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Gas vs. Oil Burners

Gas and oil burners can both be engineered for industrial duty, but they differ in emissions behavior, control stability, maintenance burden, and fuel logistics.

Gas burners

  • Generally cleaner combustion and simpler atomization.
  • Fast control response and good turndown with proper design.
  • Dependent on gas supply pressure stability and quality.

Oil burners

  • Requires atomization system and careful viscosity management.
  • Higher maintenance (nozzles, filters, pumps, soot management).
  • Useful where gas is unavailable or supply is unreliable.

Decision shortcuts

  • If low NOx is a hard requirement, evaluate burner architecture early.
  • If uptime is critical, prefer simpler fuel trains and fewer consumables.
  • If fuel price volatility is high, consider dual-fuel where feasible.