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Swirling burners for use in hot blast stoves

Assignee: JFE Engineering Corp
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Filing: 1976-05-12
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Granted: 1977-10-18
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Expires: 1996-05-12
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Abstract

Abstract The swirling burner comprises a vertical combustion chamber and an annular blast member located beneath the combustion chamber and provided with a central cylindrical space and a plurality of alternately superposed fuel gas passages and air passages. These passages are communicated with the cylindrical space through blow openings which are inclined in the same direction with respect to the radii of the cylindrical space. In a modification, the burner is further combined with straight blowing type burner for promoting the effect of the air-gas mixing.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ryo Ando
  • 👤 Kazuo Sano
  • 👤 Takao Miyazaki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 09:00
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23D; F23D14/00; F23D14/02; C; C21; C21B; C21B9/00; F23D14/46; F23D14/62

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
In a swirling burner for use in a hot blast stove, comprising: a vertical combustion chamber; and an annular blast member located beneath said combustion chamber substantially in coaxial relationship therewith for forming a swirling flow of a gas and air mixture, said annular blast member including: a central cylindrical space; a plurality of fuel gas passages and a plurality of air passages arranged about said cylindrical space; and a plurality of fuel gas openings and air blow openings respectively connected to said fuel gas and said air passages; the improvement wherein: the diameter of said cylindrical space is smaller than that of said combustion chamber; said plurality of fuel gas and air passages are vertically alternately superposed above one another; and said fuel gas and said air blow openings directly open into said cylindrical space and are inclined in the same horizontal direction with respect to the radii from the axis of said cylindrical space, and are further inclined with respect to the vertical axis of said cylindrical space.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
In a swirling burner for use in a hot blast stove, comprising: a vertical combustion chamber; and an annular blast member located beneath said combustion chamber substantially in coaxial relationship therewith for forming a swirling flow of a gas and air mixture, said annular blast member including: a central cylindrical space; a plurality of fuel gas passages and a plurality of air passages arranged about said cylindrical space; and a plurality of fuel gas openings and air blow openings respectively connected to said fuel gas and said air passages; the improvement wherein: the diameter of said cylindrical space is smaller than that of said combustion chamber; said plurality of fuel gas and air passages are vertically alternately superposed above one another; and said fuel gas and said air blow openings directly open into said cylindrical space and are inclined in the same horizontal direction with respect to the radii from the axis of said cylindrical space, and are further inclined with respect to the vertical axis of said cylindrical space.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 55 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1, further comprising a gas inlet pipe and an air inlet pipe, said fuel gas passages and air passages being annularly formed in said annular blast member, said fuel gas passages being tangentially connected to said gas pipe and said air passages being tangentially connected to said air pipe.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of said cylindrical space has a value such that the ratio of the diameter of said cylindrical space to the diameter of said combustion chamber is between 0.4 and 0.7.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 61 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1, further comprising a fuel gas blow head and an air blow head, said blow heads being located below said annular blast member and being opposing each other; and a heat resistant grill located between said annular blast member and said blow heads for creating a generally straight upwardly directed flow of an air-gas mixture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1 wherein the uppermost air blow openings have a smaller inclination with respect to the vertical than the lower air blow openings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 34 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1 wherein said fuel gas openings and said air blow openings are inclined 30° to 80° with respect to the tangents toward the radii of said cylindrical space.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 26 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1 wherein said fuel gas openings and air blow openings are inclined 30° to 90° with respect to the vertical.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 34 words
The swirling burner according to claim 1 wherein said annular blast member is provided with a vertically directed air blow opening for blowing an air stream along a wall surface of said combustion chamber.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-10-17 1981-04-18 1981-10-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-10-17 1985-04-18 1985-10-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-10-17 1989-04-18 1989-10-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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