在过去十年中，现代社会发生了重大变化。向拥有大型区域贸易区的全球经济迈进，公众对环境污染和气候变化的认识提高，以及监管措施，给所有部门带来了新的挑战。特别是在能源部门，使用化石燃料的总趋势显然正在转向更多地使用优质清洁燃料天然气。然而，在区域/地方决策中，地方可用性、世界能源价格波动以及区域经济和政治问题往往比环境问题更重要。根据不同的能源需求，液体燃料的使用预计将持续多年。该研究项目的主要目标是量化燃油硫含量变化对污染物排放、结垢和商用油中热交换器潜在腐蚀的影响- 燃烧锅炉。该项目的第一阶段包括在CANMET为燃烧试验项目开发研究设施。该设施用于测量商用燃油锅炉的颗粒物和气体排放物（二氧化硫、氮氧化物、一氧化碳、二氧化碳和碳氢化合物）。将建造一个特殊的热交换器试验段，以量化在不同试验条件下发现的热交换器沉积物和潜在腐蚀。

Modern society has changed significantly during the last decade. The move toward a global economy with large regional trading blocks, increased public awareness of environmental pollution and climate change, and regulatory measures have created new challenges for all sectors. In the energy sector in particular, the general trend for the use of fossil fuels is apparently shifting towards increased use of the premium cleaner fuel, natural gas. However, local availability, world energy price fluctuations, and regional economic and political matters tend to be more significant than environmental issues in regional/local decision making. The utilization of liquid fuels for different energy requirements is expected to last for many years to come.The main objective of the research project is to quantify the effects of variations in fuel oil sulfur content on pollutant emissions, scale deposition and potential corrosion of the heat exchanger in commercial oil-fired boilers. Phase I of the project consists of the development of the research facility at CANMET for the combustion test program. The facility is to provide the measurement of particulates as well as gaseous emissions (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons) from a commercial oil-fired boiler. A special heat exchanger test section will be constructed to quantify the heat exchanger deposits and potential corrosion found under different test conditions.