Areas of Expertise

The following disciplines of thermal and mechanical engineering are among those in which Martin Thermal Engineering, Inc. provides consultation:

FIRES & EXPLOSIONS

  • Origin & cause investigation
  • Flash fires, deflagrations, overpressure
  • Dust & vapor explosions
  • Fires in structures, vehicles and vessels
  • Fire spread analysis, modeling
  • Tunnel fires

INDUSTRIAL HEATING

  • Boilers
  • Burners
  • Dryers
  • Fluid heaters
  • Furnaces
  • Kilns
  • Incinerators
  • Ovens
  • Thermal oxidizers

INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION

  • Compressors
  • Condensers
  • Evaporators
  • Frost and humidity control
  • Inventory loss

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL COOKING, HEATING APPLIANCES

  • HVAC system design
  • Air handling units
  • Humidity control
  • Heat load calculations
  • Chimneys
  • Water heaters

RESTAURANTS, COMMERCIALS KITCHENS

  • Griddles
  • Ranges
  • Deep fryers
  • Upblast exhaust fans
  • Fire suppression (UL 300, ANSUL)
  • Hood and exhaust duct cleaning

THERMAL & CHEMICAL ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

  • Scald & burn injuries
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Process upsets
  • Rapid fire spread
  • Process logic, safety devices, interlocks
  • Source term computation for fate and transport studies

REGULATION & CODE COMPLIANCE

  • NFPA
  • ANSI
  • API
  • ASHRAE
  • ASME
  • ASTM
  • EPA
  • OSHA
  • UFC
  • UMC
  • UPC
  • UL

AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT

  • Third party review of regulatory compliance and process guarantees
  • Fume incinerators
  • Dust collectors, baghouses
  • Electrostatic precipitators
  • Flares
  • Adsorption, sorbents

HAZARDOUS WASTE

  • Third party evaluation of waste characteristics (e.g., reactivity, ignitability) and proposed waste treatment options

ENERGY CONSERVATION

  • Third party evaluation of energy efficiency
  • Technology due diligence of innovative thermal systems for investors