Measuring Combustion Efficiency Using Flue Gas?

[turboco1]

Burning Bunker Fuel Oil:
Using chromatographic testing of flue gases, can a measured reduction in contaminating emission products in kg/h be translated to a measured reduction in the fuel oil being burned, kg/h?
i.e.
Change in Unburned Hydrocarbons in kg/h = 'x'barrils fuel oil

 

[ACtrafficengr]

I believe modern automotive emission controls use a similar concept, except they base it on unused oxygen. The fuel injection computer adjusts the fuel/air mixture when unused oxygen gets too high. A query on one of the automotive fora may be fruitful.

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[RDK]

Yes I believe that it can and that this is a standard method of measuring combustion efficiency.

I think that you take temperature and co and co2 ratios into account to measure combustion efficiency.

I know that there are meters that you simply stick a probe into the flue gas stream and read efficiency.

However better to try the mechanical forums for the correct answer.

Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng

Construction Project Management
From conception to completion

http://www.kitsonengineering.com

 

[quark]

Yes, that can give you an indication about the combustion efficiency(but not the total efficiency of the system) but it is better to check the fuel oil parameters also, to have a cross check.