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US4511325A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

System for the reduction of NOx emissions

Assignee: John Zink Co LLC
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Filing: 1982-12-03
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Granted: 1985-04-16
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Expires: 2002-12-03
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Abstract

Abstract To minimize NO x emissions in an intermediate size industrial boiler furnace having two vertically spaced rows of burners, each upper burner has a central fuel nozzle and a main air opening adjacent to the nozzle and communicating with a wind box associated with the furnace. In addition, each upper burner has a plurality of air delivery ports through the wall surrounding said upper burner, such air delivery ports also communicating with the wind box. The air delivery ports can be of different sizes and shapes and can be at different angles with respect to the vertical plane of the wall through which the air delivery ports extend. Control of the air through the main air opening adjacent to the nozzle of each upper burner is achieved by one or more shiftable registers or dampers which operate to close the air flow from the wind box to the air opening. Each lower burner has the same construction as each upper burner except that the lower burner does not have the air delivery ports through the wall surrounding the nozzle and its adjacent main air opening. Typically, each lower burner is fired off-stoichiometrically with only about 70% theoretical air and each upper burner is fired with about 90% theoretical air, the make-up air for each upper burner coming through the air delivery ports arranged around it. The air delivery ports also provide the makeup air for the excess fuel through the lower burners. The air pressure of the air across the air delivery ports has a higher pressure than the air pressure across the main air openings adjacent to the fuel nozzles. This assures that the make-up air through the surrounding air delivery ports will penetrate deeply into the combustion chamber of the furnace.

Inventors

  • 👤 Temple S. Voorheis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 20:16
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23C; F23C5/00; F23C7/00; F23C7/02; F23C2201/00; F23C2201/10; F23C2201/101

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
A method of controlling NO X emissions in the products of combustion of a boiler furnace having a pair of vertically spaced rows of burners comprising: firing each lower burner with a relatively large deficiency of air to provide a fuel-rich flame in the lower part of the combustion region of the furnace; firing each upper burner with a relatively small deficiency of air with the flame emanating from each upper burner combining with the flame emanating from a respective lower burner in said region; and directing a volume of air into the region to make up the deficiency of the air through the lower and upper burners, said volume of air being delivered along a number of paths adjacent to and spaced from each upper burner, respectively, certain of said air delivery paths being adjacent to the upper and lower portions of each upper burner, said directing step including moving a greater volume of air along the paths adjacent to the lower portion of each upper burner than is moved along the paths adjacent to the upper portion of the upper burner.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 183 words
A method of controlling NO X emissions in the products of combustion of a boiler furnace having a pair of vertically spaced rows of burners comprising: firing each lower burner with a relatively large deficiency of air to provide a fuel-rich flame in the lower part of the combustion region of the furnace; firing each upper burner with a relatively small deficiency of air with the flame emanating from each upper burner combining with the flame emanating from a respective lower burner in said region; and directing a volume of air into the region to make up the deficiency of the air through the lower and upper burners, said volume of air being delivered along a number of paths adjacent to and spaced from each upper burner, respectively, certain of said air delivery paths being adjacent to the upper and lower portions of each upper burner, said directing step including moving a greater volume of air along the paths adjacent to the lower portion of each upper burner than is moved along the paths adjacent to the upper portion of the upper burner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each lower burner is fired with an air deficiency of approximately 30% and each upper burner is fired with an air deficiency of approximately 10%.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least certain of said air delivery paths are horizontal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one of the air delivery paths is inclined.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 57 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each upper burner has a fuel nozzle and a burner throat adjacent to the first nozzle, the air pressure across the openings of said air delivery paths being greater than that of the air pressure across the burner throats adjacent to the fuel nozzles of said upper burners.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 75 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each upper burner has a fuel nozzle and a main air opening surrounding the nozzle, there being a wind box for supplying air to said paths and each main air opening, said main air opening being in fluid communication with said wind box, said paths defining a number of air openings surrounding said burner and being separate from the main air opening of each upper burner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 33 words
A method as set forth in claim 6, wherein is included the step of controlling the flow of air from the wind box to the main air opening of each upper burner, respectively.

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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) 1988-04-15 1988-10-15 1989-04-16 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1992-04-15 1992-10-15 1993-04-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1996-04-15 1996-10-15 1997-04-16 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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