OIT combustion developments were highlighted at OIT Combustion - Firing Up the Industries of the Future. Exhibitors conducted a briefing on the first day of the event. All fuels used for heat and power in the industrial sector undergo combustion. Combustion is the rapid chemical combination of oxygen and a fuel that results in the release of heat and byproduct gases that provide steam, power turbines and engines, melt metals and glass, and heat and dry finished products.
Industry is dependent on efficient, reliable, low emission combustion systems.
The Industries of the Future initiative develops partnerships with manufacturers to reduce costs and improve productivity through energy efficiency and waste reduction. Continued success in the development of combustion systems will enhance industrial productivity and competitiveness. The high temperature radiant burner developed by OIT's Combustion Equipment Program is beginning to see operation in the forest products industry. OIT contractor Alzeta Corporation has shipped its first order for high temperature radiant burners for paper drying to ABB Drying of LaSalle, Quebec. ABB Drying is making the high temperature burner an integral part of its Gas Heated Paper Dryer line which it sells to paper mills.