Pulverized coal-fired burner

Claim 1

A burner for pulverized coal furnace comprising: a. a horizontally disposed longitudinally elongated coal delivery pipe having an outlet end opening into the furnace, said coal delivery pipe defining a flowpath through which a stream of pulverized coal entrained in air passes to the furnace; b. a second pipe disposed coaxially about said coal delivery pipe at least near the discharge end thereof so as to define therebetween an annular plenum chamber, said annular plenum chamber divided into at least four subchambers, said first chamber along the top of said coal delivery pipe, said second chamber along the bottom thereof, and third and fourth chambers along each side thereof, each plenum chamber connected in fluid communication with the flowpath defined within said coal delivery pipe by an opening through the wall of said coal delivery pipe at the discharge end thereof; and c. said coal delivery pipe has an outwardly flared flange at its outlet end, said flange beginning to flare outtwardly at a point just downstream of the plenum chamber openings in the wall of the coal delivery pipe.