recuperative thermal oxidizer English

Meaning recuperative thermal oxidizer meaning

What does recuperative thermal oxidizer mean?

recuperative thermal oxidizer noun

— A type of thermal oxidizer for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second, while recuperating part of the heat generated from the combustion of said pollutants to pre-heat the entering polluted air, thus reducing energy costs.