Advanced refinery process heater. Annual report, October 1983-September 1984

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5586066

Schreiber, R J; Gotterba, J A; Minden, A C

Activity during the first year of this project has focused on the conceptual design of the prototype heater and on the development of a custom-designed Pyrocore ceramic fiber burner for the heater. Three different concepts for the prototype heater have been produced, one of them modeled after a vertical cylindrical design and the other two resembling box-type heaters. All three concepts take advantage of the Pyrocore burner's flameless characteristic to make the heater more compact. Concerning the development of the burners, two different geometries were considered. Subscale prototypes of each type of burner were fabricated and tested. The more successful burners used actively-cooled edges to maintain the integrity of the gas-tight seals. Work on this project in the second year will include the design and fabrication of the 10 MMBtu/hr prototype heater, using the most feasible heater and burner designs developed during the first year.

• Research Organization: Alzeta Corp., Mountain View, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5586066
• Report Number(s): PB-85-198505/XAB; REPT-84-711-111
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FURNACES
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GAS FURNACES
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