Development of combustion data to utilize low-Btu gases as industrial process fuels. Project 8985 special report No. 1, forward-flow burner type

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6943921· OSTI ID:6943921

Waibel, R. T.

Data were gathered to determine the performance of a Bloom baffle burner when retrofit with three low-Btu gases. The baffle burner is representative of the forward-flow type of burner and was fired on a furnace with a load simulating the preheat zone of a steel reheat furnace--a typical use for this burner. The low-Btu gases simulated for these combustion trials were Koppers-Totzek oxygen, Wellman-Galusha air, and Winkler air. All of the low-Btu gases exhibited problems when fired on an unmodified burner. Each had a flame length longer than the natural gas flame and a thermal efficiency lower than the efficiency with natural gas. Burner modifications could alleviate some of the retrofit problems. With these modifications Koppers-Totzek oxygen medium-Btu fuel gas would be an acceptable substitute for natural gas. The other two low-Btu gases would still not be ideal substitutes.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6943921
• Report Number(s): FE-2489-22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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