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MLM® vs. Conventional RTO Heat Recovery Media


Random Media Problems

Random media, in addition to high pressure drop, are also associated with common
operational problems when used as the heat recovery media in RTO units. These
problems include settling and nesting which leads to even higher pressure drop (and
hence higher operating expenses), as well as degradation over time.

Note that several types of random media have been tried in this RTO,
and have been preserved in the insulation.

Photo supplied courtesy of the city of Fitchburg, MA. These saddles were
removed from their RTO to allow for retrofit to MLM®. Note some of the saddles
had been ground to the consistency of sand. See case study
www.lantecp.com/casestudy/casestudy36.html.

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Monolith / Honeycomb Thermal Stress

The heat recovery media within a RTO is


subject to extreme fluctuations in temperature.
This phenomenon is most pronounced in the
central portion of the heat recovery beds. Note
the temperature profile during a typical RTO
heating and cooling cycle.
Note that temperature variation of ~300+ °F
(150 ºC) is expected within this bed. And this
variation takes place during each heating and
cooling cycle.
Additionally, normal design practice for a RTO
unit assumes that all combustion of organic
compounds takes place within the combustion
chamber. No combustion of organics is assumed
to take place within the heat recovery media. But in reality, with temperatures of 1000+
°F within the heat recovery media, combustion of organics within the heat recovery
media is a normal occurrence.
Monolith media has proven to be very susceptible to catastrophic damage due to thermal
stress always present within any RTO. The following three photos are from several
different RTO units.

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MLM® Multi-Layer Media® Survives in Normal RTO Service

The following photo shows the first installed bed of MLM® within a RTO. This media is
performing today as it was when first installed in 1996. To date, no MLM® media has
been replaced due to the types of failures of saddles and monolith noted here so long as
the MLM® was installed per the instructions of Lantec Products and the RTO operated
per the design parameters provided to Lantec Products.

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