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Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Charles E. Baukal Jr.
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
792 pages
43h 30m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
627Thermal Oxidation
ber material. Oxygen enrichment increased the fur-
nace melt rate by 45%, reduced coke consumption by
41%, and increased the production of the ber product.
26.5 Economics
The cost is a key consideration in determining whether
to use O
2
in any given combustion application. The
cost to use air for combustion is very low. It consists
basically of the cost of the blower and the electricity
to operate it. Some ltration or cleaning may also be
required. Therefore, the benets of using O
2
, instead
of air, must offset the added cost of the O
2
. This sec-
tion has been broken into operating and capital costs,
although the actual c
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