PROTRON
Designed for light industry applications:
ovens, dryers, spray booths, incinerators, hot air generators
Reliable heating solutions
for every requirement
Wherever small or medium-scale heating solution
is needed, ELCO is the best partner you can rely on.
A comprehensive offer of tailor-made solutions is
proposed by ELCO and offered by its worldwide
network of distributors.
A partner in professional heating offering a wide
range of burner operations to fit individual and
commercial needs with optimum combustion
technology respectful of sustainable environment.
A complete range dedicated
to light industry
With its new gas and light oil burners series, ELCO
offers a wide range of all-duty burners for light
industry applications, developed in more than
80 years of research.
All PROTRON models are characterized by
economical consumption, ease of installation,
adjustment and maintenance, high temperature
resistance and a wide possibility of customization
in order to meet any type of installation request:
each burner can be customized with head length,
gas train and 8 combinations of software
programming.
PROTRON burners are also equipped with an
integrated display featuring a communication
system based on symbols and numerical data,
ensuring an easy and intuitive interaction between
the user and the burner.
ELCO offers its new models with a wide range of
choice. PROTRON range is available in two distinct
machine architectures –gun and cubic– taking advantage of the benefits of each in order to better fit to the
customer needs.
Gun
Ranging from the output of 17 to 546 kW PROTRON
models with gun structure are suitable to work in gas
and in light oil, available in one and two stages operation, and Low NOx emissions class 3 (<80 mg/kWh)
when working in gas and class 2 (<185 mg/kWh) in
light oil, according to EN676 and EN267 standards.
Cubic
The cubic program, ranging from the output of 30 to
210 kW, is available in one and two stages operation
and Low NOx emissions class 2 (<120 mg/kWh) and
class 3 (<80 mg/kWh) in gas operation and class 2
(<185 mg/kWh) in light oil, according to EN676 and
EN267 standards.
Competent advice
Your contacts at ELCO and its partners are recognized
experts with years of experience. Our worldwide support starts from concept creation to planning, design
and project management up to commissioning and
on-going operation of the plant throughout its life
cycle.
Contents
Main features4 - 5
PROTRON operations and Systems6 - 7
PROTRON range overview and designation8 - 9
Gas range working fields and technical data10 - 13
Light oil range working fields and technical data14 - 17
Gas trains dimensions18
Gas trains matching19
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MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RANGE
Communication
An intuitive and interactive system
The new MDE2 System and the Elcogram, equipped on PROTRON range constantly give real-time information
to professional operators.
• During the commissioning
The setting of all necessary parameters for the burner operation is carried out by a user-friendly method
thanks to the 5 buttons and the big size display.
• During the burner operation
The instantaneous data of each ignition follow one another in real time, allowing a quick check of the burner
running (voltage value, flame signal, time for ignition…).
• At each operation cycle
The system records every event that happened during the last heating season and displays the stored data in
the form of statistics.
2 stages burners1 stage burners
Elcogram,
a universal language
As ELCO products are
distributed worldwide,
the company has developed
a universal language
composed of pictograms
and numerical data.
The pictograms use the
majority of the symbols
used on the wiring diagrams
which are recognised and
understood by all Nations.
This ensures that
information is easier
to read than ever before.
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Maintenance
Rapid and easy maintenance solutions
In order to grant cost benefits and high performance on all ELCO burners, we implemented features that simplify
commissioning and allow quick and efficient burner maintenance.
• Quick: reduces downtime and cost of maintenance
• Efficient: grants optimal performance like after first commissioning
For an easier maintenance, the combustion parts can be quickly removed, easily cleaned and, even when they are
disassembled, they easily get back to their position after all the servicing work.
The RTC System developed by ELCO guarantees a simple commissioning and exceptional operation in any
condition.
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Reliability
High performance in any scenarios
A necessary feature for process industry applications
is the reliability, and the PROTRON range ensures it in all conditions,
even when operating at high temperatures.
All PROTRON models have been designed with metal parts where
high temperature can be reached, assuring the continuity of the
operation even in the most extreme situations.
The integral protection cover provides compactness and reduced
space requirements, and protects the burner components in every
working conditions.
• Flexible range:
short or long head, sliding flange, class 2 or class 3, one stage or two stages
• Designed for applications:
heat resistant, compact layout, easy maintenance, integral protection cover, graphic display
Burner with gun structure:
high performance ventilation
and maximum compactness.
Burner with cubic structure:
fully enclosed burner with optimal
accessibility and flexibility.
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PROTRON OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS
RTC System
Innovative solutions for quick and easy maintenance
The functional design of the housing, coupled with the innovative
technology of the combustion heads, creates the RTC® (Retained
Head Adjustment), offering several advantages:
• full access to all components, by simply removing the cover;
• simple and rapid maintenance;
• complete removal of the combustion head and access to its internal
components with a single operation, without removing the burner from
the boiler or disconnecting the gas train;
• prolonged retention of the optimum combustion head settings, which
are not changed during service operations;
• rapid cleaning of the mechanical components, thanks to their clear
layout;
• reduced servicing times through the use of standard nuts, bolts, screws
and pipe fittings, which can be adjusted using only a few tools.
MDE2 System
Permanent communication of information easy to use
With its new MDE2® System and the integrated display, PROTRON burners
provide constant information updates for professionals and users.
Instantaneous data (starting cycle, voltage
measurement values and flame signal, etc.)
and stored data (operating statistics) are
now displayed.
"ELCOGRAM": universal
language based on symbols
and numerical data
Display shows
all information for
daily operation
Menu-driven burner
setup and operation
via keypad
Two push buttons
allow the access to the
operation statistics and
the eventual faults
2 stages burners1 stage burners
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Quick Start System
High performance in process application
Quick Start® is dedicated to industrial applications that requires temperature stability for process
and production without any interruption.
For the first start-up, there is a long preventilation period, adjustable from 40 to 300 seconds.
After a controlled shutdown, the flame is turned off when temperature is reached, then the flame is restored in a few
seconds when the temperature drops.
For gas burners, a tightness control is required each time the burner stops. This means:
• an increase in productivity that results from a minimum temperature variation;
• a primary and secondary energy savings;
• no thermal shock suffered by materials used to huge temperature variations;
• a really good security thanks to permanent control device.
Software programming
Wide possibilities of application
PROTRON burners are characterized by high versatility allowing this range to be used in several installations within the
process industry. The range has been accurately developed to ensure a level of flexibility as never before, giving to
the end user the possibility to meet any installation request: each burner is configurated in factory by our technicians
according to the customer needs through a serie of parameters and options, such as:
• quick start;
• tightness control;
• adjustable pre-purge and post-purge;
• permanent ventilation.
With the aim to give to the customer the maximum flexibility ELCO provides 8 combinations of software programming:
In order to calculate the total overall dimension with gas train, make reference to page 11 for dimensions N and O.
If the sum Pr+N is lower than the maximum overall of the burner, Et dimension will be equal to E.