ABSTRACT
A burner is a device that mixes and burns fuel and an oxidizer in a controlled manner to produce heat used to generate steam or heating air. In most cases, the oxygen present in the air serves as the oxidizer for the combustion process. The combustion process depends on a careful balance of four parameters: heat, oxygen, fuel, and chemical chain reactions. Figure 18.1 illustrates the
parameters required for combustion to occur. A welldesigned burner will maintain this balance over a wide range of operating conditions. This chapter will discuss full-scale testing of industrial process burners. The distinction between a process burner and other types of burners such as boiler burners, oxy-fuel burners, and so on is the application for which the burner is intended. The denition of process burners and the industries where they are used will be described in more detail following a brief discussion of general burner designs.
