CoMate the Combustion Catalyst

Fire needs three basic ingredients. To create combustion, you need a fuel of some kind (in most cases, some form of carbonaceous material), oxygen, and heat. By itself, this is a very simple process. Problems arise when the energy of combustion is harnessed for use in some process. For example, a boiler or steam generator uses this heat to create steam. In a perfect world, this process would be 100% efficient. The fuel would be 100% combustible with no residual material. The fuel would burn easily and quickly. And the combustion system would waste no energy, converting every unit of heat into steam.

Unfortunately, perfect combustion systems do not exist. Fuels are not always consistent, they contain a wide range of non-combustible materials, and they are not necessarily easy to burn. Combustion systems are also not 100% efficient. Heat is constantly wasted, fuels are not burned completely, and ash gets on everything reducing heat transfer efficiencies, choking off flu gas passes and generally creating all sorts of headaches for steam plant operators.

However, a combustion process enhanced with CoMate is as close as you can get to perfect combustion. CoMate particles have an embedded ion-exchange function that when introduced into a furnace, actually enhances the combustion process. Fire is itself a series of chemical reactions. With CoMate, the process is faster and more complete, meaning better combustion without changing other operating parameters like fuel/air ratios. The result is more energy reaching heat transfer surfaces in the furnace (radiant section), which translates to less fuel burned per unit of energy produced. This also means less unburned carbons in the ash, reducing fly ash in the system overall.

The overall effect is a gentle front shifting of the temperature and ash distribution profiles of the boiler. Most of the ash that does accumulate appears on the furnace floor, where it is easily handled and does not interfere with boiler operation. This means a cleaner and more cost effective operation, reduced overall emissions, extended operating cycles and sustained peak efficiencies.