This project tested an afterburner attached to a barbecue grill to see if it would reduce the emissions coming from the grill. A cone calorimeter measured the levels of CO, CO, and O in the exhaust stream. Running the afterburner decreased the levels of CO and CO and increased the level of O above running the grill alone. Thus, dilution is as important as further combustion in reducing emission levels.

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Creator

• Welch, Christopher Patrick

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D044M

Advisor

• Wyslouzil, Barbara E.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright