THERMAL OXIDIZERS

Basically thermal oxidizers work on the principal of promoting oxidation of the VOC's. (volatile organic compounds). By elevating the air temperature to 1400 degrees, oxidation begins to occur. This oxidation process breaks down the Hydrogen / Carbon bonds into namely Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O). This conversion depends on two things: temperature & time. The minimum dwell time the VOC’s should remain at the minimum temperature is 0.5 seconds and the minimum temperature should be 1400ºF.

A BTU (British thermal unit) is a measure of the heat content of a fuel and indicates the amount of energy contained in the fuel. For example, 1 gallon of gasoline contains about 125,000 Btu’s. Thermal oxidizers are rated on the amount of BTU’s they can effectively destroy during a one hour period. Our thermal oxidizers can handle over 7 Million BTU’s per hour. That is over 56 gallons of gasoline per hour!

ADDITIONAL BTU’s:

 

• Gasoline 125,000 Btu’s/gallon
• Diesel fuel 138,690 Btu’s/gallon
• LP gas 93,300 Btu’s/gallon
• Natural gas 1,030 Btu’s/cubic foot