Industrial Combustion Testing

Until now, anyone conducting industrial combustion tests had to either rely on old methods, go scurrying through the literature to find proven applicable methodologies, or hire top-shelf consultants such as those that work for cutting-edge companies like John Zink. Manufacturers can no longer take industrial combustion for granted. Air and noise pollution standards must be met, and today no one can afford the inefficient use of fuel.

Drawing on three decades of experience, Charles Baukal Jr. is not only aware of the best methods but is responsible for designing and implementing a number of them, owning 11 patents of his own, as well as having hundreds of articles to his credit. Providing busy engineers with a convenient reference that gives them state-of-the-art techniques without having to cull through the literature, this practical compendium:

• Demonstrates how to conduct meaningful experiments with industrial scale combustion equipment
• Illustrates a number of methods through case studies
• Includes detailed pictures, figures, graphs, and tables, to explain processes and make sense of the data
• Presents valuable information on advanced diagnostics, burner and flare testing, and testing in combustors, including techniques for a variety of kilns, furnaces, and boilers

Written to make better practioners out of academicians and better scholars out of hands-on engineers, this unique volume teaches academics how to work at the large scales associated with industrial combustion, while also teaching engineers the rigorous approach needed for successful modeling.

Preface

Section I : General
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Testing Safety
Chapter 3 : Experimental Design
Chapter 4 : Fluid Flow
Chapter 5 : Temperature
Chapter 6 : Heat Flux
Chapter 7 : Pollution Emissions
Chapter 8 : Combustion Noise
Chapter 9 : Flame Impingement Measurements
Chapter 10 : Physical Modeling in Combustion Systems
Chapter 11 : Virtual Testing

Section II : Advanced Diagnostics
Chapter 12 : Laser Measurements
Chapter 13 : CARS Temperature Measurements in Flames in Industrial Burners
Chapter 14 : Diode Laser Temperature Measurements
Chapter 15 : Image-Based Techniques for the Monitoring of Flames
Chapter 16 : High Temperature Cameras
Chapter 17 : Liquid Fuel Atomization Testing

Section III : Burner Testing
Chapter 18 : Process Burners
Chapter 19 : Commercial Boiler Burners
Chapter 20 : Power Burners
Chapter 21 : Regenerative Combustion Using High Temperature Air Combustion Technology (HiTAC)
Chapter 22 : Characterization of Ribbon Burners
Chapter 23 : Flameless Burners
Chapter 24 : Radiant Tube Burners
Chapter 25 : Metallic Mat Gas Combustion
Chapter 26 : Performance Prediction of Duct Burner Systems via Modeling and Testing
Chapter 27 : Oxy-Fuel and Oxygen-Enhanced Burner Testing

Section IV : Flare Testing
Chapter 28 : Large-Scale Flare Testing
Chapter 29 : Flare Experimental Modeling
Chapter 30 : Flare Radiation

Section V : Testing in Combustors
Chapter 31 : Cement Kilns
Chapter 32 : Glass Furnaces
Chapter 33 : Thermal Oxidizer Testing
Chapter 34 : Utility Boilers

Appendices
Index