regenerative thermal oxidizer

noun

A type of thermal oxidizer for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second, while recuperating nearly all of the heat generated from the combustion of said pollutants to pre-heat the entering polluted air using a ceramic heat exchanger, thus greatly reducing energy costs. Often called an RTO.

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nounregenerative thermal oxidizer (plural regenerative thermal oxidizers)

plural regenerative thermal oxidizers

  1. A type of thermal oxidizer for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second, while recuperating nearly all of the heat generated from the combustion of said pollutants to pre-heat the entering polluted air using a ceramic heat exchanger, thus greatly reducing energy costs. Often called an RTO.
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