108results about "Staged combustion" patented technology

Device for drying material for an asphalt mixing plant, the device (2, 3) comprising a rotary kiln (9) which can be driven to rotate about a rotational axis (19) and in which the material is dried, the rotary kiln (9) having a material inlet (10) and a material outlet (11), b. a heating unit coupled to the rotary kiln (9) for supplying heat to the rotary kiln (9), the heating unit being designed with a burner (12) having i. a burner housing (27) having a longitudinal axis (26), ii. an air line (16) arranged on the burner housing (27) for supplying air, wherein the air line (16) is arranged axially to the longitudinal axis (26) on the burner housing (27), iii. an air blower (29) arranged in the air line (16, 28), iv. a burner head (41) arranged on the burner housing (27) for generating a burner flame (13), v. a hydrogen gas line (14) connected to the burner (12) for supplying hydrogen gas into the burner (12), wherein a hydrogen gas nozzle (31) for discharging the hydrogen gas is connected to the hydrogen gas line (14), characterized in that c. the burner (12) is designed to be operated either exclusively by means of hydrogen gas or by means of hydrogen gas and secondary fuel, d. the burner (12) has a swirling element (35) for swirling the air in the burner (12) relative to the longitudinal axis (26), e. the swirling element (35) comprises a flow guide element in the burner housing (27), wherein the flow guide element is arranged immovably in the burner housing (27), f. the flow guide element is arranged concentrically to the longitudinal axis (26) and is designed as a baffle plate having a plurality of blades (53, 54) arranged in a circle with respect to the longitudinal axis (26) and oriented at an inclination, g. the heating unit comprises a hot gas generator (24) connected to the burner (12) which is connected to the rotary kiln (9) by means of a hot gas line (25).

The present invention relates to particular combustors, and e.g., to a combustor comprising a central primary fuel lance, a pilot fuel conduit, a primary oxidant conduit, a secondary oxidant conduit, and optionally a secondary fuel conduit, which are arranged in a particular and advantageous manner so as to surround each other at least in their downstream sections. The invention also relates to a furnace comprising the burner and a method of operating the burner. The burner according to the invention provides, in particular, a particularly advantageous way that comprises a pilot burner as part of the main burner in order to ignite a liquid fuel flame in a cold furnace. If desired, the pilot flame may help extend the flammability limit or operating range of the liquid fuel burner.

The invention relates to the technical field of boiler combustion and discloses a multi-stage pulverized coal burner which comprises an outer combustion cylinder, an inner combustion cylinder, an adjuster and a combustion stabilizer, the inner combustion cylinder is arranged in the outer combustion cylinder, a channel is formed between the outer combustion cylinder and the inner combustion cylinder, the adjuster is connected with the outer combustion cylinder and used for guiding in mixed airflow, and the combustion stabilizer is arranged in the outer combustion cylinder. The mixed airflow can be divided into first-stage airflow flowing through the inner combustion cylinder and second-stage airflow flowing through the channel, the adjuster is used for adjusting the flow of the first-stage airflow and the flow of the second-stage airflow, the flame stabilizer is connected with the inner combustion cylinder, the flame stabilizer is provided with a flame spraying opening, and the flame spraying opening is formed in the inner combustion cylinder and used for spraying out flames to ignite the first-stage airflow and the second-stage airflow step by step. The multi-stage pulverized coal burner provided by the embodiment of the invention can adapt to different coal types to realize rapid ignition and stable and sufficient combustion.

The invention relates to a burner with a refractory burner body 1, 2, 3 for burning fluid or aerosolized, in particular gaseous, fuels. With the aim of reducing NOx emissions, the burner body has a gas nozzle 7, 9, 10, 11 and several air nozzles 4, 6, which are at least partially formed as integral features within the burner body and exit at a front face 16 of the burner body. The air nozzles are arranged symmetrically around the gas nozzle and diverge at an angle α to the gas nozzle. The invention also relates to a method for burning fluid or aerosolized, in particular gaseous, fuels with reduced NOx emissions.

A method for combusting fuel in stages by feeding combustion air (28) into a burner tube (12). A first fuel quantity is fed to form a primary flame (24) in the burner tube. A second fuel quantity is fed downstream to form a main flame front (26). The main flame front (26) stabilizes downstream of the burner tube (12) and is spaced apart from the burner tube (12). The fuel feed is designed such that the primary flame (24) burns at a stoichiometric ratio greater than 1.5, in particular greater than 2.0.

