How it works

AB Catalyst is a combustion catalyst designed to improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions, and enhance the reliability of industrial boilers and kilns that burn coal or biofuels. The product minimizes slagging and fouling, allowing for the use of lower-grade fuels without sacrificing performance. Scientifically validated by institutions like Inner Mongolia University and the China Coal Research Institute, AB Catalyst optimizes combustion, leading to significant reductions in fuel consumption and harmful emissions. It is eco-friendly, non-toxic, and easy to use, requiring minimal maintenance.

The catalyst has the ability to reduce the initial ignition temperature of coal/wood/fossil fuel. This in turn gives a head start to the actual commencement of the combustion process.

Normally, the hydrocarbons and soot/tars/Sulphur in the coal make-up, tend to evaporate before normal ignition temperature and thus before it is allowed to ignite/burn. It then leaves the combustion zone as a wet unburnt and sticky substance to adhere to the interior walls and tubes as it moves toward the smoke stack.

DIAGRAM ONE
Ignition Temprature

DIAGRAM TWO
Soot conversion with AB Catalyst

This poor combustion also creates the black sooty emissions of the unburnt soot plus a long-term hard build-up inside the boiler. It bakes harder with further build-up in future.

By reducing the ignition temperature, combustion and burnout takes place at a lower temperature (and do not evaporate as before) into softer, drier more friable dust/fine ash, if and when it attaches to the boiler tubes. The dry soot/hydrocarbons leave the smokestack as grey/white smoke, completely combusted. Remember this includes some of the SO2 in the coal that is reduced to sulphates that are dumped in the ash.

This poor combustion also creates the black sooty emissions of the unburnt soot plus a long-term hard build-up inside the boiler. It bakes harder with further build-up in future.

By reducing the ignition temperature, combustion and burnout takes place at a lower temperature (and do not evaporate as before) into softer, drier more friable dust/fine ash, if and when it attaches to the boiler tubes. The dry soot/hydrocarbons leave the smokestack as grey/white smoke, completely combusted. Remember this includes some of the SO2 in the coal that is reduced to sulphates that are dumped in the ash.

The fact that you are now combusting these hydrocarbons/soot, you are creating more heat with newfound “fuel” and in fact require smaller quantities of coal normally used to perform this.

FIRE TUBE BOILERS

Westville Prison boiler 3 months without AB Catalyst.

With AB Catalyst after
6 months usage.

FIRE TUBE BOILERS

Westville Prison boiler 3 months without AB Catalyst.

With AB Catalyst after
6 months usage.

Here is where we estimate the 3% improvement of your coal savings, and this can be increased two or three-fold (as with other clients) with this improved combustion being utilized with efficient setting and fine tuning of your boilers.

At the same time the catalyst increases the fusion temperature of the ash. This means the ash does not form molten “lava” because it now combusts before it melts. In boiler terms it is the normal formation of hard molten clinker chunks that mess up the inside of your boiler that now “burn out” leaving fine soft ash instead.

Result is that the boiler tubes including the super heater section has very little build-up to restrict air flow and reduced clogged water tubes and stop tube walls from build up for heat penetration to the water. The boilers have far longer operating periods between cleanings.

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