Combustion

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We have developed and refined our oxy-fuel combustion systems over many years of working in the transformation industries. We have expertise in design, testing and modelling of combustion systems and optimise our customer’s processes through improvements in combustion efficiency, productivity and quality, whilst reducing costs and pollutant emissions.

• Our heat transfer system for one of world’s leading glass producers increased productivity in their float glass furnace by 19 percent over air-fuel operation and by 9 percent over conventional oxy-fuel. Our solution exceeded our customer’s expectations for increasing pull whilst maintaining exacting product quality.

Services

• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – to model the flow of gases during the process, determine furnace output, temperature, burner placement, positioning of exhaust flues, waste gas temperatures and other parameters, and design an optimised solution to increase furnace output.
• Furnace design recommendations – a comprehensive package to support your critical decisions about oxy-fuel furnace design and performance parameters.
• Selection and installation of burners –  for optimum heat transfer and temperature stability including oxy-gas and oxy-oil burners utilizing oxygen, air and pressure atomising techniques.
• Experienced technicians and project managers - to assist in the installation and start-up of our oxy-fuel combustion systems including zero-port boost.
• Oxy-fuel system audits, improvements and management.
• Total gas management – for optimising gas supply and utilisation.

Products

The following gases are supplied in bulk or are generated on-site.

• Oxygen – to support the combustion.
• Hydrogen – used with oxygen for combustion in MCVD (modified chemical vapour deposition), OVD (outside vapour deposition) and VAD (vapour axial deposition) processes.
• Nitrogen – for use as a protective atmosphere.

In addition we supply other combustion products, including:

• A wide range of burners –  including our patented BOC-Maxon flat-jet LEFF burner, conical style burner and SURE burners.
• Convective glass melting systems (CGM) –  to extend furnace life, increase pull rate, improve quality, and minimise energy consumption.
• G-Test gases – methane and methane mixtures to test the efficiency of engine combustion.

Industries

We have practical experience in improving combustion processes across a range of industries, including:

• Fibre optics – total solutions from the design of the system to the abatement management, including gases for combustion in MCVD (modified chemical vapour deposition), OVD (outside vapour deposition), and VAD (vapour axial deposition processes).
• Glass – we provide oxygen based solutions including enrichment, lancing, boosting 100% oxy-fired furnaces and step-out combustion systems that include crown-fired convective glass melting (CGM) and flat flame LEFF systems. 
• Chemicals – technology and complete solutions for acid regeneration, sulphur recovery and LoTOx ^TM – our patented low-temperature oxidation process for NOx removal using ozone.
• Automotive – G-test gases for engine efficiency testing.
• Iron and Steel – bulk and on-site oxygen and burners for EAF steelmaking.
• Non-ferrous metals – bulk and on-site oxygen and burners for melting.
• Oil and Gas – total solutions for oxygen enrichment processes and methane mixtures for G-Test calibrations.