flow nozzles); alternative methods of atomization (air, ultrasonic, thermal aerosol generators); blue-flame burners; pulse-combustion systems; and condensing-type heat exchangers. Special R and D focus is recommended on aspects of burner performance sensitivity to fuel quality, of pollutant emissions, and of long-term reliability.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6370295
• Report Number(s): BNL-51325; ON: DE81023860
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
OIL BURNERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
OIL FURNACES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FLUE GAS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
REVIEWS
VAPORIZATION HEAT
BUILDINGS
BURNERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENTHALPY
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RECOVERY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION HEAT
WASTES
320101* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)