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1912 National Airoil Burner Company -- FOUNDED
-- Philadelphia
Ninth & Thompson Streets - Sales / Manufacturing
1912 Burners -- Oil Residential
1913 Oil Burners for Commercial & Industrial Applications
1913 Oil Burners for Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives
1913 National Airoil Burner Company -- OPENS
BURNER SHOWROOM & SALES OFFICE
Previous Flower Shop -- Girard Ave, Philadelphia
1913 Installation/Service Crews for Oil Burner
Installation
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Replace COAL FIRED -- due to MINER STRIKES
1913 NABCO -- first used as short name for National Airoil Burner Co.
1917 National Airoil Burner Company -- INCORPORATED
1917 Burners -- Gas Fired & Packaged
1917 Developed Advanced Steam Atomizers for OILS & TARS
1917 Portable Field Oil Fired Cook Stoves for US Marines
1920 Burners -- Refinery
1923 Special Linear Oil Burner Valves
1931 National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. --
PURCHASES
Previous Textile Mill (3 Stories -- CONCRETE - Fireproof - Built 1923)
for Offices / Showroom / Manufacturing / Testing / Construction Office
1933 Oxidizers -- Liquid Waste Disposal
1938 Heating & Pumping Units for Oil Firing
1939 Sprayers -- Oil & Quench -- Synthetic Rubber Production -- WWII
1941 NAO Pedestal Burner Developed in Texas for Liquid Waste Disposal
1943 Flares -- Flamefront Ignitors, Windproof Pilots & Steam Injectors
1945 Jet Engine Test Stand for General Electric / Westinghouse
1950 National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. -- Builds formal test area & lab
1951 NABCO abbreviation for National Airoil Burner Co. was replaced by NAO
1952 Burners -- Recirculation - Reduced Emissions
1957 Special Burner for Arnold Air Force Base -- Engr Development Center
1960 Updated AIROCOOL and HYDROCOOL Burners for Ammonia Reformers
1962 Burners -- High Efficiency, Low Noise
1968 Flare Systems -- Derrick, Guyed, Self-Supporting
1970 Fluidic Seal for Longer Flare Life & Less Purge
1971- 72 Ignitors -- Remote, Manual/Automatic,
Non-Electric,
No Compressed Air, Solar Powered
1972 Internal Thermocouple for Flare Pilot -- Longer Life, Eliminate False Alarms
1973 Ignitor -- Flamefront Type Automatic Compensating
1974 Bubble Type Water Seal Drum
1975 National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. ---> Changed
name to NAO, Inc.
due to the
increased range of products -- no just BURNERS
1976 Steel Plant Flare Solved Internal Burning
1976 NAO First Enclosed Flare installed
1976 Vents -- Tips & Flame Snuffing Systems
1976 Enclosed Flare -- Smokeless without Steam
1977 Low NOx Oil Integrated Burner
1977 Energy Conservation Systems for Flares --- Pilot Gas, Purge, Steam
1978 Arrestors -- Flame & Detonation
1978 NAO Well Test Burner -- CB-12
Designed and Tradenames for
OTIS
Engineering (Division of Haliburton)
1979 Ignitor -- High Energy Solid State (Carbon, Dirt & Moisture Proof)
1980 Fluidic Flare -- Improved for Longer Life with Heat/Windshield
1980 Thermocouple Well Pilot Monitoring
1980 Detonation Type Water Seal Drum
1980 Retractable Flare Pilot Thermocouple to Grade
1981 Portable Propane Burner Ignitor -- Compact & Inexpensive
1982 Retractable Ignitor
1984 Portable Flares -- Tripods, Trailers & Temporary Stacks
1986 Quiet Steam Flare
1987 Sub-Sea Flare Ignitor with Special Pilots for Liquid Carryover
