NT-87-14-2 -- Design Recommendations for Pulse Combustion Burners PDF

Pulse combustion technology has been the basis for developing various energy-efficient, gas-fired systems. The main objective of this paper is to provide a systematic design procedure to replace the current trial-and-error approach to pulse combustion burner development. Design recommendations that can be used by design engineers and equipment manufacturers to apply pulse combustion burners to a wide variety of gas-fired systems are presented.

The design recommendations provide step.-by-step instructions for scientifically sizing the various components of a pulse combustion burner system for a specified input rate and/or a range of input rates. The burner components covered include the mixer head, combustion chamber, tail pipe, air and gas delivery systems, ignition system, and inlet and exhaust decoupler systems. In addition, recommendations for designing vent terminals are also presented. By following these guidelines, the designer would be able to develop burners capable of operating with input rates in the range of 10 to 150 kBtu/h (2.93 to 43.95 kW). The recommendations are supported by relevant operating design data curves and their use illustrated with an example design problem.

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