Preface ........................................................ ix
Editor ......................................................... xi
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Section I General
1 Introduction ................................................. 3
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
2 Testing Safety ............................................. 41
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
3 Experimental Design ......................................... 63
Joseph Colannino
4 Fluid Flow .................................................. 77
Wes Bussman and Joseph Colannino
5 Temperature ................................................. 97
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
6 Heat Flux .................................................. 117
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
7 Pollution Emissions ........................................ 141
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
8 Combustion Noise ........................................... 183
Mahmoud M. Fleifil, Carl-Christian Hantschk, and Edwin
Schorer
9 Flame Impingement Measurements ............................. 211
Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
10 Physical Modeling in Combustion Systems .................... 241
Christopher Q. Jian
11 Virtual Testing ............................................ 251
Eddy Chui, Allan M. Runstedtler, and Adrian J. Majeski
Section II Advanced Diagnostics
12 Laser Measurements ......................................... 269
Michele Marrocco and Guido Troiani
13 CARS Temperature Measurements in Flames in Industrial
Burners .................................................... 289
Patrick M. Hughes, Thangam Parameswaran, and Richard
J. Lacelle
14 Diode Laser Temperature Measurements ....................... 311
Thomas P. Jenkins and John L. Bergmans
15 Image-Based Techniques for the Monitoring of Flames ........ 337
Javier Ballester and Ricardo Hernández
16 High Temperature Cameras ................................... 355
William J. Lang
17 Liquid Fuel Atomization Testing ............................ 369
Khaled A. Sallam
Section III Burner Testing
18 Process Burners ............................................ 377
Jeffrey Lewallen, Thomas M. Korb, Jaime A. Erazo, Jr.,
and Erivin Platvoet
19 Commercial Boiler Burners .................................. 395
Yaroslav Chudnovsky and Mikhail Gotovsky
20 Power Burners .............................................. 411
Vit Kermes, Petr Bělohradský, Petr Stehlík, and Pavel
Skryja
21 Regenerative Combustion Using High Temperature Air
Combustion Technology (HiTAC) .............................. 429
Ashwani K. Gupta, Susumu Mochida, and Tsutomu Yasuda
22 Characterization of Ribbon Burners ......................... 449
Colleen Stroud Alexander and Melvyn C. Branch
23 Flameless Burners .......................................... 471
Joachim G. Wünning and Ambrogio Milani
24 Radiant Tube Burners ....................................... 487
Michael Flamme, Ambrogio Milani, Joachim G. Wünning,
Wlodzimierz Blasiak, Weihong Yang, Dariusz Szewczyk,
Jun Sudo, and Susumu Mochida
25 Metallic Mat Gas Combustion ................................ 505
Giuseppe Toniato, Andrea Zambon, and Andrea D'Anna
26 Performance Prediction of Duct Burner Systems via
Modeling and Testing ....................................... 517
Steve Londerville
27 Oxy-Fuel and Oxygen-Enhanced Burner Testing ................ 529
Lawrence E. Bool, III, Nicolas Docquier, Chendhil
Periasamy, and Lee J. Rosen
Section IV Flare Testing
28 Large-Scale Flare Testing .................................. 553
Charles E. Baukal, Jr., Jianhui Hong, Roger Рое, and
Robert Schwartz
29 Flare Experimental Modeling ................................ 571
Chendhil Periasamy and Subramanyam R. Gollahalli
30 Flare Radiation ............................................ 595
Wes Bussman and Jianhui Hong
Section V Testing in Combustors
31 Cement Kilns ............................................... 615
Eugen Dan Cristea and Givanni Cinti
32 Glass Furnaces ............................................. 671
R. Robert Hayes and Charles E. Baukal, Jr.
33 Thermal Oxidizer Testing ................................... 691
Bruce C. Johnson and Nate Petersen
34 Utility Boilers ............................................ 705
Giuseppe Toniato and Silvio Rudi Stella
Appendix A: F-Distribution (99%, 95%, & 90% Confidence) ....... 729
Appendix B: EPA Sample Methods ................................ 733
Appendix C: Common Conversions ................................ 735
Index ......................................................... 737
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