| Title |
Low NOx Burner for Thermally Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| Creator |
Duret, Michael; Kendall, Robert |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1994 |
| Spatial Coverage |
presented at Maui, Hawaii |
| Abstract |
Crude oil pumped from California's Central Valley must be heated to reduce its viscosity. The most common production method is thermally enhanced oil recovery (TEOR). In TEOR operations, natural gas-fired steamers force high-pressure steam into production reservoirs where it heats the crude making it easier to pump. By 1996 all steamers must be retrofit with 10w-NOx burners to achieve less than 30 ppm NOx. Alzeta has developed and demonstrated a 10w-NOx burner for oilfield steamers. The burner is a semiradiant, premixed, natural gas-fired burner which uses a patented technique to form radiant and blue flame zones on a porous metal mat. This technique provides heat fluxes that are ten times greater than traditional porous radiant burners. The burner can also destroy large quantities of low-Btu gases containing hydrogen sulfide. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the American Flame Research Committee. |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, 16.7 megapixel digital camera and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF, 16 bit depth. |
| Scanning Technician |
Cliodhna Davis |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6p84ff6 |
| Setname |
uu_afrc |
| ID |
8551 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p84ff6 |
