A burner (12) using the
oxygen present in the descending flow (18) of gases, composed by a mixture of air with
combustion products that circulates through the
iron ore pelletizing furnace zones. The burner set (12) includes a fuel collector ring (24) equipped with fins (26) mounted on the inner part of the collector and further counts on a plurality of openings (30) for
discharge of
fuel gas. Said openings (30) make up a sequence of groups (32) aligned with each fin (26). The burner set (12) is inserted through the special window (16) and installed where the descending flow (18) needs to be heated, for example, from 850 to 1350°C. The fins (26) deflect part of the descending flow (18) and create the rotating effect in the gases in the furnace downcomer. The
fuel gas jets discharged from the collector ring (24) are mixed with the flow of gases and
burn in the descending flow current in a swirl. The even distribution of the
fuel gas around the perimeter of the descending passage together with the descending flow swirling effect allows the quick mixing of the fuel gas with the descending
oxygen flow and for this reason significantly reduces the
NOx formation in the
combustion zone.