Acid gas burner

Patent · Tue Apr 23 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5115492

Polak, B

This patent describes a burner for combusting a waste gas. It comprises a throat section; a fire tube downstream from the throat section in communication therewith; an air duct section upstream from the throat section in communication therewith; a centrally located nozzle means for introduction of a fuel in the throat section in a downstream direction toward the fire tube; means upstream from the throat section for forming a downstream directed swirling combustion air stream substantially in an annular ring along the sidewalls of the throat section; and means for introducing a waste gas stream into the throat section downstream of the nozzle means in a forwardly biased but swirling direction opposite to that of the swirling combustion air stream.

• Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5009174
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-931136
• OSTI ID: 5115492
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020800* -- Petroleum-- Waste Management
42 ENGINEERING
421000 -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
BURNERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DESIGN
DUCTS
FLUID FLOW
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
GAS BURNERS
GAS FLOW
GASEOUS WASTES
NOZZLES
OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TUBES
VORTEX FLOW
WASTES