Ultra Clean Burner

Phoenix UCB™ (Ultra-Clean Burner) Technology

This is the only burner that burns waste oil completely, and tar sands directly.

The Phoenix UCB, or ultra-clean burner, technology is a pyrocatalytic burner system which converts any carbon material into ultra-clean heat energy. Because the system burns at an extremely high efficiency point, no carbon particulates are emitted.

Designed for use in steam applications, the UCB burner will cleanly burn everything from unrefined crude oil, tar sand, oil shale, coal and used motor oils to geothermal steam & biomass fuels.

The main advantage of this system is the cost-of-fuel factor. This clean combustion technology opens the door to new fuel sources.

Zero-cost fuels such as:

	Recycled motor oil
	Used cooking oil
	Solvents
	Combustible cellulose

Growable fuels:

	Biomass-derived oil
	Alcohol
	Crop residues

The basic unit also utilizes heavy oils & waste oil byproducts from industry, converting long oil molecules into short combustible gas molecules. Our proprietary combustion cycle results in emissions comparable to natural gas. Burner heat energy can then be utilized to produce steam -- which can power a disk turbine to produce electricity, or provide facility heat or process heat/steam.

Testing of our 4" x 24" prototype shows an amazingly clean burn using a mix of 90% waste motor oil and 10% thinner/diesel. The unit produces up to 500,000 Btu, completely free of smoke and fumes.

Applications of this technology

Units are scalable from fractional horsepower up to mega-horsepower in size. This flexibility allows for fuel cost advantages which range from small shop co-generation on up to heavy equipment such as locomotives -- and even steam injection at oil sands operations.

Small scale applications include waste oil-to-electricity & furnaces for businesses which collect large quantities of used motor oil:

	car dealers
	quick lubes
	auto repair shops
	gas stations

Mid-sized systems are aimed at lowering utility costs for:

	Municipal governments
	Indigenous villages

By collecting virtually all used motor oil, restaurant grease & waste industrial oils for use in UCB co-generators, clients can reduce the waste stream while slashing municipal utility bills. Electricity produced by the clean-burning system can also charge the city's electric vehicle fleet.

Large scale projects include reducing operational costs for

Coal-fired power plants

Companies involved in oil extraction.

Coal & even tar sands can be fed directly into our burner to provide steam for oil recovery while producing electrical power! (Fuel for steam injection accounts for over 50% of total operating costs at some oil sands projects - and consumes limited natural gas resources.)

Other applications include:

	Waste oil hybrid locomotives & switchers
	Heavy truck APU's, auxiliary power units
	Mobile and stationary furnaces
	Phoenix KE (kinetic energy) Drives