Patent · US Expired

Pulverized coal combustion burner

US5685242A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
4References
43Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23C2201/301
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pulverized coal combustion burner includes a pulverized coal nozzle, and secondary and tertiary air nozzles provided in concentric relation to the pulverized coal nozzle. A flame stabilizing ring is provided at an outlet end of the pulverized coal nozzle. A separation wall is provided within the pulverized coal nozzle to divide a passage in this nozzle into two passages. A pulverized coal/air mixture flows straight through the two passages, so that recirculation flows of the pulverized coal/air mixture are formed in proximity to the outlet end of the pulverized coal nozzle. As a result, the ignitability of the pulverized coal, as well as a combustion rate, is enhanced, thereby reducing the amount of discharge of NOx.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.