Industrial burners are used for heating, melting, manufacturing, and steam production. They can also be used for other industrial processes that require heat. Contrary to popular belief, burners are not the same as boilers. To better understand industrial burners, how they work, and their vital components, continue reading below. Selecting the best burner is vital to an effective manufacturing process, and some choices can even make your burners environmentally friendly.
There are complex processes that take place inside industrial burners. Burners are used to mix oxygen with fuel in order to produce controlled combustion. The fuel is inserted into the system using a burner tip, which is crucial to the heating process. The burner then produces a specific flame and heat-release pattern, which can be controlled inside the combustion chamber.
As mentioned, industrial burners can be used for melting, manufacturing, and steam production processes. There are a variety of different burner types used in both residential and commercial applications. The most common burners are:
Cold air burners: Burners that are often found on residential devices like gas ranges and furnaces.
Hot air burners: Types of burners that preheat incoming air using a central heat-exchanger device.
Regenerative burners: Burners that use a pair of burners to alternate between firing and exhausting, preheating a regenerative heat exchanger box to create hotter preheated air.
Oxy-fuel burners: Type of burner that uses pure oxygen to burn with fuel instead of combustion air.
Industrial burners have other distinguishing features, such as varying velocity flames. Burner results depend on the burner velocity. For shorter, more intense flames, high-velocity burners are used. Alternatively, low-velocity burners produce lazier flames. In situations where melting is the goal, medium-velocity flames are preferred because they make a uniform flame that drives heat to metal effectively.
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