Welcome to the home page of SmartBurn, LLC!


As of April 6, 2011 SmartBurn, LLC has announced that management has purchased the Combustion Services business unit from RMT, Inc. to form SmartBurn, LLC. As of the closing date, SmartBurn, LLC is now an independent company. Under the leadership of Dr. Pisi Lu, SmartBurn© will continue to serve the utility industry, providing high-level technical consulting for coal and biomass fired generation performance improvement and designing, developing, and implementing customized high-performance NOx and generation improvement projects. Our specific areas of service focus include:

  • Consulting
  • Implementation
  • Plant/Fleet Optimization
  • Training and Support

    We have relocated to 579 D'Onofrio Drive, Suite 200 in Madison, Wisconsin. SmartBurn contacts can continue be reached at their RMT, Inc email addresses and telephone numbers. However employees have new email address and "desk" telephone numbers. Mobile phone numbers have remained the same.

    As we move on to the next stage in our growth, we wish to thank RMT, Inc. and its parent Alliant Energy Corporation for their support and guidance during our formative years. We are proud to have been part of Alliant Energy's technical vision. We are grateful for our association and collaboration with so many talented engineers, plant operators and managers over the years.

    About SmartBurn

    SmartBurn, LLC approaches the most challenging combustion-related issues through use of our practical and theoretical knowledge of the combustion process. Our team has worked with 46 coal-fired units of varying coal types totaling more than 11.5 GW. We've performed major combustion improvements at 16, representing 3.7 GW. Our experience, coupled with our customized approach and Applied Computational Modeling capabilities, has been instrumental in achieving best-in-class performance for utility-scale coal-fired boilers.

    For more information, and to find out how SmartBurn, LLC can help improve your boiler, please contact either Pisi Lu at 608.821.8168 or Frank Fowler at 319.360.5373.


    SmartBurn, LLC, 579 D'Onofrio Drive, Suite 200; Madison, WI 53719
    Ph. 608.821.8188 Fax 608.821.8166
    info@smartburn.com