Aztec Engineering LLC was formed in 1989 by Richard Martin to provide chemical and combustion engineering services for the refining and petro-chemical industries with specific emphasis on low NOx burner design and application. Following is a listing of experience and achievements.

Education:

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1965
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1967
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1971  

Experience:

• Eighteen years with John Zink Company in various engineering and management positions
• Ten years with Callidus Technologies as Vice President of the Burner Division and Chief Technical Officer
• Six Years at Oral Roberts University as Professor of Engineering
• Certified Department of Energy PHAST Specialist and Senior Instructor.

Training:

• Fourteen years teaching the John Zink Burner School for engineers and operators.
• Ten years teaching the Callidus Technologies Burner School for engineers and operators.
• Over two thousand students have attended the above schools
• Developed the original written instructional materials for both burner schools.
• Developed the Trainer© fired heater simulator and accompanying instructional materials.
• Six years teaching thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics at Oral Roberts University.

Patent 6,007,325

U.S. Patents*:

• 8,017,084    "Ammonia Injection Grid for a SCR System"
• 7,399,458    “Fired Equipment with Catalytic Converter and ………”
• 6,875,008    “Lean Pre-Mix Low NOx Burner”
• 6,672,858    “Method and Apparatus for Heating a Furnace”
• 6,007,325     “Ultra Low Emissions Burner”
• 5,993,193    “Variable Heat Flux Low Emissions Burner”
• 5,984,665    “Low Emissions Surface Combustion Pilot and Flame Holder"
• 5,073,105     “Low NOx Burner”
• 4,902,484     “Oxygen Injector Means for Secondary Reformer”
• 4,505,666     “Staged Fuel And Air For Low NOx Burner”
• 4,383,649      “Fuel Oil Atomizer”
• 4,347,052      “Low NOx Burner”
• 4,245,980      “Burner For Reduced NOx Emission And Control ….”
• 4,166,834      “Air injection Nozzle For Secondary Reformer”
• 4,152,108      “Steam Injection To Zone Of Onset Combustion …..”
• 3,958,922      “Duct Burner Assembly”

* Patents are assigned to John Zink Company and Callidus Technologies