Emissions of oil-fired furnaces burning with sodium chloride-contained air

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529509376279· OSTI ID:159561

Lin, C Y; Hsieh, M J ^[1]

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1. National Taiwan Ocean Univ., Keelung (Taiwan, Province of China)

In this study, a small furnace associated with an industrial burner was employed to investigate the influences of the existence of sodium chloride in atmospheric air on the emissions of marine or industrial oil-fired furnaces. The burning gas characteristics such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, gas temperature were analyzed using a gas analyzer and a L-type thermocouple. This study shows that the emission is affected to a significant extent by the presence of sodium chloride. Poorer atomization and in turn less complete burning of the injected oil was caused by the addition of NaCl in the inlet air. The formation of excess oxygen, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide were enhanced while the emission of carbon dioxide was inhibited with the existence of sodium chloride in the inlet air. In addition, the nitrogen oxides emission decreased with the addition of sodium chloride primarily due to the lower attainable gas temperature. 20 refs., 10 figs., 1 tab.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 159561
• Journal Information: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering Journal Issue: 7 Vol. A30; ISSN 0360-1226; ISSN JESEDU
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMBUSTION
GAS ANALYSIS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL FURNACES
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
TESTING