John Zink Company's research and development team brings a collective experience of more than 200 years to one focused mission - to provide the highest value through innovative technology that enhances our customers' knowledge base and creation strategies.

Zink invests heavily in advanced equipment, instrumentation and advanced problem-solving techniques to help us develop the next generation of combustion technology.

Our R&D group brings diverse specializations in the fundamental and practical aspects of combustion, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), combustion diagnostics, heat transfer, furnace operation, and burner, flare and thermal oxidizer design and operation.

Our capabilities include several dual-processor workstations for our CFD modeling, featuring state-of-the-art software such as Fluent, ACERC and Star-CD codes. The workstations are networked to provide computational throughput comparable to new supercomputers. We also utilize a phase doppler particle analyzer that uses a He-Ne laser to characterize sprays; infrared and ultraviolet cameras and furnace heat transfer and emissions diagnostics; and other instrumentation to develop combustion solutions for today's and tomorrow's toughest applications.

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