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Show User Guide to the Burner Engineering Research Laboratory· Neal Fornaciari, Robert Schefer and Phillip Paul Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore Robert Sanford and Lloyd Claytor Energy and Environmental Research Corporation Christi Lubeck University of California, San Diego American Flame Research Committee / Japanese Flame Research Committee Pacific Rim International Conference on Environmental Control of Combustion Processes October 16-20, 1994-Maui, Hawaii Abstract The Burner Engineering Research Laboratory (BERL) was established with the purpose of providing a facility where manufacturers and researchers can study industrial natural gas burners using conventional and laser-based diagnostics. To achieve this goal, an octagonal furnace enclosure with variable boundary conditions and optical access that can accommodate burners with firing rates up to 2.5 MMBtu per hour was built. In addition to conventional diagnostic capabilities like input/output measurements, exhaust gas monitoring, suction pyrometry and infurnace gas sampling, laser-based diagnostics available at BERL include planar Mie scattering, laser Doppler velocimetry and laser-induced fluorescence. This paper gives an overview of the operation of BERL and a description of the diagnostic capabilities and an estimate of the time required to complete each diagnostic for the potential user who is considering submitting a proposal. • Work performed at the Burner Engineering Research Laboratory located in the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. BERL is funded by the Oas Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division and the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences. The BERL is operated by Sandia and by Energy and Environmental Research Corporation and the University of California Irvine Combustion Laboratory under contract to OR!. -3/4- |