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pnooshin Participant Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3	Controlling the Fuel / Air Ratio in a Boiler 03/24/2009 1:29 AM
	Is it possible to control the fuel/air in a bagasse fuel boiler? How is it possible to measure the bagasse flow?
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#1 Re: fuel/air ratio controller 03/24/2009 4:26 AM
	It's possible to control the fuel/air ratio of just about anything.. hmmm, maybe with the exception of a forrest fire. I dunno what bagasse is tho' (Although, the HR manager at my old company...she had one ... ) Ha, just looked it up, I'd guess you could choke the air supply based on weight of fuel being fed? Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#2 Re: fuel/air ratio controller 03/24/2009 4:37 AM
	<...Is it possible to control the fuel/air in a bagasse fuel boiler?...> Yes. How about using oxygen trim control on the flue gases leaving it (rhetorical question)? The principle is to make sure there is negligible oxygen in the flue gases, thereby operating the boiler at maximum thermal efficiency. In that way, there is no need to measure the bagasse flow. An oxygen instrument is needed for the flue, and some way of modulating the air entering near the burner. Then, with a correctly-programmed three-term controller, "Robert is your mother's brother". __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#3 In reply to #2 Re: fuel/air ratio controller 03/24/2009 4:41 AM
	_{(No comment on my bag ass joke...you bisserble mastard)} Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#4 In reply to #3 Re: fuel/air ratio controller 03/24/2009 4:51 AM
	__________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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