SBIR/STTR Research Award
VARIABLE POROSITY RADIANT BURNER CONCEPT/DEMONSTRATION
Award amount
$49,459Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- REFRACTORY COMPOSITES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A VARIABLE POROSITY SILICON CARBIDE CERAMIC FOAM IS DEVELOPED FOR BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS. THE CONCEPT EMPLOYS BILAYERED RADIANT BURNER OBSERVED SUBSURFACE LOW NOX COMBUSTION RESULTS AND ANALYTICAL MODELLING OF POROUS RADIANT BURNERS TO DESIGN A NEW MATERIAL CONCEPT. BASED ON PROJECTED PERFORMANCE OF 300% REDUCTION IN NOX WITH A FACTOROF 2 INCREASE IN RADIANT EFFICIENCY IS ACHIEVABLE. THE HOMOGENEOUS GRADED POROSITY MATERIAL IS DESIGNED TO PROHIBITFLASHBACK, STABILIZE COMBUSTION BELOW THE HOT SURFACE AND PREVENT MECHANICAL FAILURES OBSERVED IN BILAYERED RADIANT BURNER MATERIALS. COST OF THIS EXCITING MATERIAL CONCEPT IS 1/2 OF CURRENT RADIANT BURNERS.
Technology keywords
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