A burner apparatus is disclosed. The burner apparatus comprising a tube having a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion, a fuel inlet port adapted to receive fuel inside the tube. The fuel inlet port splits into a first conduit and a second conduit, an air inlet port receives air inside the tube, at least one air swirler unit positioned at the middle portion of the tube, generates a swirling air flow and an axial air flow from the air received, a block having a plurality of staged fuel tips, receives fuel from the second conduit. The block discharges a primary flame by containing the fuel received from the first conduit and the swirling air flow, and provide for a secondary flame by directing the fuel received from the plurality of staged fuel tips into the primary flame downstream of the primary flame attachment point.

A burner nozzle and a method of operating the burner nozzle can include a main air / fuel port located centrally within the burner nozzle, and a group of staged gas fuel ports that surrounds the main air-fuel port and which can direct fuel to an established flame zone downstream from the burner nozzle. Furthermore, a trapped vortex chamber can be formed in a wall of the main air / fuel port and can communicate with a group of primary gas ports in a fuel circuit, such that the trapped vortex chamber facilitates flame stability with respect to a flame produced by the burner nozzle.

A combustion assembly and a combustion furnace, the combustion assembly comprising a block divided over its height h into a plurality of levels, each level containing a passage for injecting fuel and / or oxidant, each passage extending from an inlet face to an outlet face and terminating in an injection orifice in the outlet face of the block, the injection orifices of each level define a contact rectangle on the outlet face, and further comprising burners provided one per level, each burner having a fuel injector and an oxidant injector, each burner being mounted on a corresponding level of the block such that the fuel and oxidant injectors of the burner are inserted into the passages of the corresponding level, the passages of each level are oriented and spaced apart such that when flames are generated downstream of the exit face, flames generated by the burners are spaced apart from each other and do not converge, and in the level adjoining the lower end of the block, a contact rectangle defined on the exit face has a line segment perpendicular to the height h direction, the length x is at least twice the length y of a line segment parallel to the height h direction.

The invention relates to the technical field of thermal power plant boiler combustion and discloses a pulverized coal burner which comprises a first combustion cylinder, a flow guide pipe, a second combustion cylinder and a combustion stabilizer, the flow guide pipe is provided with an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and the air outlet end is communicated with the first combustion cylinder; the flow guide pipe is used for guiding in mixed airflow carrying pulverized coal and conveying the mixed airflow into the first combustion cylinder, the second combustion cylinder is arranged in the first combustion cylinder, an annular channel is formed between the second combustion cylinder and the first combustion cylinder, and the second combustion cylinder is used for dividing the mixed airflow into first-stage airflow flowing through the second combustion cylinder and second-stage airflow flowing through the annular channel. The combustion stabilizer is arranged on the flow guide pipe and provided with an air outlet part, the air outlet part is located in the flow guide pipe and faces the second combustion cylinder, and the air outlet part is used for spraying out flames and sequentially igniting the first-stage airflow and the second-stage airflow. The pulverized coal burner provided by the embodiment of the invention can ignite in batches and realize stable and sufficient combustion.

A combustion system includes a combustion chamber for generating energy. The system includes a first inlet for supplying an oxidant into the chamber and a second inlet for supplying a fuel into the chamber. The system also includes a third inlet in fluid communication with the first inlet for supplying oxygen into the chamber. The system further includes a fourth inlet for supplying hydrogen into the chamber. A circulation line is used to deliver a flue gas from the chamber to the first inlet.

Embodiments of the present invention include high-temperature staged recirculating burners and radiant tube burner assemblies that provide high efficiency, low NOx and CO emissions, and uniform temperature characteristics. One such staged recirculating burner includes a combustion tube having inside and outside helical fins forming opposing spiral pathways for combustion gases and products of combustion, a combustion nozzle coupled to the combustion tube, a gas tube running axially into the combustion tube, and a staging gas nozzle coupled to the gas tube, where the staging gas nozzle includes radial exit holes into the combustion tube and an axial gas staging tube extending into the combustion nozzle to stage combustion.

The invention relates to the technical field of thermal power plant boiler combustion and discloses an adjustable pulverized coal burner which comprises an outer barrel, an air inlet pipe, an inner barrel assembly and a combustion stabilizer, the air inlet pipe is used for guiding in mixed airflow carrying pulverized coal and conveying the mixed airflow into the outer barrel, the inner barrel assembly is arranged in the outer barrel, and the combustion stabilizer is arranged in the inner barrel assembly. An annular channel is formed between the inner barrel assembly and the outer barrel, the inner barrel assembly is used for dividing mixed airflow into first-stage airflow flowing through the inner barrel assembly and second-stage airflow flowing through the annular channel, the combustion stabilizer is arranged on the air inlet pipe, and the working end of the combustion stabilizer is located in the air inlet pipe and faces the inner barrel assembly. The working end is used for spraying flames and sequentially igniting the first-stage airflow and the second-stage airflow, and at least one of the combustion stabilizer and the inner barrel assembly can move to adjust the relative distance between the combustion stabilizer and the inner barrel assembly so as to achieve flow adjustment of the first-stage airflow and the second-stage airflow. The adjustable pulverized coal burner provided by the embodiment of the invention can adapt to different coal types to realize rapid ignition and stable and sufficient combustion.

