Abstract:
In a boiler furnace having nozzles for introducing combustion media such as air and coal, nozzle tip walls that have the greatest exposure to radiant heat and hot gases are provided with arrays of air holes that allow air to flow to the exposed sides of the walls from the opposite sides in order to reduce the temperature difference between the two sides and thereby reduce thermal distortion and damage resulting from oxidation.
Abstract:
A clustered concentric tangential firing system (12) particularly suited for use in fossil fuel-fired furnaces (10) and a method of operating such furnaces (10) equipped with a clustered concentric tangential firing system (12). The clustered concentric tangential firing system (12) includes a windbox (20), a first cluster of fuel nozzles (38,40) mounted in the windbox (20) and operative for injecting clustered fuel into the furnace (10) so as to create a first fuel-rich zone therewithin, a second cluster of fuel nozzles (68,70) mounted in the windbox (20) and operative for injecting clustered fuel into the furnace (10) so as to create a second fuel-rich zone therewithin, an offset air nozzle (56) mounted in the windbox (20) and operative for injecting offset air into the furnace (10) such that the offset air is directed away from the clustered fuel injected into the furnace (10) and towards the walls of the furnace (10), a close coupled overfire air nozzle (78) mounted in the windbox ( 20) and operative for injecting close coupled overfire air into the furnace (10), and a separated overfire air nozzle (90) mounted in the window (20) and operative for injecting separated overfire air into the furnace (10).
Abstract:
An improved nozzle tip (30) which provides enhanced ignition and stabilization of pulverized fuel flames in furnaces operating at low load. The nozzle tip (30) comprises open-ended inner and outer shells (32,34) mounted to the fuel delivery pipe (12) and defining a flow passageway within the inner shell through which the pulverized fuel is directed into the furnace and an annular flow passageway (50) between the inner and outer shells through which additional air is directed into the furnace. A pair of diverging splitter plates (41,42) are disposed within the inner shell (32) so as to divide the flow passageway therethrough into two separate, diverging subpassages (52,54) so that the pulverized fuel stream discharging from the fuel delivery pipe is split into first and second streams (60,70) which pass from the nozzle tip (30) into the furnace in a diverging manner thereby establishing an ignition stabilizing pocket in the low pressure zone (80) created between the diverging fuel streams.
Abstract:
In a boiler furnace having nozzles for introducing combustion media such as air and coal, nozzle tip walls that have the greatest exposure to radiant heat and hot gases are provided with arrays of air holes that allow air to flow to the exposed sides of the walls from the opposite sides in order to reduce the temperature difference between the two sides and thereby reduce thermal distortion and damage resulting from oxidation.
Abstract:
A nozzle for feeding combustion maintaining medium into a furnace at high temperature conditions includes a nozzle tip, at least partly protruding into the furnace, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the combustion medium from a source of the medium to the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip includes a mainly open ended outer shell, an air cooling zone, a shroud, and an air channel. The outer shell includes a first end wall portion in flow connection with the feeding mechanism and a second end wall portion protruding into the furnace. The cooling zone is formed on the interior side of at least a portion of the second end wall portion of the outer shell, by providing an air flow along the interior side. The shroud includes a shroud wall portion disposed to cover at least a portion of the first end wall portion of the outer shell. The shroud channel is formed between the shroud wall portion of the shroud and the first end wall portion of the outer shell, for discharging from the shroud channel an air shroud flow along the exterior side of the second end wall portion of the outer shell.