CATALYTIC AFTERBURNER

Scenario: Customer is a large volume bakery. The SCAQMD air district in Southern California required them to install an afterburner on their Pita line to remove the ethanol that results from the baking of their pita bread.

Solution: West Coast Combustion designed and manufactured a custom catalytic afterburner to bring them into compliance with SCAQMD. The afterburner uses four platinum based catalyst blocks to burn off the ethanol from the air stream. This along with a low emissions burner results in maximum energy efficiency. The afterburner is controlled by a PLC with an accompanying HMl. The Afterburner communicates with the oven in order to coordinate the transfer of the oven exhaust into the afterburner. ln order to maintain compliance with SCAQMD, the afterburner does not allow for baking to begin until its catalyst are at the proper temperature needed to achieve a complete burn off of the ethanol.