Burner

Claim 1

A burner adapted to combust a hydrocarbon fluid containing additional components as additives or contaminants in the form of a gas, liquid or particulate matter comprising in combination an open-ended generally cylindrical shaped head having means for admitting a fluid to the interior of said head; a housing section extending from a first end of said head and defining an elongated housing terminating in a burner nozzle opening; a fluid cooling jacket including inlet and outlet means attached to said head and said housing for continuously cooling a major portion of said burner when in service; an inner assembly disposed within said housing section and extending exteriorly of said burner through a second end of said head said inner assembly including an atomizing tip containing a plurality of apertures directed radially inward and located inside said housing, said tip affixed to a pair of concentric pipes defining a first or inner passage adapted to conduct a hydrocarbon fluid to said tip and a second or surrounding passage to conduct an atomizing fluid to said tip through said apertures and into contact with said hydrocarbon fluid, said concentric pipes projecting beyond said burner head and adapted to be connected to a source of hydrocarbon fluid and an atomizing fluid; said housing being spaced from an outer of said concentric pipes to form an oxidizing passage therebetween; means in said head for supplying oxidizing fluid to said oxidizing fluid passage; said tip being longitudinally spaced from the nozzle opening to define a cylindrical combustion chamber, there being an annular spacing between said tips and said housing for discharging oxidizing fluid from said oxidizing passage to said combustion chamber; and a cover closing said second end of said head and supporting said assembly projecting therethrough; whereby when said burner is in service, a contaminated hydrocarbon fluid is atomized at the tip and further mixed with an oxidizing fluid wherein in the presence of an ignition source combustion can be initiated.