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Low
NOx Commercial Burner--Heat
Wise Inc.,
1528 Rocky
Point Road, Middle Island, NY 11953; 631-345-0447
Dr.
Bola R Kamath, Principal Investigator, Bkamath106@aol.com
Dr.
Bola R Kamath, Business Official, Bkamath106@aol.com
DOE
Grant No. DE-FG02-02Er86143
Amount:
$100,000
Research
Institution
Brookhaven
National Laboratory
Upton,
NY
This
project will develop a high efficiency, ultra-low emissions, oil burner for
large residential and commercial buildings. The new burner will achieve
significant improvements in energy efficiency by incorporating fan atomization
of fuel and an automotive fuel injection technology to substantially improve the
firing rate modulation. The burner will also achieve dramatically improved
environmental performance with reduced particulate and NOx emissions.
In Phase
I, larger low pressure, air atomizing nozzles will be built. These will be a
simple extension of nozzles used to date at lower rates. Then, the burner head
(including the air tube, electrode holders, secondary air introduction
arrangement, and flame tube) will be designed, built, and combustion tested.
Commercial
Applications and Other Benefits
as described by the awardee: Commercial
sector oil consumption for this equipment was 0.9 quads in 1990, or about 6
billion gallons. This technology,
along with a zero nitrogen content fuel, has the potential to eliminate over
50,000 tons of NOx emissions from the environment each year if fully deployed in
the commercial building oilheat market.