Ultralean low swirl burner
- Kensington, CA
A novel burner and burner method has been invented which burns an ultra lean premixed fuel-air mixture with a stable flame. The inventive burning method results in efficient burning and much lower emissions of pollutants such as oxides of nitrogen than previous burners and burning methods. The inventive method imparts weak swirl (swirl numbers of between about 0.01 to 3.0) on a fuel-air flow stream. The swirl, too small to cause recirculation, causes an annulus region immediately inside the perimeter of the fuel-air flow to rotate in a plane normal to the axial flow. The rotation in turn causes the diameter of the fuel-air flow to increase with concomitant decrease in axial flow velocity. The flame stabilizes where the fuel-air mixture velocity equals the rate of burning resulting in a stable, turbulent flame.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- Assignee:
- Regents, University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5735681
- OSTI ID:
- 871456
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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