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Pulverized coal combustion burner and combustion method thereby

US6189464A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1999
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23C2201/101
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustion method utilizing a pulverized coal combustion burner which is provided with a pulverized coal nozzle for jetting a fluid mixture of pulverized coal and air and an air nozzle for jetting air. In the method, a combustion flame formed by the pulverized coal combustion burner forms a first zone of a gas phase air ratio of one or less at a radially central portion of the flame and a second zone of a gas phase air ratio of more than one outside of the first zone adjacent the coal nozzle, and a third zone of a gas phase air ratio of one or less at a downstream side from said first and second zones.

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