Astec's premium Ultra Low NOx Phoenix Phantom burner leads the pack with the lowest available combustion and noise emissions (gaseous fuels only). The Phantom also achieves the highest electrical energy efficiency with innovations like variable speed drives. The Phantom offers advanced mixing technology and the latest technological innovations to deliver the absolute minimum gaseous emissions available today.

Natural gas injection and mixing: uniformly green color indicates complete mixing of air/gas.

Velocity magnitude increases as air and natural gas mix.

The premium Phoenix Phantom is used where emissions limits are a driving concern, (typically the Phantom is not supplied with optional oil nozzle because its premium Ultra-Low emissions technology applies to gaseous fuel).

Advanced Emission Reduction

The Phoenix Phantom is the only burner available in the hot mix asphalt industry using the most advanced technology to precisely and completely mix the air and gaseous fuel to achieve an advanced low NOx and CO method called lean burn premix. Phantom employs a multiple parallel turbulent tube mixer to achieve near perfect mixing of fuel and air.

Reliable Firing & Advanced Design

The Phoenix Phantom is thoroughly tested before leaving the factory to ensure reliability and start-up ease. Highly efficiency variable speed blower controls provide damper-less air flow control. Combustion air and fuel flow meters can be combined with Astec PLC/Computer Burner Controls for the most precise and reliable burner control available.

Firing Efficiency & Compact Flame Size

When running in lean burn mode, near perfect mixing of air and fuel before burning produces the most compact flame available. The compact flame size contributes to efficiency, ensuring that all of the fuel is combusted without taking away valuable dryer heating capacity like other low emission methods that use flue gas re-circulation or water injection methods.