Appendix - Firing rate on basis of air density
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The firing rate of the burner shown in the manual is valid for an
ambient temperature of 20°C and an altitude of 0 m above sea
level (barometric pressure around 1013 mbar).
It may be that a burner has to operate with combustion air at a
higher temperature and/or higher altitudes.
The heating of the air and the increase in altitude produce the
same effect: the expansion of the air volume (i.e. the reduction
of its density).
The delivery of the burner fan remains essentially the same,
3
but the oxygen per m
of air, and the thrust (discharge head)
of the fan are reduced.
It is therefore important to know if the maximum output re-
quested from the burner at a determinate combustion chamber
pressure remains within the firing rate of the burner even with
the changed temperature and altitude conditions.
To check it, proceed as follows:
1 -Find the corrective factor F (relating to the air temperature
and altitude of the system) in the table alongside.
2 -Divide the output Q required from the burner by F to obtain
the equivalent output Qe:
Qe = Q : F (kW)
3 -In the firing rate of the burner, mark the work point identified
by:
Qe = equivalent output
H1 = pressure in combustion chamber
point A that must remain within the firing rate (Fig. 40).
4 -Trace a vertical line from point A, Fig. 40, and find the max-
imum pressure H2 of the firing rate.
5 -Multiply H2 by F to obtain the maximum lowered pressure
H3 of the firing rate
H3 = H2 x F (mbar)
Average
Altitude
barometric
pressure
m. above sea level
mbar
0
1013
100
1000
200
989
300
978
400
966
500
955
600
944
700
932
800
921
900
910
1000
898
1200
878
1400
856
1600
836
1800
815
2000
794
2400
755
2800
714
3200
675
3600
635
4000
616
6463
0
5
10
1.087
1.068
1.049
1.073
1.054
1.035
1.061
1.042
1.024
1.050
1.031
1.013
1.037
1.018
1.000
1.025
1.007
0.989
1.013
0.995
0.977
1.000
0.982
0.965
0.971
0.954
0.988
0.977
0.959
0.942
0.964
0.946
0.930
0.942
0.925
0.909
0.919
0.902
0.886
0.897
0.881
0.866
0.875
0.859
0.844
0.852
0.837
0.822
0.810
0.796
0.782
0.766
0.753
0.739
0.724
0.711
0.699
0.682
0.669
0.657
0.661
0.649
0.638
If H3 is greater than H1, as in Fig. 40, the burner can produce
the delivery requested.
If H3 is less than H1, it is necessary to reduce the output of the
burner. The reduction in output is accompanied by a reduction
in the combustion chamber pressure:
Qr = reduced output
H1r = reduced pressure
( )
Qr
2
H
r = H
x
1
1
Q
Example, 5% reduction in output:
Qr
= Q x 0.95
2
H1r = H1 x (0.95)
With the new values - Qr and H1r - repeat steps 2 - 5.
Warning:
the combustion head should be adjusted in relation to the
equivalent output Qe.
mbar
mbar
H2
H3
H1
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F
Air temperature °C
15
20
1.031
1.013
1.017
1.000
1.006
0.989
0.995
0.978
0.983
0.966
0.972
0.955
0.960
0.944
0.948
0.932
0.937
0.921
0.926
0.910
0.914
0.898
0.893
0.878
0.871
0.856
0.851
0.836
0.829
0.815
0.808
0.794
0.768
0.755
0.726
0.714
0.687
0.675
0.646
0.635
0.627
0.616
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A
Qe
Qe
25
30
40
0.996
0.980
0.948
0.983
0.967
0.936
0.972
0.956
0.926
0.962
0.946
0.916
0.950
0.934
0.904
0.939
0.923
0.894
0.928
0.913
0.884
0.916
0.901
0.872
0.906
0.891
0.862
0.895
0.880
0.852
0.883
0.868
0.841
0.863
0.849
0.822
0.842
0.828
0.801
0.822
0.808
0.783
0.801
0.788
0.763
0.781
0.768
0.743
0.742
0.730
0.707
0.702
0.690
0.668
0.664
0.653
0.632
0.624
0.614
0.594
0.606
0.596
0.577
kW
kg/h
Fig. 40