Installation for burning combustible mixtures

Abstract

Abstract 1. A BURNER INSTALLATION FOR BURNING A PUMPABLE COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE, SUCH AS OIL-BEARING SLUDGES OR THE LIKE, CONTAINING PARTICULATE CONTAMINANTS, COMPRISING: BURNER NOZZLE MEANS, SAID BURNER NOZZLE MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATE CHAMBER HAVING A NOZZLE TIP AT ONE END THEREOF, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A CONTROLLED VOLUME OF PRESSURIZED PRIMARY AIR TO SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR CONVEYING A QUANTITY OF SAID SLUDGE INTO SAID CHAMBER AT A POINT ADJACENT THE END OF SAID ELONGATE CHAMBER REMOTE FROM SAID NOZZLE TIP IN PREDETERMINED CONTROLLED PROPORTION TO THE VOLUME OF SAID PRIMARY AIR, SAID CHAMBER BEING ADAPTED TO MIX SAID PRIMARY AIR AND SAID SLUDGE TO FORM A COMBUSTIBLE SLUDGE-AIR ADMIXTURE THEREIN, SAID AIR SUPPLYING MEANS COMPRISING REGULATING VALVE MEANS ADAPTED TO ADJUST THE STATIC PRESSURE HEAD OF SAID PRIMARY AIR TO VARY THE EFFECTIVE SLUDGE INLET AREA INTO SAID CHAMBER AND THEREBY REGULATE THE RATIO OF PRIMARY AIR AND SLUDGE IN SAID CHAMBER, AND SAID PRESSURE IN SAID CHAMBER BEING EFFECTIVE TO CONTINUOUSLY EFECT SAID ADMIXTURE THROUGH SAID NOZZLE TIP FROM SAID CHAMBER INTO SAID BURNER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A CONTROLLED QUANTITY OF PRESSURIZED SECONDARY AIR TO THE SLUDGE-AIR ADMIXTURE IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID LAST-MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING A CHAMBER ENCOMPASSING SAID NOZZLE CHAMBER SO AS TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY THEREBETWEEN, AND APERTURE MEANS IN THE WALL OF SAID NOZZLE CHAMBER TO FACILITATE FLOW OF SAID SECONDARY AIR FROM SAID PASSAGEWAY INTO SAID NOZZLE CHAMBER IN THE REGION OF SAID NOZZLE TIP. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 F Vier
• 👤 B Winkeler

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