Epcon Industrial Systems

Epcon Industrial Systems, LP leads the way in the custom design and manufacture of regenerative thermal oxidizers , recuperative thermal oxidizers, afterburners, industrial furnaces, industrial ovens, and specialty finishing systems. Holding several patents inthe areas of air pollution control and heat processing, it is one of few related businesses with its own on-site manufacturing facility. Since its inception in 1977, Epcon has garnered great success both at home and abroad for its state-of-the-art thermal oxidizing systems, as well as, conveyor, batch, dry-off, and industrial ovens . From concept to completion, Epcon's technical team works together to design an efficient, customized product to suit each client’s unique needs Epcon can help achieve the goals of either new equipment or modernizing existing equipment for higher fuel efficiency, better performance, and compliance with the regulatory agencies. Go Green with Epcon: With a mission to “protect the environment ...

Epcon’s President & CEO, Aziz Jamaluddin, is also the founder of the company. He chuckles when remembering the early days: “It was late November/December 1976. I couldn’t see beyond a foot what I was going to be doing. I just got in with both feet to start my own business. A lot of hard work and personal sacrifices paid off. I was surrounded by many challenges and difficulties, but my confidence was always high that I would overcome the difficulties and succeed. He notes it wasn’t about a particular company, but rather about a particular technology, that engendered his enthusiasm. “I am a mechanical engineer. I already had several patents, and my education and experience had been in the heat transfer, thermal dynamics and thermal systems and pollution control systems, industrial furnaces and ovens . I knew how to design and build, not only the state-of-the-art system, but incorporating leading edge technology with a lot of innovations and tomorrow’s technology.” The establish...

Afterburners and Thermal oxidizers rely on the process of combustion to oxidize VOC’s to the hydrocarbon units of CO 2 and H 2 O.   High temperatures and residence time, coupled with the proper amount of turbulence, allow this process to occur. Generally, these processes will be able to destroy over 95% of the VOC’s in the process gas.   In order to increase the VOC destruction efficiency, higher temperatures and longer retention times are necessary.   When the destruction efficiencies are this high, the only products of this reaction are water and Carbon Dioxide.   These off-gases can be released to the atmosphere, so there are no removal costs.   Another unique property of these incineration type devices is the ability to destroy both small particulate VOC’s as well as airborne VOC’s.   By combining an incinerator with other methods of VOC removal such as scrubbers , baghouse filters and boilers, 99%+ removal efficiency can be guaranteed. In order ...

Understanding and applying best practices in aluminum scrap recycling systems is key to realizing the full potential of your recovery system. Recognizing that a 1% deviation in contaminant levels can translate to more than a 2% move in metals recovery, highlights the value in investing in the latest recovery technologies. By focusing on properly sizing and configuring the thermal oxidizer early in the design process, operators will be able to realize the full potential of the metals recovery system and avoid wasted melt furnace capacity.   At the scale of many captive recycling operations, recovering waste heat from the process can produce a significant annual cost savings and overall reduction in facility greenhouse gas emissions. Benefits of Secondary Heat Recovery A perfect example of the cost savings benefits of secondary heat recovery in aluminum scrap recycling can be found in an installation at a merchant metals recycling operation in Arkansas. The existing system...