When a major boat manufacturer needs to lower emissions from engine cell testing, a firm with extensive experience designing and building the recuperative oxidizer type of thermal oxidizer can provide a superior solution.

In a standard testing environment, all relevant automotive and boat motors may undergo extensive pre-testing for several hours prior to shipping. These motors, each an engine cell, function as expellers of emissions, primarily carbon monoxide and unburned fuel, with particulate content. As technical solutions are actively sought, several manufacturers may well be involved in an effort to locate the best possible technology.

Testing of engine cells typically utilizes fuel-rich conditions, during which a large amount of unburned fuel and particulate are exhausted with the goal of consuming as little fuel as possible. Specific particulates and carbon monoxide are subject to minute scrutiny during this process.

An experienced provider of such solutions is most advantageous to enlist when seeking a solution and while evaluating various suitable technologies as appropriate. Usually a baseline technology, most often the precise solution utilized prior to search, or perhaps modified versions of the pre-existent technology, is tried initially, sometimes in an effort to reduce cost. When such reconsiderations fail, as often occurs, a more extensive search for a different technological solution must commence.

For boat manufacturers, a viable alternative technology might be Recuperative Oxidizers rather than a regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) or even some kind of catalytic technology.

If a solution involving Recuperative Oxidizers is selected, careful attention must be paid to fuel consumption levels to ensure that the chosen technology is proven most efficient to fuel economy. Levels of carbon monoxide and unburned fuel with a consequent load of particulates often are especially relevant, but should always be carefully monitored. The firm providing the acceptable and satisfactory solution should also follow-up with a preventive maintenance service to the customer on an ongoing basis. Quality control can often make the difference in a solution’s longevity.

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Derek Lang is with Epcon Industrial, a manufacturer of air pollution control systems, thermal oxidizers, and industrial gas fired ovens. Learn more at http://www.epconlp.com.