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Multi-Fuel Combustion Furnace
Equipment
A high temperature multi-fuel furnace with interchangeable burner systems for hydrogen, natural gas, or blend operation under oxy-fuel conditions. Includes a natural gas / air burner for conventional combustion.
Applications and Capability
This furnace supports low-carbon fuel transition strategies, particularly in high-temperature industrial sectors. It is used to:
- Evaluate material behaviour under various combustion atmospheres
- Simulate full-scale furnace operational conditions
- Generate data to support feasibility studies, product development and investment planning
- Conduct rapid cooling trials using an auxiliary quench tank
The size of the furnaces and operational temperature capability allow testing of multiple samples, making it ideal for comparative studies and batch testing.
Benefits
- Enables detailed study of fuel switching impacts on process efficiency and material performance
- Allows analysis of combustion atmosphere effects on materials
- Supports real-time data collection
- Enables techno-economic assessments
- Integrates with high-fidelity CFD model to provide heat transfer, gas flow and material thermal loads analysis
Key Features
- Refractory-lined 1.8 m³ vessel
- Max operating temperature: 1650°C
- Dual combustion modes
- 380 kW Oxy-fuel burner
- 400 kW Natural Gas / air burner
- Full instrumentation for temperature, flow and gas composition monitoring
- Integrated jib crane for safe loading / unloading
- CFD model support for advanced analysis
Contact the Materials Processing Institute
Enquire about services, facilities, and expertise.
