West Coast Ultra-Low NOx Burner Company Heads East

SANTA CLARA, CA (April, 2005) – ALZETA Corporation, a recognized leader in advanced combustion technology, has announced plans to commence marketing its CSB™ ultra-low emissions burners nationwide. Originally developed in response to California’s strict environmental regulations, the CSB has a 10-year, proven track record with over 150 successful low NOx installations. According to Lee Kosla, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, “The ultra-low NOx burner business has been our market focus, and we have never failed a source test. We believe the time is right to introduce our technology nationally in other Air Quality Districts that are following California’s lead.”

When first introduced, ALZETA’s CSB burner addressed the needs for sub-30 ppm NOx emissions generated by industrial and commercial boilers up to 100,000 lb/hr. Then, as regulations tightened, ALZETA responded by re-configuring the CSB product in 1999 to deliver single-digit NOx emissions. Since that time, ALZETA CSB systems have demonstrated a 100% success rate, complying with the toughest air quality regulations nationwide – those requiring down to sub-9 ppm NOx performance, such as in Southern California’s SCAQMD and more recently in the San Joaquin Valley.

The key to reducing NOx emissions in industrial boilers is to reduce the flame temperature. The heart of ALZETA’s CSB technology is lean-premix, surface-stabilized combustion. By simply controlling the ratio of fuel and air flow rates across the load range, the CSB inherently produces a cool flame with ultra-low NOx performance, and simultaneous low CO emissions.

ALZETA Corporation develops, manufactures and markets advanced, combustion-based, clean air solutions for a wide range of industries. For example, ALZETA’s unique surface combustion technology guarantees the complete destruction of hazardous, toxic and PFC global warming exhaust gases generated by semiconductor manufacturing operations worldwide. And for boilers and water heaters used in the commercial HVAC and related industrial process heating applications, ALZETA’s burners deliver high efficiency performance and ultra-low emissions. ALZETA’s in development nanoSTAR™ combustion technology, will deliver less than 2.5 ppm NOx emissions on industrial gas turbines used for power generation and mechanical drive applications without the use of post-combustion stack treatment. With over two decades of experience, ALZETA is a valued supplier to many Fortune 500 companies either directly or as a component and technology supplier to OEM equipment manufacturers worldwide. ALZETA’s spirit of innovation has resulted in the issuance of more than 30 US and International patents for advanced combustion technologies and was recognized by the US Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies with their “Technology of the Year Award” for the Year 2000.