Regenerative Oxidizers - Technical Paper

RegenerativeOxidizersA.H. LUNDBERG ASSOCIATES, INC.CORPORATE OFFICES P.O. Box 597 Bellevue, WA 98009-0597 (425) 283-5070 FAX (425) 283-5081 www.lundbergassociates.com sales@lundbergassociates.com Operators of industrial processes that emit VOCs have long known that thermal oxidation is the best solution to employ. The challenge, however, is minimizing fuel and operating costs while still destroying the VOCs. Lundberg Associates’ GeoTherm? Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTO) and GeoCat? Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizers (RCO) are a proven economical and energy-efficient family of technologies designed to meet this chal- lenge. The GeoTherm? and GeoCat? designs were developed by Geoenergy? International Corporation and are now part of the Lundberg Associates family of environmental control prod-ucts. Both GeoTherm? and GeoCat? units have been applied to a wide variety of industrial processes such as wood drying, coating, tire cord manufacturing, printing, chemical processing and insulation manufacturing with excellent success. The hallmark of the GeoTherm? design and GeoCat? design is simplicity. Each system utilizes twin heat recovery chambers (or multi- ples for larger gas streams) and fast acting “poppet” valves to switch the direction of the gas stream in the heat recovery chambers. This arrangement is the simplest available. Simplicity means ease of maintenance and high reliability. • 98 to 99% destruction efficiency • Up to 95% thermal efficiency • Heat exchange media designed to meet the requirements of each application • State-of-the-art controls custom designed for each application • Complete EPC systems available • On-line bake-out is available