Development of combustion data to utilize low-Btu gases as industrial process fuels. Project 61004 special report No. 4: high-forward-momentum burner

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6172008· OSTI ID:6172008

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

Data were gathered to determine the performance of a high-forward-momentum burner when retrofit with three low-to-medium-Btu gases. The burner was fired on the IGT pilot-scale test furnace with a load simulating one zone of a continuous refractory kiln or one instant during the heat-up of a batch kiln. The low- and medium-Btu gases simulated for these combustion trials were Koppers--Totzek oxygen, Wellman--Galusha air, and Winkler air fuel gases. All of the substitute fuels exhibited stable flames when directly retrofit on the burner. Koppers--Totzek oxygen gave a thermal efficiency slightly greater than that for natural gas, but Wellman--Galusha and Winkler air fuel gases each had lower efficiencies. Koppers--Totzek oxygen and Wellman--Galusha air fuel gases had flame lengths longer than that for natural gas, whereas Winkler air fuel gas had a flame length comparable to the natural gas flame.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6172008
• Report Number(s): FE-2489-33
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
014000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
BURNERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL GASIFICATION
COMBUSTION
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLAMES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
KOPPERS-TOTZEK PROCESS
LOW BTU GAS
OXIDATION
RETROFITTING
STABILITY
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WELLMAN-GALUSHA PROCESS
WINKLER PROCESS