This burner comprises a porous support (6) and a combustion tube (2) along which the porous support (6) is mounted, the combustion tube (2) having one or more openings to let a fuel through to the porous support (6), characterized in that the combustion tube (2) is formed of a plurality of tubular modules (20) that are connected together and in that the burner (1) further comprises at least one distribution tube extending inside the combustion tube (2) to distribute the fuel in a predetermined manner in the combustion tube.

Embodiments of the present invention include high-temperature staged recirculating burners and radiant tube burner assemblies that provide high efficiency, low NOx and CO emissions, and uniform temperature characteristics. One such staged recirculating burner includes a combustion tube having inside and outside helical fins forming opposing spiral pathways for combustion gases and products of combustion, a combustion nozzle coupled to the combustion tube, a gas tube running axially into the combustion tube, and a staging gas nozzle coupled to the gas tube, where the staging gas nozzle includes radial exit holes into the combustion tube and an axial gas staging tube extending into the combustion nozzle to stage combustion.

A method for providing automatic enhanced staged oxygen combustion in a glass furnace including providing two or more burner assemblies each positioned to provide a flame in the glass furnace. Each of the burner assemblies includes a burner body having a primary gas inlet in fluid communication with a gas source through a primary gas valve, and a staged injector sub-assembly having a secondary gas inlet in fluid communication with the gas source through a secondary gas valve. The primary gas valve and the secondary gas valve are automatically controlled to alternate the total gas flow between a first total gas flow condition with the secondary gas flow rate at a secondary gas flow rate maximum value and a second total gas flow condition with the secondary gas flow rate at a secondary gas flow rate minimum value to provide enhanced staged oxygen combustion.

To grasp a combustion state in a real-time manner with excessive air being taken into consideration and to maintain the excellent combustion state while attempting the simplification of a structure and the cost reduction in a gas combustion apparatus.SOLUTION: A gas combustion apparatus includes: a gas burner 20; a flame rod 25 that is exposed to the flame of the gas burner to generate a flame current; and a control unit 110 that controls combustion. When the number of combustion flames of the gas burner is n and the number of complete combustion flames thereof is N, a gas unit heat generation amount of a fuel gas is H and a gas necessary air rate is m, a gas amount is Qg, an air amount is Qa, a constant proportional to the number of flames contributing to the flame current is k1, and a constant contributing to an applied voltage of the flame rod and a resistance value thereof is k2, the control unit controls the gas amount and / or the air amount supplied to the gas burner on the basis of a calculated flame current value If calculated from a combustion characteristic formula If=[k1ln(HQg / n)+k2]exp[-(nQa / NmQg-1)2], and an actually measured flame current value of the flame rod.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

OBJECT To provide an industrial furnace that burns ammonia efficiently decreasing nitrogen oxides without need for higher cost. MEANS OF REALIZING THE OBJECT An industrial furnace is equipped with a regenerative burner which includes a pair of first and second burners. The first and second burners burn ammonia. Air nozzles, used to expel combustion air into the furnace, are provided at a center of the first and second burners. Fuel nozzles, used to expel fossil fuel into the furnace, are provided on one of both sides that sandwich the air nozzles. Ammonia nozzles, used to expel ammonia into the furnace, are provided on another one of the both sides of the air nozzles.

INSTALLATION FOR TREATING A HYDROGEN GAS STREAM BY STAGED CATALITIC COMBUSTION E Installation (14) for treating a gas stream (16) comprising successive stages (26, 28, 30) adapted to burn hydrogen from the gas stream, each of the stages (26, 28, 30) comprising: - a source (38, 40, 42) of a gaseous oxidant stream, - a catalytic burner (50, 52, 54) adapted to admit an inlet stream (56, 58, 60), the oxidant stream, and to produce a flue gas stream (62, 64, 66), - an exchanger (68, 70, 72) for cooling the flue gas stream and obtaining an outlet stream (74, 76, 78). The inlet stream of a first stage comprises the gas stream to be treated, the inlet stream of each of the other stages comprising the outlet stream of the previous stage. In the stages, except the last, the catalytic burner burns only a fraction of the hydrogen present in the inlet stream, the outlet stream still comprising hydrogen.The installation produces at least one water flow (18) from the outlet flow of at least one of the stages. Figure for abstract: Figure 2.

