US4878829A
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Fuel jet burner and combustion method
Assignee: Praxair Technology Inc
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Filing: 1988-05-05
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2008-05-05
Abstract
Abstract A burner and combustion method employing oxygen or oxygen-enriched air as the oxidant comprising a low velocity fuel stream in proximity to high velocity main fuel within a combustion zone enabling efficient combustion with a stable flame at very high fuel velocities.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Anderson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:35
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23D; F23D14/00; F23D14/32; F23D14/20; F23D14/22; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E20/00; Y02E20/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
248 words
A method for combusting gaseous fuel and oxidant comprising: (A) injecting into a combustion zone the major portion of the gaseous fuel required for the combustion as at least one stream at a high velocity V which is greater than 5P where P is the volume percent oxygen in the oxidant and V is in feet per second; (B) injecting into said combustion zone in proximity to the major fuel, a minor portion of the gaseous fuel required for the combustion, said minor portion comprising at least 1 percent of the total gaseous fuel injected into the combustion zone, at a low velocity less than 0.5 V; (C) injecting oxidant, comprising at least 30 percent oxygen, into the combustion zone in proximity to the minor fuel to form an interface between said oxidant and said minor fuel, at a velocity such that the low velocity of the minor fuel is within 200 feet per second of the velocity of the oxidant at the interface; (D) combusting minor fuel with oxidant at the interface; (E) entraining minor fuel into the high velocity major fuel immediately after injection of the major fuel into the combustion zone and thereafter entraining oxidant into the high velocity major fuel; and (F) drawing hot combustion products from the interface into the high velocity major fuel, said hot combustion products serving as a continuous source of ignition for the oxidant and major fuel, and combusting oxidant and high velocity major fuel in a stable flame.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
248 words
A method for combusting gaseous fuel and oxidant comprising: (A) injecting into a combustion zone the major portion of the gaseous fuel required for the combustion as at least one stream at a high velocity V which is greater than 5P where P is the volume percent oxygen in the oxidant and V is in feet per second; (B) injecting into said combustion zone in proximity to the major fuel, a minor portion of the gaseous fuel required for the combustion, said minor portion comprising at least 1 percent of the total gaseous fuel injected into the combustion zone, at a low velocity less than 0.5 V; (C) injecting oxidant, comprising at least 30 percent oxygen, into the combustion zone in proximity to the minor fuel to form an interface between said oxidant and said minor fuel, at a velocity such that the low velocity of the minor fuel is within 200 feet per second of the velocity of the oxidant at the interface; (D) combusting minor fuel with oxidant at the interface; (E) entraining minor fuel into the high velocity major fuel immediately after injection of the major fuel into the combustion zone and thereafter entraining oxidant into the high velocity major fuel; and (F) drawing hot combustion products from the interface into the high velocity major fuel, said hot combustion products serving as a continuous source of ignition for the oxidant and major fuel, and combusting oxidant and high velocity major fuel in a stable flame.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the oxidant is pure oxygen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said low velocity is not more than 100 feet per second.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fuel injected into the combustion zone at low velocity comprises less than 10 percent of the total fuel injected into the combustion zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the low velocity fuel stream is injected into the combustion zone as an annular stream around the high velocity fuel so as to form a low velocity annular envelope around said high velocity fuel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the minor fuel is provided by a bleed from the major fuel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the high velocity major fuel is injected into the combustion zone as a plurality of separate fuel streams.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the high velocity major fuel is injected into the combustion zone as at least one more axially directed jet and as at least one more radially directed jet wherein the more radially directed jet is oriented at least 10 degrees outward from the more axially directed jet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the high velocity major fuel is injected into the combustion zone through one or more orifices having a diameter less that 0.25 inch.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the high velocity major fuel is injected into the combustion zone downstream of the point where the low velocity minor fuel is injected into the combustion zone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
183 words
Burner apparatus for use with pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air as the oxidant comprising: (A) means for providing major fuel for injection into a combustion zone said major fuel provision means comprising a central fuel supply tube and a nozzle at the injection end of the supply tube, said nozzle having at least one orifice therethrough for passage of gaseous fuel from the supply tube into the combustion zone; (B) an annular opening around the nozzle for providing minor fuel to the combustion zone in proximity to the major fuel injection so that minor fuel is entrained into major fuel immediately after injection of major fuel into the combustion zone, said annular opening connected by conduit means to a source of gaseous fuel; and (C) means for providing oxidant to said combustion zone in proximity to the minor fuel provision means, said oxidant provision means connected by conduit means to a source of oxidant comprising at least 30 volume percent oxygen, so that said oxidant and minor fuel form an interface within the combustion zone prior to contact between oxidant and major fuel.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
183 words
Burner apparatus for use with pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air as the oxidant comprising: (A) means for providing major fuel for injection into a combustion zone said major fuel provision means comprising a central fuel supply tube and a nozzle at the injection end of the supply tube, said nozzle having at least one orifice therethrough for passage of gaseous fuel from the supply tube into the combustion zone; (B) an annular opening around the nozzle for providing minor fuel to the combustion zone in proximity to the major fuel injection so that minor fuel is entrained into major fuel immediately after injection of major fuel into the combustion zone, said annular opening connected by conduit means to a source of gaseous fuel; and (C) means for providing oxidant to said combustion zone in proximity to the minor fuel provision means, said oxidant provision means connected by conduit means to a source of oxidant comprising at least 30 volume percent oxygen, so that said oxidant and minor fuel form an interface within the combustion zone prior to contact between oxidant and major fuel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The burner of claim 11 wherein said major fuel provision means comprises a nozzle having a plurality of orifices.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The burner of claim 12 wherein said plurality of orifices are directed toward the combustion zone parallel to each other.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The burner of claim 12 wherein said plurality of orifices are each directed toward the combustion zone at diverging angles from each other.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The burner of claim 12 wherein each orifice has a diameter less than 0.25 inch.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
The burner of claim 11 wherein said major fuel provision means comprises a removeable nozzle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The burner of claim 16 wherein said removeable nozzle can be screwed into and out of the head of the burner.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The burner of claim 11 further comprising at least one bleed hole through the central fuel supply tube enabling gaseous fuel to pass from the major fuel provision means into the annular opening.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The burner of claim 11 wherein the major fuel provision means provides major fuel into the combustion zone downstream of the point where the annular opening provides minor fuel into the combustion zone.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
The burner of claim 11 wherein the nozzle has a spherical surface.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
35 words
The burner of claim 20 having a plurality of orifices through the spherical nozzle part, perpendicular to the spherical surface towards the center of the sphere and centrally oriented with respect to the burner axis.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
The burner of claim 20 having a plurality of orifices through the spherical nozzle part, perpendicular to the spherical surface towards the center of the sphere, and offset with respect to the burner axis.
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