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  2. Oil burner - Wikipedia

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    An oil burner is a part attached to an oil furnace, water heater, or boiler. [1] It provides the ignition of heating oil/biodiesel fuel used to heat either air or water via a heat exchanger . The fuel is atomized into a fine spray usually by forcing it under pressure through a nozzle which gives the resulting flame a specific flow rate, angle ...

  3. Industrial furnace - Wikipedia

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    The primary air register supplies primary air, which is the first to be introduced in the burner. Secondary air is added to supplement primary air. Burners may include a pre-mixer to mix the air and fuel for better combustion before introducing into the burner.

  4. Central heating - Wikipedia

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    An air source heat pump can be used to air condition the building during hot weather, and to warm the building using heat extracted from outdoor air in cold weather. Air-source heat pumps are generally uneconomic for outdoor temperatures much below freezing. In colder climates, geothermal heat pumps can be used to extract heat from the ground ...

  5. Furnace (central heating) - Wikipedia

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    The second category of furnace is the forced-air having atmospheric burner style with a cast-iron or sectional steel heat exchanger. Through the 1950s and 1960s, this style of furnace was used to replace the big, natural draft systems, and was sometimes installed on the existing gravity duct work.

  6. Forced-air - Wikipedia

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    A heat exchanger keeps the combustion byproducts from entering the air stream. A ribbon style (long with holes), inshot (torch-like), or oil type burner is located in the heat exchanger. Ignition is provided by an electric spark, standing pilot, or hot surface igniter.

  7. Heating oil - Wikipedia

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    #2 Heating oil price, 1986–2022 Kerosene inventory stock levels (United States), 1993–2022. Heating oil is known in the United States as No. 2 heating oil. In the U.S., it must conform to ASTM standard D396. Diesel and kerosene, while often confused as being similar or identical, must each conform to their respective ASTM standards. [3]

  8. Air preheater - Wikipedia

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    The third sector is the smallest one and it heats air which is routed into the pulverizers and used to carry the coal-air mixture to coal boiler burners. Thus, the total air heated in the RAPH provides: heating air to remove the moisture from the pulverised coal dust, carrier air for transporting the pulverised coal to the boiler burners and ...

  9. Burner - Wikipedia

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    Burner may refer to: Gas burner, coal burner or oil burner, a mechanical device that burns a gas or liquid fuel in a controlled manner Laboratory gas burners: Bunsen burner; Meker–Fisher burner; Teclu burner; Hot-air balloon device, a device to inflate a hot air balloon; Burner (rocket stage)