Thermal Oxidizer Removes VOCs from Process Exhaust . . . This direct fired recuperative thermal oxidizer, designed and manufactured by Glenro Inc., is being used to clean a manufacturing exhaust stream that contains organic hydrocarbon contaminants. The oxidizer system not only processes 21,000 scfm of exhaust, but also uses primary and secondary heat recovery subsystems to recapture a large amount of heat energy for reuse in the process. The oxidizer system includes an insulated air mixing enclosure for mixing the cleaned, oxidized exhaust air with room air to supply energy to a process oven. In the Glenro oxidizer, process exhaust is ducted to a combustion chamber, where a burner raises the air stream to a prescribed temperature.
Contaminants burn to harmless products of combustion.
Once the oxidizer reaches operating temperature, solvents in the exhaust stream ignite and begin to serve as a heat source for their own destruction. The more solvent present in the exhaust, the lower the oxidizer's fuel requirements. Glenro designed and manufactured this Direct Fired Thermal Oxidization System to eliminate VOCs from an exhaust air stream. It is integrated into the customer's manufacturing operations. The system handles 21,000 SCFM of air and includes both primary and secondary heat recovery subsystems.