ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on recent advances in the understanding of industrial ribbon burners and, by example, the use of these burners in a particularly demanding application [1,2]. Ribbon burners are dened as “a burner having many small closely spaced ports usually made by pressing corrugated metal ribbons into a slot” [3]. There is increasing need for the design of such burners with greater efciency and stability that enable ames with variable fuel composition and reduced air pollutant emissions. The optimization of the burners for a particular application requires a detailed understanding of the ame structure, chemical composition, chemical kinetics, and ame-surface chemical interactions. The use of ribbon burners, described below, for the surface treatment of polymer lms is an excellent example of a very demanding industrial process.
