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Overfire Air

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019996

1. Air forced into the top of an incinerator or boiler to fan the flames.

2. Air, under control as to quantity and direction, introduced above or beyond a fuel bed by induced or forced draft.

3. Off-stoichiometric combustion modification for control of NOx where the lower burners operate under fuel rich conditions and air injection nozzles located above these burners complete the combustion process.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019996
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesTerms of Environment; 40 CFR 240.101 (CFR 2013); Basic Concepts in Environmental Sciences
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019996",
  "term": "Overfire Air",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Air forced into the top of an incinerator or boiler to fan the flames.\n\n2. Air, under control as to quantity and direction, introduced above or beyond a fuel bed by induced or forced draft.\n\n3. Off-stoichiometric combustion modification for control of NOx where the lower burners operate under fuel rich conditions and air injection nozzles located above these burners complete the combustion process.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 240.101 (CFR 2013)",
    "Basic Concepts in Environmental Sciences"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/overfire-air/"
}

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