Review of gas burners used in small capacity heat plants and assessment of their environmental impact

Abstract

This master's thesis on gas burners used in small capacity heat plants and assessment of their environmental impact at first, describes the global energy consumption of natural gas, second, introduces gas combustion technologies and the classification of burners and their use in modern conditions. The experience of operating heat engineering equipment was presented with the example of the company SUE ”TEK SPb”, which provides heat to the majority of consumers in St. Petersburg, Russia. To reduce specific emissions of nitrogen oxides and mono- and carbon dioxide, the company is introducing new highly efficient equipment. After the modernization of the old thermal heat plants, the environmental impact was significantly reduced due to lower specific consumption of natural gas. Natural gas consumption was reduced by 21%. However, the use of the methodology used in Russia to report emissions from heat plants is not applicable to the comparative analysis of heat plants due to the absence of specific parameters.