1990 Sonic Flares -- Long & Short (Concealed) Flame Types
1993 NAO Builds Large Enclosed Flares in Taiwan -- 18 Units
1994 Flare Testing - 1/4 Scale for NOx Reduction Flare
-- Develop Design/Performance
1994 Staged High Temperature NOx Reduction Flare
1995 Shrouded Flares for Low Btu Streams - Steel Industries & Others
1996 Portable Test Trailers & Chambers
1998 Burners -- "Your Way" -- Custom Low & Easy Maintenance/Operation
2000 Burners -- Single Digit NOx
2001 High Energy Burner Ignitors -- Automatic & Portable
2002 Super Sonic Ultra Low Radiation Flares
2003 Expanded Ultra Low NOx Burners -- Flat Flame & Low Btu Types
2003 Dual Phase Sonic Offshore Smokeless Flare
2003 Back-Up Redundant Ignitor for Existing Flamefront Panel - Quick Field Installation
2003 Expanded Fleet of Flare Trailers -- Smaller Quick Flare Units
2004 Ultra Energy Electronic Ignitors -- 24 Joules for Pulverized Coke Boilers
2004 Light Off Lances -- High Energy Ignition with Combination Gas/Oil Firing
2004 Small Portable Liquid Flare for Pipeline Service
2004 Expanded Thermal Oxidizer Product Line
with
Electronic Monitoring & Data Collection
2004 Special Remote Severe Duty Electronic Pilot/Ignitor for Offshore Flares
2004 Low Rate Steam Tips & Injectors for Very High Flare Turndown
2004 Improved Flare Maintenance System
2004 Zero Elevated Flaring - No Continuous Pilot/Purge
Electronic
Control with Safety PLC's & SIL's
2005 Expanded & Improved -- PILOTS TO GO
2005 New Flame Burst - Portable Ignitor
2005 Hybrid Ignitors - High Voltage or High Energy & Gas
2005 Expanded Fire Training Props
2005 Solid State (On A Chip) High Energy Ignitors
2005 Expanded NAO Texas Rentals & Service
2005 Expanded Flame & Detonation Arrestors Product Line
-- Micro Line
(Very Small Units) & Liquid Service
2005 Expanded Burner & Flare Lines with "E" Type --
Economy Type -
Simple for Less Severe Applications
2006 Hybrid Smokeless Flares - Combination Air
Assisted or
Steam Assisted for
Low Rates / Sonic for High Flare Rates
2006 New Flame Burst - Portable Ignitor with Heavy Duty Battery Spark
2006 De-Bottlenecking Flares for Naptha Cracker Plants in Asia
2007 Advanced LOW STEAM Flares Types
2007 Large Steel Mill Flares and High Performance Pilots / Ignitors
2008 Micro Flamefront Ignitors Developed for Steel Industry -- Rolling / Forming
2008 Advanced SHROUDED FLARES for Low Rate
Operation
Reduced Steaming /
Eliminated Wind Quench -- IMPORTANT at
Everyday Low Flaring
Rates -- REDUCE EMISSIONS
2009 Modular Enclosed Flares
2009 Low Cost Modular Burner / Flare Systems
2009 Large ENCLOSED FLARES
2009 NAO Box Oxidizer - Large Capacity Portable Oxidizer
2009 Large 4 Flare - Lowering Type -- ONE PIECE Lift / Lower
2010 New Flexible High Energy Spark Ignitor - for Tight Locations
2010 NAO Sonic Ultra Stages Flares with
VERY HIGH TURNDOWN &
Full
Smokeless Operation -- Also can use HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
2011 World Technology Flares -- Low Cost Flare
Kits -- For local fabrication,
use local labor and
reduce shipping -- allows for QUICK DELIVERY.
2011 NAO Portable Enclosed Flares - NO LIGHT, NO
VISIBLE FLAME, SAFE HEIGHTS,
NO HEAT PLUME
PROBLEMS, LOW NOISE, MEASURE EMISSION for
Drilling and
Well Testing in Congested or Built Up Areas - such as GAS SHALE
2011 New Flexible Portable Ignitor - Gas Flame - Regular / Flame Burst for Tight Locations
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