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Pulverized coal fuel injector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5160640

This patent describes a pulverized coal injector for a coal combustor. It comprises a burner tube having a central axis, an upstream end, downstream end, and a primary burn zone adjacent to the downstream end, and further wherein the tube is capable of carrying a stream of a pulverized coal-air mixture to be burned; an acceleration means located in the tube for improving the uniformity of the coal-air mixture; a converging means connected to the downstream end of the tube for injecting the coal-air mixture into the primary burn zone of the combustor; the converging means including means for splitting the stream of the coal-air mixture into a plurality of separate streams; and further wherein the splitting means directs the separate streams to impinge upon each other upon discharge into the primary burn zone of the combustor.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5113771; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-744752
OSTI ID:
5160640
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English