Technology for the development of high-efficiency oil-fired residential heating equipment. Final report
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 (USA)
- 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
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
BURNERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENTHALPY
FLUE GAS
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY
OIL BURNERS
OIL FURNACES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
REVIEWS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION HEAT
VAPORIZATION HEAT
WASTES
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
BURNERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENTHALPY
FLUE GAS
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY
OIL BURNERS
OIL FURNACES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
REVIEWS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION HEAT
VAPORIZATION HEAT
WASTES