Development of combustion data to utilize low-Btu gases as industrial process fuels. Project 8985 special report No. 3, nozzle-mix burner

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6310712· OSTI ID:6310712

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

Data were gathered to determine the performance of a nozzle-mix type burner when retrofit with low- and medium-Btu gases. The burner, a Maxon Wide-Range Model WR-4, was fired on the IGT pilot-scale test furnace with a load simulating an instant during the heat-up cycle of an annealing furnace. The low- and medium-Btu gases simulated for these combustion trials were Koppers--Totzek oxygen (KTO), Wellman--Galusha air (WGA), and Winkler air (WA) fuel gases. All three of these substitute fuel gases produced stable flames at the full rated burner input of 3.25 million Btu/hr, although, the Winkler air fuel gas flame would blow off with a small increase in excess air or a decrease in fuel heating value per cubic foot. Koppers--Totzek oxygen fuel gas performed as well as natural gas with the same thermal efficiency and even higher flame temperatures. The Wellman--Galusha and Winkler air fuel gases each exhibited lower thermal efficiencies and flame temperatures than natural gas.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6310712
• Report Number(s): FE-2489-31
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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014000* -- Coal
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& Peat-- Combustion
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COAL GASIFICATION
COMBUSTION
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLAMES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
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INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
KOPPERS-TOTZEK PROCESS
LOW BTU GAS
OXIDATION
RETROFITTING
STABILITY
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WELLMAN-GALUSHA PROCESS
WINKLER PROCESS