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  1. TravisWolfe

    Is a pilot necessary?

    Does anyone know of the requirement to have FM approved vent valves on multiple natural gas natural draft burner installations? Block valves are required to be FM approved, however can't find info in vent valves case? T
  2. TravisWolfe

    Choosing a PLC Brand...

    From all the babble you can tell that no one person has the be-all-end-all solution. I have been doing this type of thing for many years and found that the simpliest way is the best way. Don't forget the overall point of the project. Unless you are looking for expansion capability and glossy...
  3. TravisWolfe

    Is a pilot necessary?

    When starting an industrial sized natural draft burner, is there a requirement to have a pilot? I start these via torch now, but to automate is a pilot required or is just an ignitor sufficient? Thanks in advance
  4. TravisWolfe

    Is a pilot necessary?

    When starting an industrial sized natural draft burner, is there a requirement to have a pilot? I start these via torch now, but to automate is a pilot required or is just an ignitor sufficient? Thanks in advance
  5. TravisWolfe

    Starting a gass burner using an ignitor?

    Another name of a type of flame sensor is a Flame Rod. Essentially the same as the gentleman above commented on, that when there is a flame there is ionization present which induces a current in the rod and hence senses flame. The current is fairly low...around 2 microamps or so.
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    hi...i want a prototype

    Look in Hydrocarbon Processing publishes crude oil properties for a number of crudes...
  7. TravisWolfe

    WonderWare on Windows 95(b)

    When resizing the desktop under Windows 95(b), WonderWare comes up with various graphics problems...There used to be a solution which now eludes me... Anyone remember?

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