The peculiarity of this Pó (wood dust), makes it unfeasible to burn from scratch, always needing a stable gas flame to ensure the quality of the Pó flame. That is, in order to burn the Pó, you must previously be burning Natural Gas, reach the desired / necessary temperature in the chamber, about 850 ºC, and finally, carry out the fuel change in a controlled manner and without turning off the burner. This is known as “Change On the Fly – #COF“, and it is one of the most impressive functions included in our #Mk8 controller.

Due to the complexity of the production process, the #DCS of the plant and depending on various values of temperatures, pressures, steam flows and material load in the dryers, is responsible for externally modulating our #Mk8, delegating to us the safety and efficiency of combustion. This security is achieved thanks to the implementation of 3 UV flame detectors and one IR, all of high sensitivity and working in parallel; and position feedback from the gas servo motor and from the PO feed screw.

In addition to this, 2 more servo motors are available for the control of secondary and tertiary air to the burner, which ensures efficiency along with fuel control. The project also includes a #EGAMk8 Gas Analyzer and a #DTI for real-time remote control from your control room. During the last days, various trainings of plant personnel were carried out both at the foot of the boiler and from the remote control room.

From here, I would like to thank Stephen Huggett enormously for their teachings and sense of humor during the long working days, the guys from Santec Engenharia Industrial for their great work prior to and during the start-up, and the Autoflame Engineering Limited team for their great remote support. Cristiano Almeida Santos Creando de Almeida Chesterton Lima Marcos Paulo Steve Kemp Nadeem Iqbal Tom Garrett Zeyad Dujayli   – Guillermo Ceba, Technical Account Manager for LATAM.

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A massive thank you to Dariusz, Rob, and Keith for all of their hard work getting this shipment out! 

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We wish him all the best in his future adventures with his family during his retirement!

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The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are among the most prestigious business awards in the World, recognising and celebrating business excellence.

Founded in 1972 by Brendan Kemp, Autoflame Engineering, which is in its 50^th year, designs, and manufactures combustion management controls, offering precise intelligent control, focused on driving down costs and emissions for both commercial and industrial combustion burners.

The company has successfully exported to more than 140 countries worldwide, and its installations are successfully supported by a network of “Tech Centres.”

The award, which is valid for the next five years, is in recognition of the Exhaust Gas Analyser (EGA) developed by Autoflame Engineering.

The Exhaust Gas Analyser (EGA) monitors exhaust gas emissions to comply with environmental regulations and help to reduce fuel usage & emissions.

The EGA can also be used to feed back its readings to an Autoflame Micro Modulator (MM) boiler controller allowing precise adjustments to be made to the fuel/air ratio (trim) of the burner for optimised performance, including:

• Simultaneous and continuous sampling of up to six exhaust gases (O2, CO2, CO, NO, NO2, SO2) at a fraction of the price of alternative systems.
• Enables Three Parameter Trim control in MM Controller for improved fuel efficiency and emission reduction.
• Built-in CEMS Auditing software, creating user-definable reports based on:
  • Total weight and volumetric emissions.
  • Weight/volumetric emissions per exhaust gas.
  • Logging data for up to 3 years
  • Safely setting limits for harmful extract gases

Autoflame Engineering has a proud association with the Awards, this is the fourth time the company have won, having been previously successful in 1996, 1997 & 2007, in the Export, Environmental and Innovation categories.

Steve Kemp, Director of Autoflame Engineering commented, “R&D is a key element of our business strategy – an ever constant. We invest on an ongoing basis, and that continuity allows us to benefit by delivering tomorrow’s cutting edge technology today.”

Continuing, SK stated, “the latest EGA totalises the greenhouse gas emissions, providing the end-user with an exact carbon footprint. Establishing this data is the first step in a planned reduction of carbon emissions. Our in-house teams are always looking to push our technology to its limit – enabling our customers to benefit from ever more precise controls, which in the current climate of rising fuel costs can represent a significant monetary advantage.”

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