Reuter-Stokes’ Flame Tracker sensor, based on Silicon Carbide (SiC) technology, improves gas turbine performance while significantly reducing maintenance requirements. The Flame Tracker's high sensitivity to longer UV wavelengths gives it a wide dynamic range and quick response time, minimizing false flameouts and improving turbine reliability.
The Flame Tracker model features these benefits:
- Provides reliable operation
- Eliminates signal flicker
- Allows full operation during the water wash cycle
- Reduces maintenance time
- Operates on low voltage
- Provides rapid response to flameout
- Produces a wide dynamic range
- Delivers 10 times the sensitivity of tube-style sensors
Our Reuter-Stokes Flame Tracker Dry FTD325 senses ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths produced by a flame and signals whether a flame condition exists. This rugged design reduces maintenance by moving sensitive electronics away from heat, thereby eliminating the need for water cooling. The Silicon Carbide (SiC) optical photodiode is designed for use with multiple fuels, low NOx combustors, and steam injection.
The Flame Tracker Dry is an OEM solution and can replace any Reuter-Stokes Flame Tracker in situations in which the end-user prefers to upgrade from water-cooled to dry sensor technology.
Ideally suited for steam methane reformers, the Flame Tracker Dry FTD325 is especially useful for top-fired systems that produce excessive heat near instrumentation, which can produce a high failure rate. Instrument housing on top of the reformer can reach 150 degrees C, whereas the FTD325 handles temperatures up to 325 degrees C. This ensures that operators always have critical information about the flame in the reformer, reducing the high volatility risk while lessening the danger of a devasting explosion caused by the presence of methane or syngas when the flame is extinguished.
Flame Tracker EGF is designed for use with enclosed ground flares where traditional thermocouples can fail to provide reliable, accurate information due to the system’s slow response and higher failure rate. A UV sensor’s line-of-site measurement provides a nearly instantaneous reading of the flare’s pilot status that immediately tells operators that the pilot has been extinguished.