Boilers are among the most common heating equipment in commercial facilities, often consuming the majority of a facility’s fuel. The load on a boiler plant in a commercial facility constantly fluctuates depending on weather conditions, occupancy rate, and internal heat gains. Proper control of part-load operation can significantly affect energy use. Most boilers in medium-to-large commercial fa...

Oxygen-enhanced combustion (OEC) is a useful method for improving the efficiency of thermal plants and decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Basic modified burner designs utilizing OEC in aluminum melting process rotary tilting furnace were studied. A combined approach comprising experimental measurement simulation modeling was adopted aimed at assessing GHG emissions production. Reduction...

The carbon nanorods (CNR’s) were synthesized using flame reactor with diffusion burner. The growth of carbon nanorods in presence and absence of catalyst has been studied. The role of ferrocene as catalyst in the synthesis of carbon nanorods was investigated using a Flame Reactor at different oxygen to fuel ratios. The fuel used over here is acetylene. The fuel i.e., acetylene to oxygen ratio i...

Extracts of effluents from a modern residential oil burner have been evaluated in several toxicological assay systems. Bacterial mutagens were detected in extracts from both the particulate and vapor phase emissions. Effluents from continuous operation were an order of magnitude less mutagenic than those from cyclic (5 min on, 10 min off) operations. No difference in the yield of bacterial muta...

The free-piston Resonance Stirling engine forms a new “ electricity producing heating system ”. Its compact assembly operates reliably and at high efficiency, setting standards for small systems. Complete units are currently submitted to prolonged test program, preparing their production an industrial scale. engines heated from outside by FLOX-burner (flameless flue gas recirculation burner), e...