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Series (E) Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner (Electric Motor & VFD)
OPERATING MANUAL
PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION
OPERATION
Air curtain incinerators are designed primarily as a pollution control device. Using a
Diesel engine or electric motor driven fan, these machines generate a curtain of air
with a very particular mass flow and velocity. This curtain of air acts as a trap over the
top of an earthen trench or thermo
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ceramic lined FireBox. The wood debris is dumped
into the trench or FireBox and then ignited (usually with a propane torch or with a small
amount of Diesel fuel) just as you would light any other pile of wood you intended to
burn. Once the fire has gained strength the air curtain is turned on. The air curtain
traps most of the smoke particles and causes them to re
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burn under the air curtain
where the temperatures can exceed 1,800º F (950º C). These machines do not inject
any fuels into the fire, the fire is sustained only by adding more wood debris. The air
from the air curtain is not heated.