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Combustion process for burning a fuel

US6196831A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23D17/002
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a combustion process for burning a fuel, in which the point of injection of each main oxidizer jet (7, 8) with respect to the point of injection of a fuel jet (4) closest to it is arranged a distance D away satisfying the following relation: ##EQU1## D being the minimum distance between the outer edge of the relevant oxidizer jet (7, 8) and the outer edge of the fuel jet (4) closest to it, at their respective points of injection, A and B being, respectively, the cross section of the main jet (7, 8) of the oxidizer and the cross section of the fuel jet, considered at their respective points of injection.

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