Thermal Afterburning
Description
Thermal afterburning plants with recuperative exhaust air preheating (TNV plants for short) are used to clean industrial exhaust air streams. The pollutants contained in the exhaust air - mostly volatile organic compounds (VOC) such as alkanes, aromatic compounds, solvents and similar - are almost completely oxidised in the combustion chamber of the plants at high temperatures and converted into the harmless compounds carbon dioxide and water.
A large proportion of the enthalpy of the hot clean gas is recovered by downstream recuperators and used to preheat the exhaust air. Industrial application of the plants is mainly in processes with a high pollutant content and a high demand for process heat, e.g. in printing plants, paint shops, plastics processing plants, etc.
The pilot plant of the CUTEC Institute is automated with a control system according to industrial standards and equipped with a continuous data acquisition system. The two tubular heat exchangers for preheating the exhaust air can be connected in different ways, so that different air flows are possible.
The pilot plant of the CUTEC Institute can be used, for example, for the following questions
- Which emission concentrations are achieved by a certain burner? - Which clean gas concentrations can be achieved with certain exhaust air compositions? - What is the oxidation process within the combustion chamber? - How does oxidation and formation of secondary pollutants depend on operating conditions (temperature, residence time, etc.)? - What efficiency does a particular recuperator achieve?
In addition, it is possible to adapt the plant technology depending on the problem and the customer's requirements. Design, manufacturing and set-up of equipment modifications can usually be realized by our in-house staff.
Technical data
- Volume flow: approx. 1,200 mN3/h
- combustion chamber temperature: < 800°C
- combustion chamber volume: 0,9m3
- Dwell time: depending on operating conditions and measuring level
- Burner capacity: < 350 kW
