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1	Flame Jet Burner Application and Performance characteristics in Cutting Miya Granite for Dimension Stone.	This work examines the application and performance characteristics of FA300A flame jet burner in cutting Miya granite for dimension stone. The application procedures involves preparation to start flame jet cutting by removal of overburden, boulders and other impurities using bulldozer, payloader and compressed air, respectively. Furthermore, ignition of the flame jet burner involves combustion of diesel gas at appropriate time using acetylene gas and oxygen as well as compressed air. The flame jet cutting operation utilized continuous heating of rock to its spallation until flakes are formed from the surface of granite kerf. Performance test of flame jet burner in cutting Miya granite for dimension stone were conducted with reference to actual cutting speed, heat release rate, penetration rate and productivity. The heat input of the flame jet burner was determined to be 483.1 kW resulting in heat release rate per unit internal cross sectional area of the burner as 680,433.5 kW/m 2 while heat release rate per unit volume of flame jet burner was 1, 134, 038 kW/m 3. The penetration rate of 0.4 mm/s was obtained when FA300A flame jet burner was applied to cut Miya granite for dimension stone. The flame jet burner had cutting speed of 1.65 m 2 /hr and productivity of 16.6 kg/m 2 .s in cutting Miya granite for dimension stone. Also highlighted were operating parameters of the flame jet burner that must be kept in mind for its improved adaptation in Nigerian mineral extractive industry.	Ozigis I. I. and Abdulraman S. O	Volume 2 No. 9	Journal	2014-09-01	https://www.erpublication.org/published_paper/IJETR022480.pdf;

Sikiru Abdulraman

Total Publications : 29