ABSTRACT
Industrial combustion testing can be dangerous for many reasons. As stated in Chapter 1, one of the reasons for testing is to try new concepts as part of research and development. This often means that there is some uncertainty in the result, hence the need for testing. In some cases, this uncertainty could mean potentially dangerous conditions. For example, ameless combustion (see Chapter 23) could be dangerous because the combustor must be above the autoignition temperature of the air-fuel mixture or an explosion could occur. It is also potentially dangerous because ameless combustion is usually difcult to detect with traditional optical ame detectors. This means an alternative method, such as furnace temperature, may be needed to shut off the fuel supply to the furnace if the ame goes out.