Discloses are a burner and a gas device. The burner includes an inner shell and an outer shell. The inner shell has a first flame port and a gap portion isolated from each other at the top. The outer shell is provided on the outer side of the inner shell, and forms a second flame port at the top with the inner shell, and the second flame port is located on the outer side of the gap portion away from the first flame port. One of the first flame port and the second flame port is a lean flame port, and the other of the first flame port and the second flame port is a rich flame port. The outer side wall of the inner shell forming the gap portion is provided with a first air guide port, for guiding airflow in the second flame port into the gap portion.

Disclosed is a staged-air burner device capable of high energy efficiency, high flame stability- combusting multiple readily switchable fuels ranging from pure hydrogen, to any hydrogen / methane mixture, to pure methane, and generating a low level of NOx. 'The burner device can include: a primary air chamber receiving a primary air and a flue gas; a burner tube capable of receiving a fuel jet and drawing in the air-flue gas mixture from the primary air chamber: a. burner tip discharging the fuel-air-flue gas mixture formed in the burner tube to a first combustion zone and a second combustion zone via center orifices and side orifices on the burner tip, respectively, and a staged air chamber receiving staged air and discharging it via staged air ports into a. third combustion zone. Combustion of the fuel occurs in at least one of the first, second, and third combustion zones.

A method for providing automatic enhanced staged oxygen combustion in a glass furnace including providing two or more burner assemblies each positioned to provide a flame in the glass furnace. Each of the burner assemblies includes a burner body having a primary gas inlet in fluid communication with a gas source through a primary gas valve, and a staged injector sub-assembly having a secondary gas inlet in fluid communication with the gas source through a secondary gas valve. The primary gas valve and the secondary gas valve are automatically controlled to alternate the total gas flow between a first total gas flow condition with the secondary gas flow rate at a secondary gas flow rate maximum value and a second total gas flow condition with the secondary gas flow rate at a secondary gas flow rate minimum value to provide enhanced staged oxygen combustion.

The invention relates to a heating apparatus (1) having at least one reaction unit (2) for generating heat from a reaction gas mixture comprising hydrogen, gaseous hydrocarbon and / or oxygen, wherein the at least one reaction unit (2) has at least one first reaction portion (3) with at least one hydrogen catalyst (6) for the flameless combustion of the hydrogen. According to the invention, the at least one reaction unit (2) comprises at least one second reaction portion (4) for combusting the gaseous hydrocarbon and / or the heating apparatus (1) comprises at least one separating device (5) for separating the gaseous hydrocarbon and the hydrogen. The invention also relates to the use of a heating apparatus (1) and to a method for operating a heating apparatus (1).

A combustion system includes a fuel and oxidant source, a first perforated flame holder, a second perforated flame holder, and a thermal load. The fuel and oxidant source outputs fuel and oxidant. The first and second perforated flame holders simultaneously or alternately hold combustion reactions of the fuel and oxidant and / or of combustion products. The thermal load receives thermal energy from the first and second combustion reactions.

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.,

A clog-resistant, highly stable free-jet burner and method that provides ultra-low NO emissions by using the following methods: x Emissions: (a) large free-spraying injection ports, (b) wide burner-to-burner spacing, and (c) auxiliary stabilizing burners within the burner throat, which are highly resistant to clogging and also produce very low levels of NO. x emission.

Described herein are two-stage catalytic heating systems and methods of operating thereof. A system comprises a first-stage catalytic reactor and a second-stage catalytic reactor, configured to operate in sequence and at different operating conditions. For example, the first-stage catalytic reactor is supplied with fuel and oxidant at fuel-rich conditions. The first-stage catalytic reactor generates syngas. The syngas is flown into the second-stage catalytic reactor together with some additional oxidant. The second-stage catalytic reactor operates at fuel-lean conditions and generates exhaust. Splitting the overall fuel oxidation process between the two catalytic reactors allows operating these reactors away from the stoichiometric fuel-oxidant ratio and avoiding excessive temperatures in these reactors. As a result, fewer pollutants are generated during the operation of two-stage catalytic heating systems. For example, the temperatures are maintained below 1000°C at all oxidation stages.

The present invention relates to a combustion heater (100) for providing controlled heat (H) to an endothermic reaction process. The combustion heater comprises an integrated burner (20) to yield a hot burner exhaust gas (35) flow from burning a first fuel. The burner exhaust gas mixed with oxidant flows to a flue gas outlet along a flue gas flow path (FGP). Provided to the combustion chamber at a position outside a direct reach of flames from the burner is a secondary fuel conduit (30) with a plurality of nozzles (31) from which a second fuel (32) is transferred into a flow along the said flue gas flow path (FGP). The resulting combustion of the second fuel can be used to provide controlled heat to the to endothermic reaction operated in a reaction conduit (40) that is in thermal heat exchange with the combustion chamber.