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Therefore John Joyce's research into low NO x burners revolved primarily around surface combustion techniques. Another issue was the effect combustion temperatures have on the formation of NO x . John Joyce's task became even more challenging when he decided not to direct his development towards radiant type surface combustion tiles.
The amount of NOx produced depends on the combustion temperature. [2] When the combustion takes place at a lower temperature the NOx emissions are reduced. [2] Gas turbines with DLE technology were developed to achieve lower emissions without using water or steam to reduce combustion temperature (Wet Low Emission (WLE) technology).
Another method of fuel staged combustion is fuel biasing. In fuel biasing, combustion is staged by diverting fuel from the upper-level burners to the lower ones or from the center to the side burners. The aim is to create a fuel-rich lower or central zone and a fuel-lean upper or side zone in order to achieve complete burnout.
The main drawback of lean-burning is that a complex catalytic converter system is required to reduce NOx emissions. Lean-burn engines do not work well with modern 3-way catalytic converter—which require a pollutant balance at the exhaust port so they can carry out oxidation and reduction reactions—so most modern engines tend to cruise and ...
Preassembled process unit for air pollution control, i.e., a thermal oxidizer, being installed at a work site. Schematic of a basic thermal oxidizer A thermal oxidizer (also known as thermal oxidiser , or thermal incinerator ) is a process unit for air pollution control in many chemical plants that decomposes hazardous gases at a high ...
Schematic diagram of an industrial process furnace. Fuel flows into the burner and is burnt with air provided from an air blower. There can be more than one burner in a particular furnace which can be arranged in cells which heat a particular set of tubes. Burners can also be floor mounted, wall mounted or roof mounted depending on design.
Some HRSGs include supplemental, or duct firing. These additional burners provide additional energy to the HRSG, which produces more steam and hence increases the output of the steam turbine. Generally, duct firing provides electrical output at lower capital cost. It is therefore often utilized for peaking operations.
As noted earlier, the feeding of the low-oxygen exhaust gas into the diesel engine's air intake engenders lower combustion temperatures, thereby reducing emissions of NO x. By replacing some of the fresh air intake with inert gases EGR also allows the engine to reduce the amount of injected fuel without compromising ideal air-fuel mixture ratio ...