What are Thermal Oxidizers?
Thermal oxidizers are used to reduce air pollution emissions from a variety of industrial processes by treating the polluted exhaust gas prior to discharging the exhaust gas to atmosphere. To destroy the contaminants in a polluted exhaust gas, a thermal oxidizer uses the principle of “thermal oxidation”. Thermal oxidation is a combustion process in which the contaminants within the polluted exhaust gas react with oxygen in a temperature controlled environment to create an oxidation reaction. This chemical reaction is what reduces the pollutants in the exhaust gas to an innocuous emission (CO2, water vapor, and heat) to atmosphere. Thermal Oxidizer Types: There are basically four types of thermal oxidizer. Direct fired thermal oxidizer (some times known as an afterburner), recuperative thermal oxidizer, regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO), and flameless thermal oxidizer (FTO). All of these thermal oxidizers operate on the same principle mentioned above which is thermally promoting an ox
