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[July 2003]
Technology for Fine Tuning Combustion Enters Top Award
Yortech Instruments (Doncaster, South Yorks, England) is the latest company to enter its groundbreaking technology into this year's National Measurement Awards. The company has created a device to measure the flow of gas in the environmentally friendly production of fuel, among other applications.
Waste incinerator plants and cement kilns in Europe have adopted the system and international giants such as Esso and BP are said to be poised to follow once Environmental Protection Agency approval has been granted.
John Hyde, Managing Director and founder of Yortech, said: "We know the Basilisk IR4 is an outstanding product; once we begin some serious marketing we're confident of success in the US. Recognition in the National Measurement Awards will give us a timely boost".
The Basilisk IR4 operates by shining two beams of infrared light through a gas stream. The fluctuating pattern of concentration received contains up to 500,000 data samples at any instant, which are processed in real time by the instrument to extract the exact flow rate of the gas. This allows the combustion process to be finely tuned and early warnings of developing problems to be given.
The method has been adopted for the manufacture of cement, monitoring the gas from the burning of discarded car tyres that are used as a substitute for coal. Firms benefit from a reduced fuel bill and an environmentally friendly manufacturing process.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Beta Technology Ltd are relaunching this year's National Measurement Awards to attract more SME participation. World-class experts from NPL and the Department of Trade will judge the competition.
Web site for the awards: www.national-measurement-awards.co.uk
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