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Bruce Yates, Protection Controls Inc.

Bruce Yates is president of Protection Controls Inc., Skokie, Ill., a manufacturer of electrical flame safety equipment. For more information from Protection Controls Inc., call 847-674-7676 or visit www.protectioncontrolsinc.com.

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Combustion Control

10 Tips for Safeguarding Combustion Processes

Knowledge is power when it comes to keeping your personnel and plant safe from combustion hazards.
Bruce Yates, Protection Controls Inc.
June 4, 2021
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Myriad industrial process heating applications employ combustion systems, which are associated with a number of hazards. Despite these hazards, however, it is possible to keep industrial combustion systems operating safely and without event.
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Combustion Controls

Understanding the Requirements of Combustion Safety Equipment

Personnel, equipment and production schedules depend upon keeping fuel-fired burners safe per NFPA requirements.
Bruce Yates, Protection Controls Inc.
May 8, 2020
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Process heating with fuel-fired burners is the most effective and cost-efficient method of heating. Personnel safety, production equipment protection and maintaining production schedules are all best served by understanding safety requirements. 


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Redundant Self-Check Ultraviolet Flame Sensor and Combustion Safeguard Control

Combustion safeguard system provide continuous, automatic protection against the buildup of combustible fuel mixtures due to flame failure or other faults in ovens, boilers, furnaces and other heating equipment.
Bruce Yates, Protection Controls Inc.
September 1, 2016
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Two types of flame sensors generally are used on industrial burners: flame rods and ultraviolet scanners. While each can perform the essential role of safeguarding industrial combustion systems, this article will focus on ultraviolet scanners.


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