Abstract:
A method and device for reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and for increasing heat transfer in a fired process heater is disclosed herein. The invention relates generally to the combustion of fuel using some proportion of air as the oxidant which leads to the production of oxides of nitrogen, and more particularly to a method and device that reduces the production of nitrogen oxides from combustion, promotes the appropriate distribution of temperature to reduce fouling of the process tubes in a fired heater, and increases the efficiency of heat transfer to the same process tubes.
Abstract:
A method for burning gas in a burner, including leading the gas through an inner fuel tube (13) and introduction of combustion air through an annular space surrounding the inner fuel tube. This space forms of an outer tube (11) terminated by a conically converging section, wherein the end of the inner fuel tube forms a burner head (15). The major part of the primary gas is introduced into the upstream end of the burner head, to go into the combustion air that flows past the burner head, whereas a smaller part of a secondary gas is introduced into the free end of the burner head (15) and into the constricted part of the annular channel that surrounds the burner head. The gas flow is accelerated past the burner head due to the reducing cross section and is burned downstream in relation to the burning head, wherein the mixture has properties that reduces the formation of Nox at the same time as the combustion becomes complete. It is also described a burner for performing this method.
Abstract:
A method of decreasing a concentration of nitrogen oxides in a combustion gas flowing through a vessel including: generating a flue gas in a combustion zone of the vessel, the flue gas containing nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide; providing overfire air into a burnout zone of the vessel from a first injector of overfire air to oxidize at least some of the carbon monoxide in the flue gas; injecting a selective reducing agent concurrent with overfire air at a level in the burnout zone downstream of the first injector of overfire air and downstream of the oxidization of the carbon monoxide, and reacting the selective reducing agent with the flue gas to reduce the nitrogen oxides.
Abstract:
Combustion system comprising a furnace having a thermal load and a combustion atmosphere disposed therein; one or more fuel lances adapted to inject fuel into the combustion atmosphere; and one or more igniters associated with the one or more fuel lances and adapted to ignite the fuel injected by the one or more fuel lances into the combustion atmosphere.
Abstract:
A method for of reducing the acidity and lowering the acid dewpoint of flue gas, the method steps including partially combusting the fuel in a first stage to create a reducing environment; maintaining the reducing environment for a sufficient time period such that reducible acids are reduced to achieve a desirable acidity concentration in the flue gas; and combusting the remainder of the fuel and combustion intermediates in a second stage with oxidizing environment; thereby decreasing the acidity and lowering the acid dewpoint of the flue gas by reducing the acid concentration of the gas.
Abstract:
A combustion vessel having a combustion zone; a burnout zone downstream of the combustion zone; an overfire air chamber adjacent the burnout zone, wherein the chamber has an upstream air injector and a downstream air injector, and an agent injector for injecting a selective reducing agent into the burnout zone, wherein the agent injector extends through the downstream air injector.
Abstract:
A burner (10) for reducing NOx emissions where supply fuel (16) and supply air (20) are supplied to a combustion tunnel (52) at high and low velocities and secondary air (26) is supplied to a secondary combustion zone (60), wherein products of combustion (59) exiting into the secondary combustion zone (60) from the combustion tunnel (52) are drawn back into the combustion tunnel (52) and back into the secondary air conduit (54).
Abstract:
A combustion control method for use in a catalytic combustion system having (a) a gaseous mixture inlet port, located at the upstream side of said catalytic combustion system, for the entrance of a fuel-air mixture; (b) an exhaust gas outlet port, located at the downstream side of said catalytic combustion system, for the exit of an exhaust gas; (c) a primary combustion chamber in which a catalyst body is disposed, said catalyst body being formed of a porous base material with numerous communicating holes that supports thereon an oxidation catalyst; (d) a secondary supply port, located downstream of said primary combustion chamber, for the supply of a gaseous mixture or air; and (e) a secondary combustion chamber located downstream of said secondary supply port; comprising such process that an excess air ratio of said primary combustion chamber is initially set above 1 and after the rate of combustion of said secondary combustion chamber exceeds a given level, combustion is made to take place, with the excess air ratio of said primary combustion chamber set below 1.
Abstract:
A burner is disclosed having a burner chamber with heavily insulated heat retaining walls and a series of off-center mixers located at one end thereof. A uniform concentration gas/air mixture to 50% additional fuel above the lean flammability limit coming from the mixer tubes is ignited in the burner chamber due to the recirculation of combusting gas and air back to the end of the burner chamber above auto the ignition temperature for the mixture. The particular mixture disclosed utilizes 0.55-0.7 equivalence ratio. With the present burner, oxidant and fuel are respectively supplied to each mixer by respective common oxidant and fuel plenums. In this way, fuel and oxidant are mixed near the point of combustion, enhancing safety and permitting the construction of larger burners.
Abstract:
A burner for combusting fuel gas and air in an enclosure includes a block member of non-combustible material, such as ceramic material, having a central opening therethrough. The block member has a plurality of spaced apart recirculation gas passageways paralleled to and spaced from the central opening, each of the recirculation gas passageways having an injection passageway communicating with the block member central opening. A fuel gas jet is positioned within each of the recirculation gas passageways for injecting fuel gas into the injection passageways to cause the injected fuel gas by Venturi action, to draw furnace gas from the cool fringes of the combustion zone through the recirculation gas passageways for passage back into the central opening after local combustion wherein modified air and fuel gas are thoroughly mixed and cooled for combustion within the enclosure. This recirculation system serves to reduce the temperature and oxygen content of the local combustion process to thereby reduce NO.sub.x production.