Abstract:
A nozzle for atomizing large volumes of liquid fuel with steam, air or other conventional fluids. Liquid fuel is introduced into the inner body wherein the atomizing medium is admixed through apertures to lower the density of the fuel and effect a spiraling flow through the inner body. The fuel leaves the inner body through a single exit having a flow area not smaller than onehalf the flow area of the main fuel supply conduit where an atomizing medium impinges onto and into the exiting stream to externally atomize the fuel and form a flow pattern that is essentially in the shape of a solid cone. This nozzle provides a solution to fouling problems normally encountered with both commercial grades of liquid fuels and combustible liquid process by-products. The nozzle has performed well with liquid fuels containing suspended solids up to one half inch in diameter and at rates up to 300 gph.