Learning about combustion (gas that is)

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about technician #039 and a very heated discussion about testing maybe I can offer some education to those interested. I have over on Oil Tech Talk been teaching about Fundamentals of Gas Combustion. Many of the things discussed there will clarify my position on first you must know combustion before you ever pick up a test instrument. I have tried to keep the discussion as simple as I can for such a complicated subject. Take a trip over there and read the review of topics discussed. Understanding flame propogation, burning speed, burner design etc is what it is all about. When you have stuck you head into as many fireboxes as I have had to without many times any instruments you better know what you are doing. Instruments CONFIRM that you know what you are doing.

Now for Mark and Darin how do I know something is wrong? You better test the air as you enter, by the way not only for CO but oxygen content, methane and hydrogen sulfide. If the air is good proceed. If not get yourself and everyone else out of there. Now take a simple CO test on all the flue gases on all the fossil fuel burning equipment. We then proceed from there to do what we have to do.

Here is a question for you what is the lower explosive limit of Natural gas? How about CO is it explosive if so what are the limits? Does LP gas have different flammability limits than natural gas?

Please take a trip over to OTT it will help you to understand better about this combustion stuff.

Here is the site:
www.oiltechtalk.com/discuss/viewforum.php?f=2