Combustion assembly and furnace comprising at least one such
combustion assembly, the
combustion assembly comprising a non-metallic
refractory block (10) extending over a height h between a lower end (11) and an upper end (12), having an inlet face (14) and an outlet face (13) opposite the inlet face (14), the block (10) being divided over its height h into several stages (et1, et2, et3, et4), each stage (et1, et2, et3, et4) being pierced by at least one passage (p) for the injection of fuel and / or oxidizer, each passage (p) extending from the inlet face (14) to the outlet face (13) and terminating in at least one injection opening (21, 22, 23) in the outlet face (13) of the block, the at least one injection opening (21, 22, 23) of each floor (et1, et2, et3,et4) defining on the outlet face (13) a contact rectangle (25) two segments of which are parallel to the direction of height h and two segments of which are perpendicular to the direction of height h, the assembly also comprising burners capable of generating flames (f1, f2, f3, f4) whose length can be varied at constant
flame power at a rate of one burner per stage (et1, et2, et3, et4), each burner having at least one
injector for injecting a fuel (31) fluidly connected to a fuel inlet of the burner and at least one
injector for injecting an oxidizer (32, 33) fluidly connected to an oxidizer inlet of the burner, each burner being mounted on the corresponding stage (et1, et2, et3, et4) of the block (10) such that the fuel and oxidizer injectors (31, 32, 33) of the burner are inserted into at least one passage (p) of said stage (et1, et2, et3,et4) corresponding and such that the fuel and oxidizer inlets of the burner are located on the side of the inlet face (14) of the block (10), the at least one passage (p) of the different stages (et1, et2, et3, et4) being oriented and spaced so that when the burners generate flames (f1, f2, f3, f4) downstream of the outlet face (13), the flames (f1, f2, f3, f4) generated by the different burners are spaced apart and non-convergent, the contact rectangle (25) defined on the outlet face (13) at the stage (et1) contiguous to the lower end (11) of the block (10) having segments perpendicular to the direction of height h whose length x is at least twice the length y of the segments parallel to the direction of height h.,