ABSTRACT
Burner testing provides an opportunity to gather and verify valuable information such as operating parameters, pollutant emissions, flame dimensions, the heat flux data, safety limitations, and noise data. Information from test data is often essential for performance verification of customer applications as well as being vital to research and development efforts. Empirical data collected from burner testing is a valuable source of information that can be used to improve the predictive capabilities of CFD models, which are becoming more prevalent tools used in the research, development, and design of combustion equipment at the forefront of technology in the industry. At state-of-the-art test facilities as shown in Figure 14.1, testing is done year-round to provide furnace designers with the data they need to improve heater designs and operate their heaters and furnaces more efficiently as well as to develop new technology to meet the ever-increasing demands of customer processes and environmental regulation.
