Development of combustion data to utilize low-Btu gases as industrial process fuels. Project 61004 special report No. 7. Premix tunnel burner

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5870607· OSTI ID:5870607

Waibel, R. T.; Fleming, E. S.

Data were gathered to determine the performance of a premix tunnel burner when retrofit with three low-Btu fuel gases. The burner was fired on the IGT pilot-scale test furnace with a load simulating one zone of a continuous melting pot or one instant during the heat-up of a batch melter. The low-Btu fuel gases used for these combustion trials were Koppers-Totzek oxygen, Wellman-Galusha air, and Winkler air. All of the low-Btu fuel gases exhibited stable flames when directly retrofit on the burner except Winkler air, which required a pilot flame to prevent blowoff. Koppers-Totzek oxygen gave a thermal efficiency somewhat greater than that for natural gas, while both Wellman-Galusha and Winkler air fuel gases were significantly lower. All of these fuel gases had flame lengths that were longer than that for natural gas.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5870607
• Report Number(s): FE-2489-41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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