Industrial Burners

We at Shivshakti Engineering offers a wide range of industrial burners used for heating, melting, manufacturing, and steam production. These burners find application in various types of industrial furnaces, kilns, incinerators, boilers and other direct-fired heaters, etc.

The burners are used as a vital heating source for energy, chemical and manufacturing processes. Depending on the industry, numerous burners may be required for a specific process. Likewise, depending on the furnace (vertical or cylindrical), different burner mountings, such as side fired, up fired or down fired, may be required to properly operate the furnace.

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: In these Burners the cold air is normally used as combustion air. These burners are generally used for most applications and are often found in furnaces.
Hot air burners: In these Burners the hot air is used as the combustion air. Here the incoming air is preheated using a central heat-exchanger device.
Regenerative burners: In these burners we 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.

Selecting the Best Burner

With so many different industrial burners are there to choose, making the right choice can be quite complicated. We want to ensure that we are making the best decision since industrial burners are a significant investment apart from being very crucial part of your manufacturing processes. The following variables will help you make the best choice.

Capacity

Burner capacity is an essential factor to research when buying an industrial burner. Burner capacity is the minimum and maximum calories (in KCal/ MKCal/ KW) that can be released with adequate combustion and a stable flame in place. It can be thought of as your highest and lowest firing ranges.

To decide on the best burner capacity, consider what function and process your burner is expected to serve. You will need enough power to get your job done.

Turndown

Turndown is another crucial component of burner function. Turndown performance is measured as the maximum to minimum capacity ratio, determining the burner’s ability to handle various workload sizes. Turndown isn’t very large for most applications and should be equal to or larger than the required turndown for your specific processes.

Flame Geometry

Flame geometry relates to the size of the burner flame, which can’t be too long or too short. Like the variables listed above, finding the proper flame geometry means locating the best spot in the middle that will serve all your burner applications.

Temperature

Another factor that can help you select the best burner is temperature. Depending on your application, you’ll need a specific temperature. Industrial burners come down to two temperature types:

High-temperature: operate above 1000°C
Low-temperature: operate below 1000°C

Mounting

There are two different types of mounting available for industrial burners. The mount will affect the ease of access, cross velocities, and burner maintenance. When you select a burner, you will have to choose between the two different mounts:

Wall-mounted burners: Make access easier, but they can be affected by cross velocities.
In-duct burners: Exist inside the duct, making them more challenging to access but less likely to be affected by cross velocities.

Ignition

Finally, how your industrial burner is lit will help you narrow down your industrial burner choices. Burners are either ignited by a direct spark or a pilot. Direct spark produces carbon, so if that will be an issue for your manufacturing process, then a pilot ignition is best.

Typical Application

Industrial combustion burners find application in various combustion equipment and systems e.g., boilers, furnaces, heaters, kilns, ovens, dryers, etc.

Of a wide range of industries, including the following: