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Method and apparatus for burning pulverized solid fuel

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6546965

This patent describes a process for burning pulverized solid fuel in the flame of a burner comprising the simultaneous steps of: supplying combustion air to the discharge end of the burner so as to produce a vortex that is sufficient to stabilize the burner flame in a region in front of the burner; delivering a pulverized solid fuel, formed of particles, to a discharge end of the burner through a plurality of separate conduits that are distributed around the combustion air vortex; passing combustion air around the solid fuel delivering conduits to establish an axial gas flow from the burner along the flame region; and discharging the pulverized solid fuel from the conduits in a direction as will inject the particles into the axial flow part of the flame region as well as into the vortex to establish a pulverized solid-fueled elongated flame with enhanced particle residence time.

Assignee:
Fuel Tech, Inc., Stamford, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4776289
OSTI ID:
6546965
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English